Functions:

  • Studies and proposes development strategies for the tobacco industry; guides industry laws and regulations; manages investment in fixed assets; organizes and implements foreign economic and technological cooperation for the tobacco industry
  • Supervises and inspects the implementation of the “Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China” and related regulations; investigates and prosecutes violations of laws and regulations; combats unplanned tobacco factories; opposes illegal activities; protects legal operations, and manages tobacco monopoly agencies
  • Manages, operates, and transports tobacco systems; guides safe production; organizes tobacco industry imports and exports; reviews and issues tobacco licenses; tracks industry production and sales trends; collects, analyzes, and publishes the industry economic, technical, and market information
  • Recommends economic policies, including taxation; proposes rules and standards for the tobacco industry
  • Studies and formulates policies and measures for the reform of the tobacco industry; guides corporate reforms, establish cross-regional business groups, and establish modern enterprise systems; approves the establishment, division, merger, and withdrawal of tobacco companies; and promotes the reform of public institutions to reduce staffing and increase staffing effectiveness, reduce subsidies
  • Undertakes legal consultation and administrative review work
  • Studies and formulates guidelines and policies for the development of science and technology education in the tobacco industry, organizes the implementation of technological innovation and research on major scientific research projects and the application and promotion of scientific and technological achievements; be responsible for the technical supervision and quality management of the tobacco industry, and organize the implementation of industry standardization
  • Manages tobacco industry funds; implements financial supervision of the entire system’s production and operation, and use of funds; implements internal audits of the tobacco system
  • Coordinates management structures for the tobacco industry
  • Manages personnel and labor wages of the tobacco system
  • Undertakes other matters assigned by the State Council and the State Economic and Trade Commission