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FUDING, China, April 13, 2023 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

Recently, the First China White Tea Trade Convention and the 12th Fuding White

Tea Festival, opened in Diantou Town of Fuding city, Fujian province. During

this period of time, the Fuding Spring tea has begun to be picked for white tea

production for the market, according to Fuding Convergence Media Center. As one

of the most important core producing areas of white tea in China, the city of

Fuding in Fujian province is best known as the hometown of white tea in the

country.

In November 2022, the "Traditional tea processing techniques and their

associated social practices in China" including Fuding white tea making

techniques, were added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible

Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In recent years, the local government has seized

the opportunity to create a national modern agricultural industrial park to

promote the quality and efficiency of the whole industrial chain and facilitate

rural revitalization, basing on its strengths in agricultural resources (Fuding

white tea), location, ecology, branding, capital, culture, etc., and

implementing measures including tech-driven agriculture, tax and fee reduction,

financial support.

In 2022, about 305,000 mu (around 20,333 hectares) of the tea plantation area

is available for tea-picking in Fuding, with a total output of 31,000 tons of

tea, including 23,000 tons of white tea. The total output value of the city's

tea industry is 13.891 billion yuan.

Over the years, Fuding has firmly taken tea industry as the pillar to advance

poverty alleviation and rural revitalization. Centering on the coordinated

development of "tea of high quality, tea of science and technology, tea of

premium brand", Fuding has promoted the industry development in five aspects.

By continuously improving the impact of Fuding white tea brand, the city has

effectively helped 380,000 people in the tea industry increase their income and

live a better life.

Fuding white tea industry is poised to redouble its efforts in developing

international market, improve variety cultivation and brand value, expand the

international impact of its white tea and sell more products with more

competitive prices.

Source: Fuding Convergence Media Center

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   Caption: Workers dry white tea at Xiaoyue Village in Qianqi Town of Fuding City, East

Fujian Province, April 11, 2019.