Anji white tea is a specialty of Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

Anji first discovered dozens of wild white tea trees in Malinggang, Xiaofeng Town in 1930, but their fate was unknown. Anji White Tea Tree is a variant of Camellia sinensis. The young leaves that emerge in spring are pure white, and turn into white and green flowers and leaves in the "spring old age", and then become fully green in summer.

In 1982, during a census of agricultural resources in Zhejiang, another white tea tree that was more than a century old was discovered on a mountain 800 meters above Hengkengwu, Daxi Village, Tianhuangping Town. Its young leaves were pure white, and only the main veins were slightly red. It is green and rarely sets seeds. It was later bred into the "Baiye No. 1" variety. At that time, technicians Liu Yimin and Cheng Yagu of the County Forestry Institute successfully took cuttings and propagated them on April 4.

By 1996, it had grown to 1,000 acres, of which only 200 acres could be harvested, and the annual output of dry tea was less than a thousand kilograms.

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Anji white tea has an ID card? The quality can be traced back to the source

On October 24, 2010, the Anji County People's Government held a press conference at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. It was announced that Anji was officially listed as a pilot unit for the construction of a quality and safety traceability system for pollution-free agricultural products. The well-known Anji White Tea in the local area has since had an “identity card” with guaranteed quality and can be traced back to the source.

White tea is Anji’s characteristic agricultural pillar industry. The county has 42,300 acres of pollution-free white tea gardens, 36 organic white tea certification units, and 23 green food certifications. It has successively obtained protection of origin and Chinese famous brands. It has honorary titles such as agricultural products and China's Well-known Trademark, and has been internationally registered in 33 countries and regions. The regional public brand value has reached 2.036 billion yuan, becoming a golden business card for Anji's external image. Starting from the 24th, Anji White Tea has established a comprehensive quality traceability system.

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