The Linzhi Tea Industry Development and Product Promotion Conference was held in Lhasa, Tibet on the 17th. The theme of “Scientifically Exploring Brand Development and Helping the Industry to Get Rid of Poverty” was to explore the development path of Linzhi and Tibetan tea industry and promote Tibetan tea to the high-end market.
Medog County is located in the southern foothills of the Himalayas, with an average elevation of 1,200 meters. The climate is warm and humid, with abundant rainfall. The mountains are surrounded by clouds all the year round, the air is clean and pollution-free, and the ecological environment is beautiful.
Ningxia City deputy mayor Zhaxi Dajie introduced that in recent years, Linzhi City has attached great importance to the development of the tea industry, and has invested 542 million yuan (RMB, the same below) to create a "drunk beauty Linzhi plateau ecological tea" as the goal, to promote tea The industry is good, fast and high quality. At present, tea is planted in Boomi County, Chayu County, Medog County, Yigong Tea Farm and Chayu Farm in Nyingchi City, with a planting scale of 31,200 mu.
Since 2018, Linzhi City's tea production reached 106.62 tons, with an output value of about 46.61 million yuan, driving 1063 farmers and herdsmen, and per capita income increased by 3,036 yuan, effectively promoting the industrial restructuring of Linzhi, helping the poor and tackling the income and increasing the income of farmers and herdsmen.
Medog is the most mature area in Linzhi City's tea industry. Lai Weiwei, deputy magistrate of the county, said that up to now, Medog County has built 33 high-standard alpine organic tea gardens with a total area of ​​8926.36 mu and a harvestable area of ​​4393 mu. 6 tea varieties.
As early as 2012, Medog County built the first experimental tea garden in Medog, covering an area of ​​90 acres. In 2015, Medog County picked the first batch of tea greens, accumulating and picking up 239,300 kilograms of tea greens, increasing the income of the tea for the people by 9,638,800 yuan, and the radiation of 880 households, and the per capita income increased by 3,237 yuan. In the first half of 2019, a total of 109,200 kilograms of tea was collected, which increased the income of farmers and herdsmen to 4,495,500 yuan.