{"id":20847,"date":"2022-10-27T07:48:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T05:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/actualites\/cntc-chine\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T07:48:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T05:48:44","slug":"cntc-chine","status":"publish","type":"actualites","link":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/actualites\/cntc-chine\/","title":{"rendered":"China, attacking the global tobacco market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yet little known, the China National Tobacco Corporation<\/a> (CNTC) is the world's largest tobacco producer and is controlled by the Chinese state. In 2021, CNTC tobacco accounted for more than 46,% of global production, far ahead of Philip Morris International (PMI) or British American Tobacco (BAT). The lack of awareness of this tobacco giant is due in particular to the fact that CNTC's activities are overwhelmingly concentrated in the Chinese domestic market: in fact, only 1,% of tobacco produced in China is sold abroad.<\/em><\/p>\n

A state monopoly in contradiction with public health imperatives in China
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Founded in 1982 following the centralization of many local tobacco companies, CNTC manages hundreds of tobacco producers, suppliers and growing companies in China and around the world. CNTC is regulated by the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), a government agency heavily involved in setting China\u2019s tobacco control policy and in CNTC\u2019s strategic decision-making. This arrangement of the regulatory agency over the government tobacco company creates an inherent conflict between a strong tobacco control policy designed to reduce tobacco consumption in the country and the commercial interests derived from growing tobacco sales.<\/p>\n

Agreements with major global tobacco players <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Since the 1980s, the CNTC, despite its strong local roots, has sought to turn towards the global market, in line with China's national export strategy. To do this, the Chinese giant has multiplied agreements with the main tobacco multinationals, such as Philip Morris International (1994), RJ Reynolds (1997), Japan Tobacco International (2003), and BAT in 2013. These agreements can take the form of sharing technological knowledge, creating joint ventures, or reciprocal market openings from one manufacturer to another.<\/p>\n

Launch of an international hub in Hong Kong<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 2019, CNTC filed for an IPO in Hong Kong to raise over US$100 million for China Tobacco International Inc. (CTI), one of its overseas companies.
\nThe CTI Hong Kong has been entrusted with four main responsibilities:<\/p>\n