Abstract: After glancing over the information on the development of world tea industry in the period of 1910~2009 and the development of China tea industry in the period of 1950~2010, the relationship between the development of world tea industry and China tea industry as well as the development of tea science and technology was analyzed. Research discovered that those years with more rapid development of science and technology and more creating achievements were accompanied with the rapid development of tea industry. Lists of some important influencing achievements in the development of tea industry were enumerated in this paper. Based on these, seven gaps were discussed in comparing to the world major tea producing countries. In discussing on the future sustainable development of China tea industry, six strategic scientific problems influencing the sustainable development were put forward. Lastly, six tentative ideas including the modern biological technology and traditional breeding technique, the introduction of environmental science and ecological science into the tea production were advanced for the scientific creation of tea industry in the future 10~15 years in this paper.

Key words: tea industry, science innocation, sustainable development