Guizhou's Meitan builds an eco-friendly tea industry

Meitan, Guizhou province, is stepping up efforts to create an environmentally sustainable tea industry through judicial action and public outreach.

In late autumn, some 300,000 local tea farmers have begun harvesting the season's final crop. Authorities have prioritized eco-friendly farming practices, which helped all local agricultural products pass safety inspections over the past year.

Early in 2022, the local court established the country's first environmental protection tribunal for the tea industry to address ecological harm caused by tea cultivation.