This year is a critical one for the high-quality development and transformation of the Liubao Tea industry in Wuzhou. Our city is committed to the goal of “increasing farmers' income, attracting enterprises to expand markets, building brands, and establishing standards for stable growth.” We are accelerating the “large-scale, branded, and standardized” development of the Liubao tea industry in Wuzhou. Recently, with the promotion of the Autonomous Region's Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, the Liubao tea industry in Cangwu County, Wuzhou City, has become the only one in Guangxi selected as a national regional pilot for the second batch of quality management system certification improvement actions for small and micro-enterprises.
The kick-off meeting for the national regional pilot program on quality management system certification improvement actions for small and micro-enterprises in the Liubao tea industry was held in Liubao Town, Cangwu County, Wuzhou City, on August 6. The event was jointly organized by the Autonomous Region's Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, the Wuzhou City Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, and the Cangwu County People's Government. According to the pilot plan, with joint efforts from the Autonomous Region and Wuzhou City market supervision departments and Cangwu County, through three years of effort, we will continuously improve the standard system construction for the entire Liubao tea industry chain. We aim to establish more than five group standards, build one quality service “one-stop” platform for Liubao tea, and one trademark brand service station for Liubao tea. We strive to provide more replicable, scalable, and referenceable Guangxi experiences for the growth, development, transformation, and innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises across China through the Liubao tea industry.
Su Hongting, General Manager of Qiyuan Sheng Liubao Tea Specialized Cooperative in Liubao Town, Cangwu County:
“We hope that with the help of relevant departments and our own efforts, we can strengthen the management of our cooperative members' tea gardens, produce high-quality Liubao tea, and obtain some high-end certifications for Liubao tea. This will not only help us carry forward and support the economic development of Liubao tea but also improve the quality of life for our cooperative members, working together to promote the high-quality development of the Liubao tea industry.”
In recent years, the Liubao tea industry has seen accelerated development, with both production and sales thriving and prices rising. According to statistics, from 2025 to 2025, the price of Liubao tea increased annually by 20% to 30%, and the sales revenue of Liubao tea enterprises grew by over 20% annually. As of the end of June this year, there were 5,901 tea-related business entities in our city, an increase of 10.71% year-over-year; 131 Liubao tea production enterprises had obtained SC permits, an increase of 27.18% year-over-year; there were 14 large-scale tea enterprises, an increase of 40% year-over-year; and the total tax revenue from tea enterprises in the city reached 76.45 million yuan, an increase of 63% year-over-year. ‘Wuzhou Liubao Tea' ranked 13th among the top 20 Chinese Tea regional public brands in 2024, with a brand value of 4.973 billion yuan, achieving its best historical ranking.
Zhong Weijun, Deputy Director of the Wuzhou Tea Industry Development Bureau:
“Focusing on the strategic goal of creating half of the trillion-yuan tea industry in Guangxi, we are coordinating efforts in Tea culture, tea industry, and tea technology. We adhere to the development line of stabilizing primary production, strengthening secondary production, and optimizing tertiary production, constantly enhancing the influence of tea culture, the competitiveness of the tea industry, and the supporting power of tea technology. Moving forward, we will stay focused on our goals, open up new ideas, and innovate in development. We will take practical steps to drive the continuous transformation and upgrading of the Liubao tea industry, using the courage and determination of reform to convert into tangible efficiency and benefits, contributing to the high-quality development of Wuzhou Liubao tea.”
Journalists: Deng Kaihui, Huang Chenglin