Fuding White Tea Spawns Industry To Relief Poverty, Boost Rural Revitalisation

KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (Bernama) -- The First China White Tea Trade Convention and the 12th Fuding White Tea Festival, recently kicked off in Diantou Town of Fuding city, Fujian province.

According to Fuding Convergence Media Center in a statement, during this period, the Fuding Spring tea has begun to be picked for white tea production for the market.

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.

Fuding white tea industry is poised to redouble its efforts in developing the international market, improve variety cultivation and brand value, expand the international impact of its white tea and sell more products with more competitive prices.

In November last year, 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.

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 revitalisation, basing on its strengths in agricultural resources, location, ecology, branding, capital and culture, as well as implementing measures such as tech-driven agriculture, tax and fee reduction, financial support.

In 2022, around 20,333 hectares of the tea plantation area is available for tea-picking in Fuding, with a total output of 31,000 tonnes of tea, including 23,000 tonnes of white tea.

Over the years, Fuding has firmly taken tea industry as the pillar to advance poverty alleviation and rural revitalisation. 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.

-- BERNAMA