Meitan county is located on the subtropical Guizhou Plateau which lies south of the Yangtze River. The steep terrain that bounds the plateau is marked by massive craggy limestone boulders cut by fast-moving streams.
Tea is planted in the northern part of the plateau, about 70 kilometers from Zunyi (known as Guizhou’s tea city). Meitan county is 65% covered by a forest of conifers with oak and

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Vida (Wei) Peng is a writer based in Beijing who works at the China Tea Marketing Association. She loves tea and was employed in the Chinese tea industry for eight years. One of her most recent works is “Construction of Integrity System in China's Tea Industry” for the China Tea Industry Development Report.