Quzhou in East China's Zhejiang province promoted its tea processing machines at the Third China International Tea Expo held in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang on May 15-19.

The city was named the Town of Tea Processing Machines in China by the China International Tea Culture Institute in April.

Quzhou enjoys a long history in tea industry, which originated in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and thrived in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

Since China's reform and opening up in the 1980s the local municipal Party committee and the municipal government have attached great value to the development of the tea industry and built tea processing bases, cultivating competitive tea-related companies and expanding target markets.

Among those markets the tea processing machine manufacturing sector has seen relatively fast development.

The city now has grown into the largest development and research base for tea processing machine manufacturing in China.

As of 2018, the tea processing machines made in Quzhou took up roughly 40 percent of such machines in the Chinese market and the output value of the sector in the city exceeded 500 million yuan ($74.55 million).

A spokesman for the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs spoke highly of the achievements made by Quzhou in developing tea processing machine manufacturing sector, hoping that the sector will play an active role in revitalizing local villages.

Quzhou in Zhejiang province promotes its tea processing machines at the Third China International Tea Expo held in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang on May 15-19. [Photo/qz96811.com]