The soil and climate conditions in Tongbai County are suitable for the growth of tea trees. There are more than 200,000 acres of mountainous land suitable for tea. Tea cultivation has a long history. It was a famous tea area as early as the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Tongbai County’s tea farms were among the 13 largest in the country. One of the teahouses. Because Tongbai was a strategic location in history, the tea gardens were repeatedly destroyed, with only a few dozen acres left after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Later, Tongbai tea was able to resume development. There were three tea development climaxes in the 1960s and 1970s, the 1980s, the late 1990s and the early 21st century, with the highest area exceeding 30,000 acres. In 2003, the county's tea garden area was 12,035 acres, including 8,025 acres of old tea gardens before 1999 and 4,010 acres of newly developed tea gardens after 1999, with an annual output of 363 tons of dry tea and an output value of 12.1 million yuan. Tea gardens are mainly distributed in Chengwan, Huaiyuan, Yuehe, Wucheng, Chengjiao, Guxian and other towns. In recent years, the focus has been on the development of "three townships and one garden" (Chengwan Township, Huaiyuan Town, Yuehe Town and the Agricultural Bureau Demonstration Garden), accounting for 83.1% of the county's total area. In November 2002, a 500-acre pollution-free tea garden was built. From 2000 to 2003, the Ministry of Agriculture invested 6 million yuan to build a national-level tea tree breeding farm in Henan Province. Since 1986, it has successively developed provincial famous teas such as "Tongbai Maojian", "Qinghuai Green Shuttle", "Tongbai Yuye" and "Taibai Yinhao" premium products. "Huaiyuan Jianhao" won the 99 Kunming World Expo Bronze Award, "Huaiyuan" brand trademark was rated as one of the top ten tea brands in the province in 2002. At present, tea in our county has formed a product pattern of one brand and five famous teas, with Tongbai Yuye and Tongbai Maojian being the leading products.