Five departments: By 2028, cultivate more than five tea industry clusters with annual revenue exceeding 10 billion yuan

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and four other departments issued the “Guiding Opinions on Improving and Upgrading the Tea Industry (2026–2030).” By 2028, traditional advantageous tea-producing regions will see steady progress, the development quality and efficiency of local特色 tea industries will continue to optimize, the modernization level of the industry chain will significantly improve, product varieties, consumption scenarios, and business models will continue to expand and diversify, more than five tea industry clusters with annual revenue exceeding 10 billion yuan will be cultivated, a number of leading enterprises in the entire tea industry chain with annual revenue over 5 billion yuan will emerge, along with a batch of internationally influential corporate and regional brands. By 2030, the levels of digital intelligence, greening, and diversification will continue to rise, the entire industry chain scale will reach 1.5 trillion yuan, development quality and efficiency will significantly improve, revenue from refined tea processing above designated size will surpass 200 billion yuan, and a comprehensive, beautiful, green, intelligent, and world-class tea industry system will be basically established.

(Source: People’s Financial News)