Abstract: Industry accumulation is an economic phenomenon of space congregation or local special congregation with the process of economic development. The paper calculates the congregation degree of AnHui tea industry in the period of 2002~2006 by using the means of LQ quotient and the index of concentration. The result indicated that Anhui tea industry possessed a signification congregation tendency and it’s mostly concentrated in the south and west regions of Anhui province. The result also indicated that the level of AnHui tea industry accumulation has a strong positive correlation to the industry development.

Key words: tea industry accumulation, economy, culture, LQ quotient, the index of concentration