Longhui forest farmers lead the villagers to grow tea to get rich

The picture shows Sun Changjian (left) checking the growth of tea seedlings at the nursery base.

Sun Changjian, head of forestry cooperatives, and tea farmers check the growth of tea seedlings at a nursery base in Simenqian Town, Longhui County, Hunan Province, on December 13.

Since 1995, with the support of the forestry department of Longhui County, Sun Changjian has led the local people to carry out the breeding of famous and high-quality tea seedlings. At present, he has cultivated a series of new varieties of famous and high-quality tea seedlings, such as Jiubaihao and Golden Tea. By setting up forestry professional cooperatives, Sun Changjian's nursery base has become a famous and excellent tea seedling breeding base with the largest scale, the most varieties and the highest yield in Longhui County.