Li, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Party Secretary, learned about the operation of the system when he went to Qingdao Cigarette Factory for investigation, and listened to the report on the output, benefit index, material consumption, staff quality, personnel and equipment of the factory, saying that "Qingdao Cigarette Factory is the best cigarette factory I have ever seen".
When Jiang Chengkang, director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, came to the factory for investigation, he thought that "among the tobacco factories I visited recently, I was most satisfied with the cigarette quality of Qingdao Tobacco Factory, which shows that the cigarette quality control level and fine processing of cut tobacco in Qingdao Tobacco Factory have reached a higher level". Jiang Chengkang commented that Qingdao Tobacco Factory is a brand-new modern factory with brand-new appearance, smooth technological process and high level of information control. It can be said that the equipment is advanced and the technology is first-class.