While most flowers have faded in early autumn, camellia flowers at the 44,000-hectare oil tea forest are in full bloom in Yongxing County, Chenzhou City.
In Jinping Village, Gaotingsi Town, Yongxing County, the hills are covered with white camellia flowers, just like first snow in winter. When the breeze blows, you can smell sweet fragrance.
In recent years, the county has increased investment in the construction of oil-tea industry, and taken a series of measures to promote high yield and high efficiency of oil tea and keep an annual growth. At present, the county plants more than 44,000 hectares of oil tea trees, and its annual output value will reach 1.534 billion yuan this year.