FUDING, China, April 14 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — Recently, the First China White Tea Trade Convention and the 12th Fuding White Tea Festival, opened in Diantou Town of Fuding city, Fujian province. During this period of time, the Fuding Spring tea has begun to be picked for white tea production for the market, according to Fuding Convergence Media Center. As one of the most important core producing areas of white tea in China, the city of Fuding in Fujian province is best known as the hometown of white tea in the country.
In November 2022, the “Traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in China” including Fuding white tea making techniques, were added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In recent years, the local government has seized the opportunity to create a national modern agricultural industrial park to promote the quality and efficiency of the whole industrial chain and facilitate rural revitalization, basing on its strengths in agricultural resources (Fuding white tea), location, ecology, branding, capital, culture, etc., and implementing measures including tech-driven agriculture, tax and fee reduction, financial support.