What has been the development process of cigarette labels in China?

The navigator Columbus discovered the New World and brought tobacco seeds back to Europe. Tobacco soon spread throughout the world.

In 1880, in order to expand the influence of their products, cigarette merchants in the Austro-Hungarian Empire put a unique logo on their cigarette products, namely "Neil Brand" - the world's earliest cigarette label was born. It is imitated by cigarette manufacturers around the world. In 1902, the "Dragon Ball" brand produced by Tianjin Beiyang Tobacco Co., Ltd. was the earliest cigarette trademark in my country.

At the end of the 19th century, Chinese people were still accustomed to smoking local tobacco. It was not until the British and American Tobacco Company, the world cigarette trust, came to China to set up factories and sell portable cigarettes locally that people gradually switched to cigarettes. Since then, machine-made cigarettes have emerged in China. After the advent of cigarettes, there was also wrapping paper with brand names and pictures printed on them, which are what today are called cigarette trademarks - cigarette labels. The first cigarette brands introduced to China include "Little Beauty", "Pinhai", "Bicycle" and "Turkey" by American merchants, "Tongpan", "Three Fortresses", "Laodao" by British merchants and Japanese merchants. "Peacock", "Phoenix", etc.

The Revolution of 1911 and the May 4th Movement promoted the development of China's national economy. In Shanghai, the birthplace of China's tobacco industry, the national cigarette industry also took shape. In the early 20th century, more than 20 ethnic cigarette factories had been opened in Shanghai. By 1924, Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company and Huacheng Tobacco Company in Shanghai had become the two largest national cigarette factories. They experienced ups and downs in competition with foreign cigarette factories and eventually became symbols of the national cigarette industry. From the early 20th century to the 1940s, more than a hundred ethnic cigarette factories in Shanghai alone produced about a thousand cigarette brand names, such as Nanyang's "Golden Dragon", "Platinum Dragon", "Bank", "Dalianzhu" ", "Double Axe", Huacheng's "Beauty", "Golden Rat", "Three Flags", "Fragrance", etc. were all very popular for a while.

Cigarette labels before the founding of New China included national industrial cigarette labels and imported cigarette labels. After cigarettes were introduced to China, foreign businessmen did not hesitate to use various means to establish a monopoly in China. It was not until 1952 that foreign companies were nationalized, ending their more than half-century history in China. In order to survive, national cigarette factories competed fiercely with foreign-funded enterprises during the difficult development process, regained part of the market, and promoted the development of China's tobacco industry. In the century-old history of the emergence and development of cigarette labels, whether they are "beautiful", "golden rat" and "patriotic" that originated in the early days of national industry, or the "cross" that promotes domestic products to save the country and that Chinese people should smoke Chinese cigarettes to resist foreign products. "Army", "Golden Leopard", or "Big Shanghai", "Rickshaw", and "Haha Laughter" that reflect the human sentiments of an era, all objectively reflect and record history, making cigarette labels a product with the style of the times.

The labels of imported cigarettes such as "Laodao", "Pinhai" and "Hardman" also record the historical facts of imperialist aggression and attempts to monopolize China's tobacco industry, becoming historical witnesses and reference for studying tobacco historical materials. Precious information.

The design, printing and various changes of cigarette labels have gone through a long stage, and these changes reflect the changes and progress of the times. Today's cigarette labels have become a practical part of today's packaging culture with their careful design, exquisite printing, and exquisite paper. With the development of society, manufacturers are paying more and more attention to the value of the brand, paying attention to the exquisite design of cigarette label patterns and excellent topic selection, so as to bring people spiritual enjoyment. Cigarette labels, with their historical and cultural continuity and bright and eye-catching artistic style, are collected and appreciated by the majority of cigarette label enthusiasts. ?

The price of current cigarette labels ranges from ten yuan to several thousand yuan, depending on your hobbies and needs.

The cigarette label printing industry is a highly market-oriented industry. At the same time, this industry is also an industry with very low industrial concentration and full competition. In recent years, my country's cigarette industry has maintained steady growth.

According to statistics from the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, the entire industry is in a basically balanced state of production and sales. All cigarette companies organize production and operations in strict accordance with national plans to maintain a basic balance between cigarette production and sales. Correspondingly, the market demand in the cigarette label industry has also remained stable.