In the Baimao tea planting base of Dongquan Village, Luyang Town, dozens of tea pickers are picking fresh tea leaves.

 

In the modern production workshop of Chenzhou Mucaoren Tea Industry Company, the intelligent production line is running at full speed. After undergoing processes such as automatic greening, intelligent withering, and precise temperature control drying, fresh leaves also need to go through multiple strict quality control links, with clean production throughout the entire production process.

 

“With the continuous development of the Baimao tea industry in recent years, it has created job opportunities and income channels for rural laborers. I have been engaged in tea processing for several tens of years, which helps me get an annual net labor income of over 60,000 yuan,” said an employee of Chenzhou Mucaoren Tea Industry.

 

 

 

In recent years, with the targeted assistance of China Railway Group Limited (CREC), Rucheng Baimao Tea industry has achieved leapfrog development. Through the model of “leading enterprises, cooperatives, farmers”, a complete industrial chain has been constructed, making the tea industry an important engine for rural revitalization.

 

Li Zhiguo, general manager of the company, said, “CREC has always been committed to assisting the Rucheng Baimao tea. Through effective measures such as financial support, brand promotion, and consumption drive, it cultivated large-scale tea growers and leading enterprises. It also extended the industrial chain by building seedling bases, demonstration bases, science popularization bases, processing bases, and marketing networks through leading enterprises, and provided job opportunities for rural laborers.” 

 

 

 

To lay a solid foundation for technological innovation, the county government has established long-term and stable strategic cooperation relationships with scientific research institutions such as Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hunan Agricultural University, and Hunan Provincial Vegetable Research Institute. 

 

Efforts have been made to build industry-university-research platforms, and carry out research projects such as fast propagation technology, high-yield cultivation regulations and variety breeding.

 

At present, Rucheng Baimao tea has become a characteristic industry to enrich the local people and strengthen the county. There are now 15,000 mu (1,000 hectares) of Baimao tea across the county, with an annual processing output value exceeding 500 million yuan.

 

Chinese source: rednet