Chapter Ping has become the largest Oolong tea production center in mainland China.

Source: en.people.cn A photograph of a Wulong tea garden in Zhangping, a county-level city under Longyan, Fujian Province, southeast China. (Image: en.people.cn) In 1996, Mr. Xie Dongqing, a Taiwanese farmer, rented 350 Chinese acres (approximately 23.3 hectares) of wasteland in Yongfu Town, Zhangping with his family. The following year, he planted 400,000 Taiwanese Wulong tea seedlings. "I chose Yongfu because its altitude, climate, soil, and latitude are almost identical to those of the Alishan tea-growing region in Taiwan," Mr. Xie shared. Yongfu Town is a key tea-growing area in Zhangping, located at an average altitude of 780 meters above sea level. The significant temperature difference between day and night, year-round mist, and ample diffuse sunlight have created ideal conditions for tea growth. A photograph of a Wulong tea garden in Yongfu Town, Zhangping, a county-level city in Fujian Province, southeast China. (Image: en.people.cn) As Mr. Xie's tea plantation expanded, ...