Guizhou's tea plantations lead China

Tea plantations in Southwest China's Guizhou province covered an area of seven million mu (466,667 hectares) by the end of 2018, more than any other province in China, according to the organizing committee of the Guiyang International Special Agricultural Products Fair, which kicked off in Guiyang on Sept 25 and will run until Sept 29. 

An aerial view of a tea plantation in Guizhou. [Photo/xinhuanet.com]

Guizhou integrates plantations and forests, and leads the nation in prohibiting the use of water-soluble pesticides. 

Guizhou also emphasizes mechanized, large-scale, automated, and clean processing methods to supplement manual techniques, which have been named national and provincial intangible cultural heritage items.

Water extract makes up more than 40 percent of Guizhou's green tea, six percentage points higher than the national standard, and amino acid makes up four percent, one percentage point higher than the national standard.

Guizhou has a variety of regional tea brands, and its green tea was the first provincial tea product to be recognized as a China Protected Geographical Indication Product.