In 1916, Nanyang Brothers Company (the predecessor of Hubei China Tobacco), the first tobacco brand in China, hired a Bolivian formulator to develop the "Zhongxue No. 1" cigar formula based on the ancestral Cuban formula and Chinese characteristics, achieving China's first cigar formula.

In 2010, on the basis of the heirloom formula "Zhongxue No. 1", combined with the smoking habits and taste of Chinese people, the top brand of Chinese cigars - Yellow Crane Tower 1916 cigars was created classically, opening the era of China's hand-rolled cigars luxury taste Yellow Crane Tower.