At Tiangui Tea Garden, located in Wudang district, Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, villagers are busy harvesting summer tea with bamboo baskets. Inside the processing facility, they are turning freshly picked leaves into black tea destined for markets across the country.

Tea farmers pick tea leaves with bamboo baskets. [Photo/Guiyang news network]

As a key part of Wudang's tea industry, Tiangui Tea Garden spans 200 hectares, with a core plantation of 40 hectares. Fifteen tea varieties are cultivated in the garden, including Fuding white tea and Golden Guanyin, a type of oolong tea. The 2,700-square-meter processing plant houses over 60 machines across three production lines for green, black, and white tea, along with equipment for oolong tea, with an annual output of 100,000 kilograms of finished tea.

Operating under a "village collective + company" model, 20 percent of the garden's annual profits are shared with the local collective, strengthening the village economy. Inspired by its success, over 40 local households have converted more than 66.7 hectares of idle hillside into tea fields, and two more processing plants have been established.

The thriving tea industry has brought significant benefits to Wudang. Once-unused land now supports local employment, offering jobs close to home. Meanwhile, the district is blending tea production with rural tourism, spurring the growth of tea houses, farm stays, and camping spots – creating new income streams for villagers.