Ministry of Agriculture: This year's dry tea production was 2.58 million tons, an increase of 170,000 tons from the previous year.

The area is slightly increased. It is estimated that the national tea garden covers an area of ​​over 44 million mu, an increase of 1.3 million mu over the previous year. Among them, Hubei, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Jiangxi and other provinces increased by 236,000 mu, 215,000 mu, 193,000 mu and 150,000 mu respectively.

Product structure optimization. The proportion of green tea and oolong tea in total tea production continued to decline. Tea, such as black tea, black tea, white tea and yellow tea, accounted for 26%, an increase of 1.2 percentage points over the previous year. At the same time, special products such as citrus tea, mandarin tea, herbal tea and ultra-fine tea powder, matcha tea, tea beverages, tea health products and other intensive processing products increased.

Quality and efficiency improvement. Local governments vigorously promote standardized production, build a batch of green product production bases, and create a number of influential public brands and well-known brands to promote quality and efficiency. The price of spring tea this year has increased by about 20% over the previous year. The total output value of dry tea is expected to be more than 1920 billion yuan, an increase of 14.3%.

Green development is accelerating. Combine the organic fertilizer substitution action, accelerate the promotion of organic fertilizer and reduce the amount of chemical fertilizer. At the same time, vigorously promote green prevention and control technologies such as physical control and biological control to reduce the amount of pesticides. The clonal variety has been accelerated and the area has reached 28 million mu, an increase of more than 1 million mu over the previous year.

The Ministry of Agriculture will follow the implementation of the central government's decision-making, closely implement the rural revitalization strategy, promote the structural reform of the agricultural supply side, adhere to the quality of agriculture, green agriculture, brand strong farmers, and vigorously promote the green development of tea and standardized production, Improve the quality and market competitiveness of the tea industry. Stabilize the tea area. Optimize the layout of tea production areas, promote suitable areas, adapt to areas, consolidate and enhance the advantageous areas, develop special areas, and guide non-dominant areas to gradually withdraw from tea planting. Promote the transformation of the old tea garden and keep the area of ​​the tea garden basically stable. Promote integrated innovation. Accelerate the selection and breeding of new varieties with high yield and multi-resistance, strengthen the registration and protection of new varieties, build a breeding base for clonal breeding, and promote the upgrading of varieties. Integrate assembly, resource conservation, eco-friendly green production technology mode, promote the key technologies of organic fertilizer instead of chemical fertilizer, green control of pests and diseases, and promote quality and efficiency. Organize scientific research units and enterprises to carry out joint research, overcome the bottleneck of famous tea machine mining technology, and improve the mechanization level of tea production. Promote institutional innovation. We will cultivate new business entities such as large-scale farmers, farmers' cooperatives and leading enterprises, and promote large-scale operations and standardized production. Support production service organizations, carry out services such as seedling breeding and unified management, pest control, and fertilizer integration and management, and improve the degree of production organization. Develop new industries, new formats and new models such as tea industry leisure, rural tourism and e-commerce, and promote the integration and development of the first, second and third industries. Promote brand creation. Vigorously promote the quality of agriculture, brand strong farmers, relying on industry alliances, industry associations and large enterprise groups to create regional public brands with outstanding regional characteristics and distinctive product characteristics. Promote enterprise innovation technology, improve production technology, optimize packaging design, enhance product quality, and shape brand core value. With the help of China International Tea Expo and other platforms, we have created a number of well-known brands with good quality, high reputation and high market share. (Original title: This year's tea production stable development structure optimization quality benefits)