ABSTRACT
The framework agreement on tobacco control official started when China entryed
into the WTO in 2009.As time goes on, commitment to tobacco control framework
a greement c o ntinu e s t o b e ach i e v e d , t h erefo r e t h e t obac c o i n d ustry d e v e l o p m e nt an d
survival environment is being increasingly difficult. Meanwhile, according to the report
of international tobacco control organizations, since the intensity of cigarette packaging
changes in 2009 was not recognized by international organizations for the health
epigram, the industry was likely to face the WTO Committee on economic sanctions.
A c c o r d i n g t o t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l a s s o c i a t i o n o f t o b a c c o i n d u s t r y s t a t i s t i c s , t h e t o p
three companies of international tobacco industry in 2008 were Philip Morris Co, Ltd ,
B r i t i s h A m e r i c a n To b a c c o C o , L t d a n d J a p a n T o b a c c o C o , L t d , t h e a n n u a l s a l e s o f
w h i c h w e r e 1 8 0 0 m i l l i o n c a s e s , 1 6 5 0 m i l l i o n c a s e s a n d 9 0 0 m i l l i o n c a s e s , g l o b a l
market share accounted for 17%, 15.3% and 8.3%, together accounted for 40.6%. Due
t o t h e t o u g h a t t i t u d e o f t o b a c c o c o n t r o l o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d i m p r o v e m e n t o f
p e o p l e’s h e a l t h a w a r e n e s s , g l o b a l s a l e s o f t h e t o p t h r e e c o m p a n i e s w e r e o b v i o u s l y
slower in 2009, while the shares of Southeast Asian countries significantly increased.
T h e t o p t h r e e c o m p a n i e s s p o n t a n e o u s l y d e c l a r e d t h a t t h e y w o u l d b e c h o o s e t h e
ap pro pr ia t e opp or t un it y t o f or ma l ly en te r the Ch in ese mark et, t he am o un t of to bac co
consumption accounted for the 1 / 3 of the global world. Therefore, domestic industry is
facing great challenges.
Now the industry defines the first class of cigarettes as the allocation price more
than RMB 50 per package with no taxes. With the consumer incomes increasing, whose
level of consumption is escalating, cigarette products emerge a trend that the allocation
p r i c e m o r e t h a n R M B 1 0 0 a n d r e t a i l p r i c e m o r e t h a n R M B 2 0 0 p e r p a c k a g e . T h e
proportion of these cigarette products is increasing in the first class of cigarettes, then it
forms a new market.
T h e f e a t u r e s i s e a c h p a c k a g e v e r y l u x u r y a b o u t 1 0 t i m e s o f l o w e r d e g r e e o f
cigarette, inconvinient to buy and very special consumer groups. The ultra high-grade
cigarette market as a new emerging market has been particularly concerned by tobacco
economy researchers, government, industry managers and some key cigarette industrial
enterprises.
The thesis based on the theory of brand strategy and the theory of brand
d e v e l o p m e n t p l a n n i n g , c o m b i n a t i o n o f "Ch u n g h w a " c i g a r e t t e s a c t u a l s i t u a t i o n ,
formulate the "Chunghwa" brand strategy and brand management in the next five years
a n d p r o p o s e t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g i m p l e m e n t a t i o n p l a n . I h o p e t h a t t h i s t h e s i s c a n b e
r e f e r e n c e f o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f "Ch u n g h w a " c i g a r e t t e a n d p r o v i d e n e w i d e a s f o r
China tobacco brand strategy and brand management.
Key words: China tobacco, tobacco industry, researched of strategy