IT Tech Packaging, Inc. Announces Its Tissue Paper R&D Center Receives Level B Scale-Above Certification as An Industrial R&D Enterprise Institution

BAODING,China,July 6,2021 -- IT Tech Packaging,Inc. (NYSE American: ITP) ("ITP" or "the Company"),a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in North China,today announced that the Company's tissue paper research and development center has received a Level B scale-above Certification as an industrial R&D enterprise institution in Hebei province after on-site inspection by regulators. ITP has also been granted six new utility patent certificates on paper manufacturing related equipments by the State Intellectual Property Office.

Mr.Zhenyong Liu,CEO and Chairman of the Company commented,"This is the first batch of new utility patents obtained by the Company,which signals our achievements in technology innovation that is protected and recognized as intellectual properties. Such recognition will provide new motivation for ITP to keep its great work on technology innovation in the future."

About IT Tech Packaging,Inc.

Founded in 1996,IT Tech Packaging,Inc. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in North China. Using recycled paper as its primary raw material (with the exception of its tissue paper products),ITP produces and distributes three categories of paper products: corrugating medium paper,offset printing paper and tissue paper products. With production based in Baoding and Xingtai in North China's Hebei Province,ITP is located strategically close to the Beijing and Tianjin region,home to a growing base of industrial and manufacturing activities and one of the largest markets for paper products consumption in the country. ITP has been listed on the NYSE American since December 2009.

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