The oil camellia flowers are in bloom in the 7,000-mu (about 466.67 hectares) fields in Maoli Village, Jiangshui Township, Yizhang County. The white flowers send bursts of fragrance when a breeze blows.
The oil camellia, as a characteristic industry, have ecological, economic and landscape benefits. Maoli Village adopts the model of “base+company+farmer” in the vigorous development of green ecological oil tea, bringing villagers more income.
In recent years, Jiangshui Township has adhered to the path of green development and actively integrated land resources to develop the oil tea industry. It has taken oil tea as a characteristic industry to promote rural revitalization, making it a source of wealth for local people and a banner of rural revitalization in Yizhang County.
Up to now, the planting area of oil tea in Jiangshui Township has reached more than 30,000 mu (2,000 hectares), with an annual output of about 3 million kg.