Hangzhou Tobacco Exclusive Selling Bureau (Company) was founded in June, 1991. It has jurisdiction over the 7 counties of Hangzhou. After 6 years of hard-working, the enterprise has been developing steadily, healthily and rapidly. Right now, the "one center, two wings" system, tobacco being the center and city chain trading and services being the wings, has begun to take shape. The exclusive selling management has been awarded as the advanced smuggling attacking enterprise in the country's tobacco trade. Its accounting and security departments have also been awarded as advanced units by the country's general bureau. The enterprise's spiritual construction has been developing around C I S. Since the last 6 years, the company has sold 159 boxes of cigarettes and has gained a profit of 420 million yuan RMB. It has also discovered and detained cigarettes of 7.59 million. In 1996, the profits made by Hangzhou region, bureaus of the same level and Yuhang Bureau were the highest in the regions, subsidiary companies, and counties respectively in the Province. It was one of the top 20 tax-payers of Hangzhou in 1996.