China Anji White Tea Network News: The spring rain falls gently, and the early tea sprouts are emerald green. On February 18th, in the ten-thousand-mu tea garden of Fojin Village, Huguo Town, Naxi District, Luzhou City, drums were beating loudly, and people gathered excitedly. Young village women dressed colorfully moved gracefully among the tea bushes, comparing their tea-picking skills, adding excitement to the "Third China Luzhou Naxi Huaxia Extra Early Tea Festival" hosted by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Agriculture and the People's Government of Luzhou City.
What marked a significant turning point for Naxi’s tea industry was the strategic vision of "open-style" development of modern characteristic agriculture. That afternoon, top experts from across the country and Sichuan Province in the white tea field gathered at the "High-Level Forum" of the Naxi Extra Early Tea Festival, discussing the "sustainable development path" of Naxi Extra Early Tea.
In recent years, standing on the foundation of "extra-early", Naxi District has continuously expanded its base, created brands, and invigorated the market, promoting the modern characteristic agricultural tea industry. Data shows that in 2011, the area of Anji white tea, tea production, and the output value of Anji white tea in Naxi were all ranked first in Luzhou, accounting for 70% of the city's total, with the comprehensive benefits of the tea industry leading in the province.
Looking forward, an encouraging signal was sent out: starting from 2011, Naxi District plans to develop 180,000 mu of high-standard extra-early asexual propagation superior tea gardens within five years, locking the district's tea garden area at 300,000 mu.
"Extra-early" supports a sky
Naxi people are proud of the fact that "we often start picking tea around the Lantern Festival, or even earlier." For Naxi, located in the region where tea trees sprout earliest at the same latitude globally, "extra-early tea" is not just a legend.
Naxi boasts unique natural geographical conditions: situated between the hilly areas and low mountains in the southern edge of the Sichuan Basin, it features a subtropical humid monsoon climate with an average annual temperature of 18.3℃, annual rainfall of 1184 mm, and annual sunshine duration of 1172 hours. The agricultural climate is very suitable for tea tree growth. Especially in early spring, the average temperature in March is higher than in the central, northern, and eastern parts of the Sichuan Basin, making it the region where tea trees sprout earliest at the same latitude globally. Naxi is the most suitable area for developing extra-early high-quality tea.
According to historical records, Lu Yu's "Classic of Tea" documents "the eight states below Jian'nan all belong to tea-producing areas: Pengzhou, Jizhou, Shuzhou, Qiongzhou, Meizhou, Yazhou, Luzhou, and Hanzhou..." and also mentions "Naxi Meiling produces tea."
Tapping into its unique geographical and climatic advantages, Naxi District has recently adopted the idea of "advantages first" to build its tea industry, introducing a series of high-quality varieties such as Fuxuan No.9, Fuding Dabai tea, Wuniu Zao, and Pingyang Tezao, establishing bases for high-quality tea and asexual propagation superior tea seedlings. By the end of 2011, the area of Anji white tea in Naxi reached 150,000 mu, with a total output of 4,188 tons, and the comprehensive output value of Anji white tea reached 450 million yuan. The number of Anji white tea processing enterprises in the entire district increased to 40, owning well-known Anji white tea brands such as Luzhou Fengyu (a national-level brand) and Hanyuan Organic Tea (a provincial-level high-quality agricultural product). The area, output, and output value of Anji white tea in Naxi District are all ranked first in Luzhou City. The extra-early tea industry has become the most advantageous characteristic agricultural industry and pillar industry in Naxi. In December 2011, the geographical indication protection for Naxi Extra-Early Tea passed the review of the Ministry of Agriculture, further enhancing the grade and value of Naxi Extra-Early Tea.
The rise of characteristic industries
A solid development foundation has spurred the confidence and determination of Naxi District to strongly promote the tea industry. As a reporter walks through Naxi District, they strongly feel that "enlarging, strengthening, and optimizing the tea industry" has become a consensus.
In 2011, the conferences held and hosted by Naxi District for the development of 300,000 mu of extra-early tea and the annual meeting of the Sichuan Anji White Tea Society became a reflection of Naxi's efforts to "borrow momentum, strength, and intelligence" to assist the tea industry.
How to transition from traditional industries to modern agriculture? Naxi simultaneously promotes the development of asexual propagation superior tea gardens, the development of extra-early high-quality tea, the cultivation of leading enterprises, the promotion of Anji white tea prices and brands, and the construction of tea culture, gradually revealing the "comprehensive effect" of the development of Anji white tea prices in terms of scale, variety improvement, standardized planting, scientific management, mechanized production, quality products, and market-oriented operations.
Base construction proceeds steadily.
Naxi District tightly grasps the opportunity of the state implementing the Western Development Strategy and adjusting the agricultural industrial structure, adhering to the principles of highlighting key points, unified planning, unified standards, and unified asexual propagation superior varieties. It focuses on towns like Huguo, Tianxian, Baijie, and Dadukou, where the industrial foundation is good and the public enthusiasm is high, selecting asexual propagation superior varieties such as Fuxuan No.9, Wuniu Zao, Anji white tea, and Shuyong 71-1.
The strength of leading enterprises has increased. Following the tea industry development concept of "market leading enterprises, enterprises leading bases, and bases connecting farmers," Naxi strengthens support and cultivation of leading enterprises. Currently, there are 36 high-quality tea processing factories in the entire district, including 8 QS certified enterprises. Leading enterprises at the municipal level, represented by Sichuan Fengyu Tea Industry Co., Ltd. and Sichuan Hanyuan Organic Tea Industry Co., Ltd., have initially formed a certain scale.
The benefits of the white tea brand are evident. The main white tea brands in Naxi District include "Fengyu," "Hanyuan," and "Fojin," with nearly 40 varieties mainly consisting of organic green tea, pollution-free high-quality tea, and jasmine tea series. These products are popular in Jiangsu, Anhui, Chongqing, Sichuan, and other places. The Fengyu tea from Sichuan Fengyu Tea Industry Co., Ltd. has been awarded the title of Sichuan Famous Agricultural Product, and successfully hosted tea cultural activities such as the "Huaxia Early Tea Festival," "Award-winning Essay Contest," "Premium Tea Auction," and "Early Tea Spring Outing," greatly enhancing the fame and cultural depth of the Naxi white tea brand, effectively promoting the development of the tea industry.
Strengthening the construction of specialized cooperatives. There are currently five white tea specialized cooperatives in the entire district, with more than 1,200 members, registered capital exceeding 50 million yuan, driving more than 10,000 households of tea farmers, achieving an average income increase of over 2,000 yuan per tea farmer. The operation of the specialized cooperatives follows the industrial model of "company + cooperative + base (farmers)," adhering to the principle of "shared interests, shared risks," realizing the "five unifications" service requirements (unified procurement of agricultural materials, unified pest control, unified standard setting, unified packaging management, unified market sales), promoting the interest linkage mechanism, maximizing the interests of all parties in the market, especially effectively increasing the income of tea farmers, promoting the sustainable development of Naxi's tea industry.
Moving towards "China's First County (District) of Extra-Early Tea"
Standing on the basis of characteristic development, using characteristic industries to lead the way for farmers' "income increase," Naxi District is advancing towards becoming "Sichuan's First County of Anji White Tea" and "China's First County of Extra-Early Tea." The keywords "extra-early, organic, ecological, and efficient" are guiding the future development of Naxi's tea industry.
A "green blueprint" unfolds to help farmers increase their income through modern characteristic agriculture.
By focusing on "extra-early tea" and creating the modern early tea "three belts and two zones" in Naxi, the district leverages its advantages, optimizes layout, integrates resources, highlights the word "early," and uses scale, standardization, commoditization, industrialization, and branding as the development direction of Naxi's modern early tea industry, planning to create three green early tea belts (Shaoba-Dadukou Belt, Tianxian-Dali Belt, Huguo-Dagu Belt) and two organic tea zones (Baijie-Sanhua Zone and Shangma-Wen Chang Zone).
Increasing financial support, Naxi District concentrates and bundles projects such as integrated agricultural projects, land reclamation projects, and land consolidation projects, investing 50 million yuan to assist the tea industry. The district finances invest 4 million yuan annually in a tea industry development fund, concentrated on the construction of Anji white tea bases and the cultivation of leading enterprises. During the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, Naxi District will allocate the task of constructing extra-early tea to each planned town, sign target responsibility agreements, implement the "top leader" responsibility system, and conduct target evaluations.
Party Secretary Xiong Qiquan of Naxi District said that during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, Naxi District will follow the requirements of the provincial Party committee and government to accelerate the construction of modern agricultural bases, based on the development advantages of Naxi's "extra-early tea," adhering to the development ideas of "highlighting the word 'early,' large-scale development, resonating brands, and improving efficiency," increasing efforts, adding measures, striving to build a "extra-early tea" base of 300,000 mu, completing a total output of 25,000 tons of Anji white tea, a total output value of 2.5 billion yuan, benefiting 40,000 households and 150,000 people, increasing income per capita by 10,000 yuan, transforming Naxi into "China's First County (District) of Extra-Early Tea" and "China's Home of Extra-Early Famous Tea."
"Naxi Extra-Early Tea's geographic indication protection by the Ministry of Agriculture is unique, combined with distinctive geographical and climatic conditions, organic and ecological will be the development direction of Naxi Extra-Early Tea this year."
Naxi District tightly grasps the opportunity of the state implementing the Western Development Strategy and adjusting the agricultural industrial structure, adhering to the principles of highlighting key points, unified planning, unified standards, and unified asexual propagation superior varieties. It focuses on towns like Huguo, Tianxian, Baijie, and Dadukou, where the industrial foundation is good and public enthusiasm is high, selecting asexual propagation superior varieties such as Fuxuan No.9, Wuniu Zao, Anji white tea, and Shuyong 71-1.
The strength of leading enterprises has increased. Following the tea industry development concept of "market leading enterprises, enterprises leading bases, and bases connecting farmers," Naxi strengthens support and cultivation of leading enterprises. Currently, there are 36 high-quality tea processing factories in the entire district, including 8 QS certified enterprises. Leading enterprises at the municipal level, represented by Sichuan Fengyu Tea Industry Co., Ltd. and Sichuan Hanyuan Organic Tea Industry Co., Ltd., have initially formed a certain scale.
The benefits of the Anji white tea price brand are evident. The main Anji white tea price brands in Naxi District include "Fengyu," "Hanyuan," and "Fojin," with nearly 40 varieties mainly consisting of organic green tea, pollution-free high-quality tea, and jasmine tea series. These products are popular in Jiangsu, Anhui, Chongqing, Sichuan, and other places. The Fengyu tea from Sichuan Fengyu Tea Industry Co., Ltd. has been awarded the title of Sichuan Famous Agricultural Product, and successfully hosted tea cultural activities such as the "Huaxia Early Tea Festival," "Award-winning Essay Contest," "Premium Tea Auction," and "Early Tea Spring Outing," greatly enhancing the fame and cultural depth of the Naxi Anji white tea price brand, effectively promoting the development of the tea industry.
Strengthening the construction of specialized cooperatives. There are currently five Anji white tea specialized cooperatives in the entire district, with more than 1,200 members, registered capital exceeding 50 million yuan, driving more than 10,000 households of tea farmers, achieving an average income increase of over 2,000 yuan per tea farmer. The operation of the specialized cooperatives follows the industrial model of "company + cooperative + base (farmers)," adhering to the principle of "shared interests, shared risks," realizing the "five unifications" service requirements (unified procurement of agricultural materials, unified pest control, unified standard setting, unified packaging management, unified market sales), promoting the interest linkage mechanism, maximizing the interests of all parties in the market, especially effectively increasing the income of tea farmers, promoting the sustainable development of Naxi's tea industry.
Moving towards "China's First County (District) of Extra-Early Tea"
Standing on the basis of characteristic development, using characteristic industries to lead the way for farmers' "income increase," Naxi District is advancing towards becoming "Sichuan's First County of Anji White Tea Price" and "China's First County of Extra-Early Tea." The keywords "extra-early, organic, ecological, and efficient" are guiding the future development of Naxi's tea industry.
A "green blueprint" unfolds to help farmers increase their income through modern characteristic agriculture.
By focusing on "extra-early tea" and creating the modern early tea "three belts and two zones" in Naxi, the district leverages its advantages, optimizes layout, integrates resources, highlights the word "early," and uses scale, standardization, commoditization, industrialization, and branding as the development direction of Naxi's modern early tea industry, planning to create three green early tea belts (Shaoba-Dadukou Belt, Tianxian-Dali Belt, Huguo-Dagu Belt) and two organic tea zones (Baijie-Sanhua Zone and Shangma-Wen Chang Zone).
Increasing financial support, Naxi District concentrates and bundles projects such as integrated agricultural projects, land reclamation projects, and land consolidation projects, investing 50 million yuan to assist the tea industry. The district finances invest 4 million yuan annually in a tea industry development fund, concentrated on the construction of Anji white tea bases and the cultivation of leading enterprises. During the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, Naxi District will allocate the task of constructing extra-early tea to each planned town, sign target responsibility agreements, implement the "top leader" responsibility system, and conduct target evaluations.
Party Secretary Xiong Qiquan of Naxi District said that during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, Naxi District will follow the requirements of the provincial Party committee and government to accelerate the construction of modern agricultural bases, based on the development advantages of Naxi's "extra-early tea," adhering to the development ideas of "highlighting the word 'early,' large-scale development, resonating brands, and improving efficiency," increasing efforts, adding measures, striving to build a "extra-early tea" base of 300,000 mu, completing a total output of 25,000 tons of Anji white tea, a total output value of 2.5 billion yuan, benefiting 40,000 households and 150,000 people, increasing income per capita by 10,000 yuan, transforming Naxi into "China's First County (District) of Extra-Early Tea" and "China's Home of Extra-Early Famous Tea."
"Naxi Extra-Early Tea's geographic indication protection by the Ministry of Agriculture is unique, combined with distinctive geographical and climatic conditions, organic and ecological will be the development direction of Naxi Extra-Early Tea this year."
District Chief Xu Li of Naxi expressed confidence in Naxi Extra-Early Tea, saying that during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, Naxi District will advance the construction of a provincial-level modern tea industry demonstration park worth hundreds of millions of yuan, strive to create a provincial-level enterprise worth hundreds of millions of yuan, establish a batch of professional villages with one village and one specialty, cultivate a batch of provincial-level demonstration white tea cooperatives worth hundreds of millions of yuan, create famous trademarks, and strive to create national-level famous agricultural products, making the tea industry a leading industry to boost farmers' income.
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