In 2022, the total area of tea gardens in Southwest China’s Guizhou province hit 7 million mu (466,666.67 hectares), the output of tea was 454,000 metric tons, and the output value of tea was 60.62 billion yuan ($8.79 billion), a year-on-year increase of 6.18 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guizhou has seized its position as China’s tea raw material base and processing center, and its 10 major tea-producing areas were selected among the top 100 counties of China’s tea industry, with Meitan county ranking first for three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guizhou is the only tea-producing area with both high and low latitude areas, minimal sunshine and cloudy weather in China, making it suitable for tea growing and tea production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is also known as a gene bank for the world’s tea plants, with 4,000 tea plant germplasm resources, and the number of national-level excellent tea plant varieties is among the highest in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2019, Guizhou’s tea export exceeded $100 million, becoming the largest export product in the province. Guizhou’s tea is mainly exported to countries and areas such as Morocco, the United States, Germany, Russia and Southwest Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the technical barriers to trade in major tea importing countries continue to decrease, Guizhou’s tea exports are expected to continue growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the future, Guizhou aims to become a global high-quality tea production center, the world’s largest tea processing center, the tea export center with China’s highest standard, a national tea industry innovation and development demonstration zone, and a national tea culture and tourism integration development demonstration zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 2022, the total area of tea gardens in Southwest China’s Guizhou province hit 7 million mu (466,666.67 hectares), the output of tea was 454,000 metric tons, and the output value of tea was 60.62 billion yuan ($8.79 billion), a year-on-year increase of 6.18 percent. Guizhou has seized its position as China’s tea raw material<\/p>\n