Pu’er tea enriches ethnic villages

Tea picking is a typical job for Bulang females.

A local lady “fries” the leaves in a wok in order to dehydrate the tea.

“Tea growing is the most important industry of Bulangshan, because it comprises more than 90 percent of local farmers’ income,” says proudly by Yan Nixing, the township head of Bulangshan.

And the pressure of poverty alleviation has been largely eased, as the number of impoverished households decline from 1,013 to only 24.

A villager picks up quality tea leafs in a plant.

“The tough time of Bulang people has gone forever,” concludes him. 

Reporting by Wu Xiaoyang and Yang Jing (Xinhua); trans-editing by Wang Jingzhong