The Forestry Bureau of Yongxing County has developed oil-tea trees into a large industry. To create a public brand “Yongxing Tea Oil”, in 2021, a 3.33-hectare nursery of improved oil-tea varieties was built in line with standards by the county oil-tea scientific research institute, planted with oil-tea clonal grafting seedlings approved by the national or provincial forest variety approval committees.
Now the new shoots are growing rapidly. The nursery is expected to provide 4 million cuttings with an annual output of over 300,000 yuan, which can meet the demands for improved seedling cultivation in Yongxing County and the surrounding areas.
Besides, since the full implementation of the forest chief system in 2021, Yongxing County has developed oil-tea industry and innovated the supporting systems to help the oil-tea industry development, with the total investment of over 2 million yuan.
A 200-meter-long hardened road to the institute and a 500-meter-long forest road have been built, and all seedling forests have been equipped with drip irrigation facilities. All these will inject new growth drivers into the oil-tea industry.