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Journal of Tea Science ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (2): 290-300.doi: 10.13305/j.cnki.jts.20211210.001

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Research on the Changes of China's Tea Production Layout

WU Qinyao1, YANG Jiangfan2, LIN Cheng3, GUAN Xi2,*   

  1. 1. School of Tourism and Leisure Management, Fujian University of Business Studies, Fuzhou 350002, China;
    2. School of Economics and Management, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China;
    3. Fuzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Fuzhou 350002, China
  • Received:2021-06-21 Revised:2021-08-07 Online:2022-04-15 Published:2022-04-15

Abstract: Based on the agricultural location theory, comparative advantage theory and rational "economic man" hypothesis, a theoretical analysis framework taking cultural factors and factors affecting the changes in China's tea production layout into account was constructed using data from 16 tea-producing provinces across the country from 1993 to 2018. The panel data of the district expounded the characteristics and laws of the changes in China's tea production layout, and clarified the main influencing factors and driving mechanisms that affected the changes in China's tea production layout. The results show that: (1) After the reform and opening up, from 1993 to 2018, China's tea industry had agglomerated and expanded in terms of production scale, and the tea production space had changed significantly, with significant differences in characteristics. (2) The layout of tea yield was based on natural resources, consumer demand, and culture. The factors like technological progress and social and economic factors had a profound impact on the layout of tea production over time, and resulted in differences in tea-producing provinces across the country. (3) Natural resources and technological progress were the basis and prerequisite for changes in the layout of tea production. The decisive conditions for changes in the layout of tea production were consumer demand and socio-economic factors. Brand building and policy support were also important supplementary factors for the current development of the tea industry. On this basis, this article proposed to optimize the layout of tea production according to local conditions, strengthen the protection of land resources, rationally plan the area of tea gardens, maintain the continuous and stable development of the tea industry, attach importance to technological innovation and application to improve the level of tea yields and use the inter-regional interaction of tea production to achieve policy recommendations such as improving the overall efficiency of the tea industry.

Key words: tea, production layout, comparative advantage, optimization

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