Tea consumers actively carry out various services. In order to cultivate talents in the tea industry, the association has established a vocational training school for tea art, which has trained more than 600 junior, middle and senior tea artists and tea critics.
Various activities of tea industry have contributed to the development of tea economy and tea culture in Shandong Province. Second, it has promoted tea production, management and scientific and technological progress. Promote the all-round development of tea production, scientific research and teaching and technology popularization in Shandong Province. The association has organized many scientific and technical personnel in the tea industry to go deep into tea producing areas for technical guidance, training, experience exchange and promotion.
The new technology and varieties of tea have expanded the planting area of tea and improved the quality and production efficiency of tea. 1997, the tea planting area in Shandong province was only 3380 hectares, and the output was 1300 tons. reach
In 2006, the tea planting area reached15,740 hectares, with an output of 8,000 tons, and a number of Shandong famous tea brands were cultivated. Third, actively guide the circulation and consumption of tea. Shandong is a big province of tea consumption, with an annual consumption of 50,000 tons. The tea market is booming. Shandong has become the distribution center of tea in Jinan, Qingdao, Linyi and Weifang.
The annual trading volume of leaf market reached 6.5438+0.3 million tons; The association actively promotes the development of tea house industry, advocates "scientific tea drinking, healthy tea drinking and civilized tea drinking", organizes tea house industry to carry out self-discipline activities, and serves tea customers wholeheartedly. Fourthly, it promoted the development and prosperity of tea culture. Actively committed to the historical and cultural research of Shandong tea. For a long time, the research on the history of Lu tea has been very weak. After the establishment of the association, it vigorously carried out tea culture research and went deep into tea producing areas and famous mountains and rivers to study Lu tea culture.
Fifth, expand foreign tea exchanges. The association has held or jointly held several tea fairs in Jinan, Rizhao and Tai 'an. In particular, the 9th International Symposium on Tea Culture was held in Qingdao and was a complete success. Strengthen contacts and exchanges with China International Tea Culture Research Association, China Tea Circulation Association and brother tea associations in various provinces and cities; I visited and inspected many times outside the province, learned from the experience and technology of foreign tea development, and applied it to the construction of tea culture in our province in time, and achieved good results. Since 2004, he has organized investigation, investigation and special discussion on Lu tea culture, filmed a large documentary "Qilu Tea Edge" 12, wrote a paper "The Origin of Lu Tea" and published a collection of personal calligraphy works with the theme of "Tea". In 2006, Shandong Province held a meeting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the South-to-North Tea Transfer Project, which summarized the history and experience of tea industry development in Shandong Province. It also organized the selection of "Top Ten Famous Tea" and "Top Ten Famous Tea" in Shandong Province, which promoted the brand building of green tea. At the same time, the association often goes to various places to publicize the basic cultural knowledge of tea, organize or co-organize various large-scale tea events, popularize tea knowledge and prosper tea culture.