Xinyang Embraces Maojian Tea Picking Season

Xinyang Embraces Maojian Tea Picking Season

信阳毛尖正式进入开采季

On March 28, a ceremony marking the start of Maojian tea picking was held in Shihe district of Xinyang city, Central China's Henan province.

3月28日，信阳毛尖茶开采仪式，在信阳市浉河区浉河港镇文新茶村举行。

Farmers pick Xinyang Maojian tea after a ceremony marking the start of tea picking on March 28. [Photo by Dong Yong for Henan Business Daily]

With a tea garden area of 600 thousand mu (1 mu equals 0.0667 hectares), Xinyang's Shihe district, the main Xinyang Maojian tea producer in China, mainly produces green tea and black tea. Besides, the production of Oolong tea, white tea and dark tea here also keeps strong momentum. In 2021, Shihe district produced 49 thousand tons of tea with an output value of 9.5 billion yuan, of which 6.3 billion yuan was contributed by green tea while 3.2 billion yuan by black tea, Oolong tea, white tea and dark tea. According to China Agricultural Brand Research Center of Zhejiang University in April 2021, Xinyang Maojian tea ranked 3rd in national tea brand ranking with a brand value of 7.108 billion yuan.

浉河区是信阳毛尖主产区，现有茶园面积60万亩，主要生产绿茶、红茶，同时青茶、白茶、黑茶等生产势头强劲。该区茶叶产量4.9万吨，涉茶综合产值95亿元。其中，绿茶产值63亿元，红、青、白、黑茶产值32亿元。2021年4月，浙江大学中国农业品牌研究中心发布信阳毛尖品牌价值71.08亿元，荣居全国第三位。

In recent years, Shihe district has strengthened its support for leading tea enterprises to realize better-organized tea production and to promote the level of tea industrialization. So far, Shihe district has 1 national leading enterprise, and 9 provincial and 19 municipal ones.

近年来，浉河区加大对龙头茶企的培育扶持力度，加快组织化进程，提升茶叶产业化水平。全区拥有国家级龙头企业1家，省级9家，市级19家。（中文来源/顶端新闻·河南商报 记者/肖风伟 编译/赵汉青 审校/张军平）