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.