The Tea Industry in Modern China and Public Demand for Tea

Abstract

In the late nineteenth century, China experienced a great change from dominating the international tea market to losing it. A century later, although China never regained its past glory, it has made huge achievements in rebuilding its tea industry, and has become the world’s largest tea exporter. By develo** its tea industry, China aims to develop its economy and improve its people’s living standards. Considering the special environmental conditions for tea planting, the tea industry has played a key role in implementing strategic economic development in poverty-stricken areas. All levels of the government are also playing a leading role in the efforts to develop the tea industry. Tea’s popularity among urban consumers is closely related to the cultural demands of the Chinese people. In less than 30 years, the term “tea culture” has become a household term with the tea ceremony as its most representative product.