Regulations on implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Tobacco Monopoly (2016). Country/Territory China Document type Regulation Date 1997 (2016) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Tobacco Authorization/permit Policy/planning Offences/penalties Enforcement/compliance Plant production Plant variety Transport/storage Internal trade International trade Inspection Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract These Measures are formulated for purposes of exercising tobacco monopoly administration, organizing the production and management of tobacco monopoly commodities in a planned way, improving the quality of tobacco products, safeguarding consumers' interests and ensuring the national revenue. the Text consists of 8 Chapters: General Provisions (I); Tobacco Monopoly Licenses (II); Plantation, Purchase and Appropriation of Leaf Tobacco (III); Production of Tobacco Products (IV); Sales of Tobacco Products (V); Transportation of Tobacco Products (VI); Production and Sale of Cigarette Paper, Filter Rods, Cigarette Tow and Special Tobacco Machines (VII); Import and Export Trade and Foreign Economic and Technological Cooperation (VIII); Supervision and Inspection (IX); Legal Liability (X); Supplementary Provisions (XI). Full text Chinese Website www.tobacco.gov.cn References - Legislation Implements Law of the People's Republic of China on Tobacco Monopoly (2015). Legislation | China | 1991 (2015) Keyword: Tobacco, Authorization/permit, Policy/planning, Plant production, Plant variety, Transport/storage, Internal trade, International trade, Offences/penalties, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Measures for the administration of licenses for transport of tobacco monopoly commodities. Legislation | China | 1998 Keyword: Tobacco, Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Transport/storage, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Provisions on the procedures of administrative punishment for tobacco monopoly (2023). Legislation | China | 2023 Keyword: Tobacco, Offences/penalties, Inspection, Enforcement/compliance, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX