Founded in 1995, Wuhan Tobacco Group is one of the 36 key enterprises in China’s tobacco industry. It is also among the 7 enterprises, which have national technology centers of this industry. WTG now has 5000 employees with a total capital of 8 billion RMB. The headquarter is located in Wuhan which lies in the middle of China. It has several subsidiary factories, including Wuhan Tobacco Factory, Sanxia Tobacco Factory, Hong’an Tobacco Factory, Guangshui Tobacco Factory, Xiangfan Tobacco Factory, Qingjiang Tobacco Factory. Wuhan Tobacco Group has been certificated by the ISO 9000 Quality System, ISO14000 Environment System and OHSAS18000 Career Security System.
　　After several years’ technological reconstruction, the group now has advanced production equipments of international standards, Gantry creel storage for automatization of auxiliary materials and finished products, together with many different kinds of assistant projects are established. The output has reached 110 billion sticks annually. WTG is the only tobacco enterprise in China to produce flue-cured cigarettes, blended cigarettes and cigars.
　　Red Golden Dragon, which is WTG’s leading brand, has developed rapidly and has achieved a No.1 growth in the whole domestic tobacco industry every month for one year and a half. In 2005, the sales of Red Golden Dragon exceeded 55.39 billion sticks with a 110% growth compared to last year. At the same time, the sales for Yellow Crane Tower exceeded 5.5 billion sticks, with a 53% growth compared to last year. It has gained much attention from the market. WTG has achieved total pre-tax profits of RMB 6.57 billion, with a 25% growth compared with last year.