Chapter 18 Appendix I

China Tea Memorabilia Shennong Era It is said that tea as a beverage began in the Shennong era before 2737 BC. There is a saying that "Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, encountered seventy-two poisons every day, and got tea to cure them", which should be the beginning of the medicinal use of tea. In 1066 BC, when King Wu of Zhou defeated Zhou, the tea produced in Bashu had been used as a treasure of "paying tribute", which is the earliest record of tea as a tribute. "Huayang Kingdom Chronicle" During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yingxiang Qi Jinggong (547-490 BC), "eat rice without millet, roasted three eggs and five eggs, and it's just green vegetables."It shows that in the Spring and Autumn Period, tea has been used as a dish soup for human consumption. "Yanzi Spring and Autumn"

In the Western Han Dynasty (206-24 B.C.) in 59 B.C., there were records of "cooking all tea utensils" and "buying tea in Wuyang". . "Children's Covenant" In the Western Han Dynasty, Wu Lizhen, the Zen master of Ganlu, married in Mengshan, Sichuan, and planted tea trees. This is the earliest record of Buddhist monks planting tea. In the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220), Hua Tuo, a medical scientist in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms Period, put forward in his "Food Theory" that "bitter tea, long-term food, benefits the meaning", which is the earliest description of the pharmacological function of tea.

In the Jin Dynasty (265-420 A.D.), Sun Hao, the monarch of Wu State, "secretly gave tea to replace wine" to Wei Yao, which is the earliest record of "replacing wine with tea". "Three Kingdoms" In the Sui Dynasty (581-618 A.D.), the drinking of tea gradually spread.During the Kaihuang reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen was ill with his brain, and when he met a layman, he told him to take it with boiled tea, and it was effective.So people competed to pick it, and tea gradually developed from medicinal to social drinks. Tang (618-907 A.D.) In the fifth year of Zong Dali (770 A.D.) of the Tang Dynasty, a tribute tea house was established in Guzhu Mountain (now Changxing County, Zhejiang Province). .The production of tribute tea has lasted for more than 600 years.

According to "Fengshi Wenjianji", when the Uighurs entered the dynasty, they drove famous horses and returned with tea.It shows that the tea horse trade began in the Tang Dynasty. In the first year of Jianzhong (780 A.D.), Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty received Zhao Zanyi's advice and ordered the taxation of tea from all over the world, one out of ten, which was the beginning of tea taxation. The world's first tea industry specialist Lu Yu's "The Classic of Tea" came out (late 8th century AD), and the book is divided into three volumes and ten sections.This book has a profound influence on the development of tea industry in various countries, and people regard Lu Yu as the "tea ancestor".

In the first year of Emperor Shunzong Yongzhen of Tang Dynasty (805 A.D.), the Japanese monk Master Saicheng returned from China with tea tree seeds and planted them in Tailu Mountain near Jiangxi. This is the earliest record of tea seed transmission. In the ninth year of Taihe (835 A.D.) of Emperor Wenzong of Tang Dynasty, Wang Ya was appointed as the tea envoy, who monopolized tea and practiced tea. In the 15th year of Xiantong Emperor Yizong of Tang Dynasty (874 A.D.), in the series of tea sets given to Famen Temple, there are gilded and silver tea cages, tea rollers, tea boxes, etc., which are now in the Treasure Hall of the Underground Palace of Famen Temple, Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province. The special tea set is a precious cultural relic.

Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279) Song Renzong Jiayou four years (AD 1059), the ban on tea was relaxed, and the trade law was implemented. In the seventh year of Xining (AD 1074), Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty sent Li Qi to Shu, bought tea from Qin, Feng, and Xihe prefectures, and used tea to trade horses of various ethnic groups in Xifan. This is the earliest record of trade outside the Great Wall. In the first year of Taiping Xingguo (AD 976), Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty began to set up a palace roaster in Jian'an (now Jian'ou County, Fujian Province), specializing in the production of Beiyuan tribute tea. Since then, Longfeng Tuancha has developed greatly.

In the first year of Daguan (AD 1107), Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, personally wrote the book "Daguan Tea Theory", including 20 articles on real estate, weather, picking, autoclaving, and manufacturing.With the dignity of an emperor, he advocated tea science and carried forward tea culture, which is a unique miracle in history. In the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.), in the sixth year of Hongwu (1373 A.D.), Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, a tea and horse department was set up to specialize in tea and horse trade. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict in September of the 24th year of Hongwu (1391 A.D.), abolishing group tea and promoting leaf tea.Since then, tribute tea has changed from group cake tea to bud tea (loose leaf tea).This has played a role in promoting the development of fried green loose leaf tea.

In 1610, the Dutch sold tea from Macau and transported it to Europe. In 1616, Chinese tea was exported to Denmark. In 1618, the royal family sent imperial envoys to Russia and presented tea to the Russian emperor. In the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD), according to Johan_Nieuhoff's records, drinking tea and milk together began in 1655 AD when officials in Guangzhou entertained lotus envoys. In 1657, Chinese tea was sold in the French market. In the eighth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1669), the British East India Company began to transport Chinese tea directly from Banten to Britain.

In the 28th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1689), Xiamen, Fujian Province exported 150 tan boxes of tea to the UK, which was the beginning of the direct tea trade between mainland China and the UK. In 1690, Chinese tea was licensed to sell in Boston, USA. In 1785, the "Empress of China" arrived in New York, which was the beginning of shipping Chinese tea to the United States. From 1833 to 1834, the Indian Tea Committee sent Secretary Gordon (George_James_Gordon) to China successively to investigate the methods of planting and making tea in China twice, collect tea seeds, hire tea-making technicians, and actively develop the Indian tea industry.

In the 30th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1850), the first American speedboat "Oriental" sailed to China to transport tea to London, England. In 1861, the first Russian brick tea processing factory was established in Hankou, Hubei. After the Opium War, the "five-port trade" was opened. With the development of foreign trade, the export volume of tea increased every year. In 1886 (the 12th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), it reached 134,000 tons (2.68 million tons), a record high. In 1893, Chinese tea technician Liu Junzhou (Ningbo, Zhejiang) was hired to guide the development of the tea industry in Georgia, Russia, and achieved outstanding results. In 1909, the Russian government awarded him a third-class medal.After the establishment of the Soviet government, in 1924 it was awarded the Red Banner Medal of Labor and the reward certificate, and the former residence of Liu and others was turned into a "tea museum".

In the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1905 A.D.), China organized a tea inspection team for the first time. Zheng Shihuang and Zhou Fu led several tea workers to India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to investigate the production of tea. Tea machinery, promoting mechanical tea-making methods and advanced production technology.The test site is located in Nanjing. In 1896, Fuzhou City established the Fuzhou Machine Tea Manufacturing Company, which was the earliest machine-made tea industry in China. In 1907, the China Tea Industry Association was established in London. In the Republic of China (AD 1912-1949), at the Panama International Exposition held in San Francisco, USA in 1915, "Taiping Monkey King" from Anhui Province, "Wulu" from Jiangxi Province and "Huiming Tea" from Zhejiang Province all won the first prize. certificates and gold medals. In 1923, the No. 3 Agricultural School of Lu'an Province, Anhui Province established a major in tea industry. In 1931, Chinese tea inspection institutions were established in Shanghai and Hankou. In the 21st year of the Republic of China (AD 1932), the Executive Yuan established the "Rural Revitalization Committee", and the five items of rice, wheat, cotton, silk, and tea were listed as central improvement projects.The development of tea is more concerned by people. In 1937, the Ministry of Industry of China, the six tea-producing provincial governments of Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and the tea merchants in Shanghai, Hankou, and Fuzhou, jointly organized the China Tea Industry Company to improve the quality of tea and determine the quality of tea. Standards, improving tea production, transportation and sales, in order to expand trade and revive the tea industry.The company's head office is located in Kenye Building, Beijing Road, Shanghai, and officially opened on June 1. In 1940, under the initiative and impetus of Sun Hanbing, dean of Fudan University, and Director of the Tea Department of the Trade Commission of the Ministry of Finance, as well as the Assistant and Chief Technician of China Tea Corporation, Fudan University, which moved to Chongqing, added a Department of Tea Industry (Department), which was concurrently held by Wu Juenong. In the autumn of 1940, he began to recruit students in various tea-producing provinces.This is the earliest tea department established in my country's colleges and universities. In 1941, my country's first national tea research institute was established on the basis of the "Southeast Tea Industry Improvement General Field".It was located in Chong'an County, Fujian Province, and closed in 1945. The People's Republic of China (AD 1949-present) China Tea Company was established in Beijing in December 1949. Wu Juenong served as the manager, under the dual leadership of the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture, in charge of tea production, purchase and domestic and foreign sales. In 1949, Fudan University moved back to Shanghai. In order to meet the needs of the situation, it opened a special tea department in autumn and began to enroll students. In March 1950, the Ministry of Trade issued the "Interim Standards for the Inspection of Exported Tea" and the "Interim Measures for the Inspection of Tea Origin". In October 1950, under the initiative of China Tea Corporation Zhongnan District Company and Wuhan University Agricultural College, a tea industry training course was jointly established. At the end of 1951 in the People's Republic of China (AD 1949-present), in order to strengthen the leadership of the tea industry, the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture issued a joint instruction on the division of tea.The primary processing of tea production is under the leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture, while China Tea Corporation specializes in purchasing, refining and trading business, which is under the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. In March 1952, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Foreign Trade issued a joint instruction on the production and purchase of tea in 1952: it was required to increase the yield per unit area, improve the quality, generally reclaim barren tea gardens, issue loans, and pay purchase deposits in advance. In 1952, the colleges and departments of colleges and universities across the country were adjusted. The Agricultural College of Fudan University was merged into Shenyang Agricultural College from Shanghai, and the tea specialty was transferred to the Agricultural College of Anhui University.At the same time, the Tea Department of Agricultural College of Wuhan University was transferred to Huazhong Agricultural College.Zhejiang Agricultural College began to set up a special tea department. In March 1953, the Ministry of Agriculture held tea production symposiums in Hangzhou and Changsha respectively to discuss the issues of improving tea quality and changing tea production. In 1954, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the National Supply and Marketing Cooperatives jointly held a national tea professional conference, determined the policy of "vigorously developing tea production", and proposed "centering on mutual assistance and cooperation, actively reorganize existing tea gardens and increase the unit area. The guiding ideology is to quickly reclaim barren tea gardens, open up new tea gardens in mountainous and hilly areas in a planned way, improve production technology, and improve tea quality". In April 1955, the State Council approved and forwarded the report of the National Tea Conference. The tea business was separated from domestic and foreign trade, and China Tea Corporation was changed into China Tea Export Corporation, which specialized in export business. Purchase, domestic sales, allocation, processing, and export supply were all managed by the Tea Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Agricultural Products Purchasing (the Ministry was merged into the National Tea Administration in 1957. Supply and Marketing Cooperative) management. In 1956, the tea specialization department of the two agricultural colleges in Anhui and Zhejiang was changed to the tea (industry) department, with a four-year schooling system. On November 20, 1956, the State Council issued the "Regulations on the Reduction and Exemption of Agricultural Taxes for Newly Established and Transplanted Mulberry Gardens, Tea Gardens, Orchards and Other Economic Forests." In 1956, tea-related units across the country jointly established a working group to develop red and green tea processing standard samples for export in Shanghai and Han, and distributed them after re-evaluation in 1957 to stabilize the quality of tea. In January 1957, the People's Republic of China (AD 1949-present) promulgated the "Administrative Measures on the Technical and Economic Quota of Tea Manufacturing". In 1957, when the first five-year plan was completed, the national tea garden area had grown to 4.942 million mu, with a total output of 111,600 tons and an export of 41,100 tons. In 1958, the Ministry of Agriculture held the "National Tea Production Conference" in Hangzhou from March 5th to 14th, discussing and drawing up opinions on a 10-year tea production development plan. In 1958, the "58-type" complete set of green tea primary production machinery in Zhejiang Province passed the appraisal, put into mass production, and began to be popularized and applied nationwide. In October 1958, the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences was established in Hangzhou. In November 1958, the State Council promulgated the regulations on commodity classification management, and tea was listed as a first-class commodity, which was subject to centralized management by the central government. In 1959, the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences held the first national tea scientific research work conference in Hangzhou from March 28 to April 5.The meeting focused on implementing the spirit of the National Agricultural Science Research Work Conference, and discussed and formulated seven key research tasks for tea. In 1960, the "China Tea Native Products Import and Export Corporation" was established to implement unified management of tea domestic and foreign trade business. From February 11 to 24, 1960, the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences held the "Second National Tea Science Research Work Conference" in Hangzhou. Large-scale collaborations have been organized across the country. In 1962, the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences began to hold the "Third National Conference on Tea Science Research Work" in Hangzhou on February 21. experience, discussed the ten-year long-term plan of tea science, and implemented the task division and implementation methods of 15 collaborative projects across the country. In 1962, Shandong Province organized forces to actively carry out the experiment of "introducing tea from the south to the north". In 1963, an extra-large wild tea tree was found in the dense forest of Bada Daheishan, Menghai County, Yunnan Province. According to textual research: The height of the tree is 32.1 meters, the diameter of the trunk is about 1 meter, the diameter of the trunk is more than 3 meters, the leaves are 14 cm x 6 cm, and the age of the tree is more than 1700 years. It is known as the king of tea trees in the world. In 1963, the Ministry of Agriculture held the "National Silkworm and Tea Production Conference" from February 22 to March 2, summed up the experience and lessons of the "Great Leap Forward" period, and proposed measures to resume tea production. In 1964, my country exported large-scale primary and refined green tea tea machines for the first time (designed by the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and manufactured by the Hangzhou Tea Machine Factory of the People's Republic of China (1949-present)) to countries such as Guinea and Mali. In August 1964, the founding meeting of the China Tea Society and the first academic annual meeting were held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.The first council was elected. In August 1964, the academic journal "Tea Science" founded by the China Tea Society was published with the title inscribed by Chairman Zhu De himself. In September 1965, the China Tea Society held a symposium on "Research and Utilization of National Tea Variety Resources" in Fuzhou, Fujian. In 1965, Chinese tea experts went to Mali for inspection and helped grow and make tea. In 1966, the Agriculture and Forestry Office of the State Council and the Finance and Trade Office jointly held a tea professional meeting, calling for carrying forward the spirit of Dazhai, implementing the policy of "taking grain as the key link, diversifying operations, and developing in an all-round way", correctly handling the relationship between grain and tea, setting up model lands, and discussing The "Three Five-Year" development plan was formulated. In July 1972, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Commerce jointly held a "National Tea Production and Purchasing Experience Exchange Conference" in Taojiang, Hunan. At the meeting, the slogan "Tea should have a greater development" was put forward at the meeting. In March 1973, in order to promote the production of edge tea and improve the quality of edge tea, the Ministry of Commerce held the "National Edge Tea Production and Processing Symposium" in Guilin, Guangxi. ". In 1973, the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences held the "National Tea Science and Technology Experience Exchange Conference" in Hangzhou. In March 1974, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Foreign Trade jointly held a national tea conference in Beijing. 276 representatives from 17 provinces (cities) attended the meeting.The meeting emphasized efforts to improve tea quality, accelerate production mechanization, increase per unit yield, and strengthen production leadership. When the Fourth Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China (AD 1949-present) was completed in 1975, the national tea garden area was 13.078 million mu, with 210,500 tons of tea produced and 61,300 tons exported. From May to June 1977, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the National Supply and Marketing Cooperatives held a national experience exchange meeting for counties with an annual output of 50,000 dan of tea in Xiuning, Anhui. In January 1978, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the National Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives jointly issued the "Notice on Prohibiting the Use of High-Residue Pesticides on Tea and Other Crops", and proposed to give priority to the supply of high-efficiency and low-toxicity pesticides for tea and other crops, and strengthen the policy of safe use of pesticides. Propaganda and management, and actively develop high-efficiency and low-toxicity pesticides. In 1978, the Ministry of Commerce established a Tea Processing Research Institute in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. In October 1978, the State Planning Commission issued "Opinions on Several Measures to Develop Tea Production, Increase Export and Domestic Sales". In November 1978, the China Tea Society held the second National Congress and the Academic Symposium on the Construction of Tea Production Base in Kunming, and elected the second council. In January 1979, my country sent a tea delegation to participate in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development held in Geneva (the first tea preparatory meeting). In 1979, the Ministry of Agriculture promulgated the allowable residue limit standards for four pesticides including dichlorvos in the first batch of tea leaves. In November 1979, the China Tea Society held an academic seminar on "Discovery and Utilization of Tea Variety Resources, Division of Tea Production and Production Layout" in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. In December 1979, the State Council awarded the following five units as advanced units for national tea production: Shucha People's Commune in Shucheng County, Anhui Province, Qukou Commune in Xiuning County, Tea Industry Commune in Changsha County in Hunan Province, and Hongshan Commune in Shaoxing County in Zhejiang Province The Wang Brigade and the Provincial Zhuang Brigade of Mingling Commune, Yixing County, Jiangsu Province. In 1980, representatives of China, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Indonesia, five major tea-producing countries, participated in a seminar on export tea quotas in Geneva, Switzerland in October, but no agreement was reached at the meeting. In 1980, the Ministry of Agriculture promulgated the "Plant Quarantine List for Import and Export", in which tea seeds and tea seedlings were listed as quarantine objects. In November 1980, the China Tea Society held the "Tea Industry Modernization Symposium" in Guilin, Guangxi, discussing modernization issues from various aspects of tea science, and put forward many useful suggestions for realizing this goal. In 1980, when the Fifth Five-Year Plan was completed, the national tea garden area was 15.611 million mu, 303,700 tons of tea were produced, and 107,600 tons were exported. From April to May 1981, China National Native Produce and Livestock Import and Export Corporation held the "People's Republic of China Tea Exhibition" in Japan for the first time, and successively exhibited in five cities: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo and Sendai. In 1981, the Ministry of Agriculture promulgated the second batch of allowable residue limits for three pesticides including zinc, sulfur, and phosphorus in tea leaves. In 1981, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Commodity Inspection Bureau jointly revised the "Ministry Standard - Tea WM48-81" and "Interim Technical Regulations for Tea Export Sampling and Inspection of the People's Republic of China (1949-present)". In March 1982, China's first professional "Tea Export Fair" was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.10 port companies across the country participated in trade negotiations; more than 150 foreign businessmen from Europe, the United States, Australia and Asia were successively received, and the transaction method was adopted by looking at samples. The total turnover of the fair exceeded 60% of the predetermined target, which promoted trade and strengthened friendship. In 1982, the State Council promulgated the "People's Republic of China Import and Export Food Sanitation Law (Trial) and the People's Republic of China Black Tea, Green Tea Hygienic Standards (National Standard GBN44-81)". In December 1983, the third congress of China Tea Society was held in Changsha, Hunan, and the third council was elected. In December 1984, the academic journal "Tea Science" sponsored by the China Tea Society resumed publication. In 1984, Tiantan brand special-grade pearl tea won a gold medal at the 23rd World Quality Food Selection Conference, and was known as the "green pearl" in the international market. In June 1984, the China Tea Society held a "Seminar on Tea Production, Marketing and Development" in Guangzhou. The meeting analyzed the production and marketing situation, discussed development trends and development strategies, and put forward many useful suggestions on the current main direction of attack. In November 1984, the People's Republic of China (AD 1949-present), the National Tea Tree Variety Approval Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture held a tea tree variety approval meeting in Xiamen, Fujian Province, and approved 30 national tea tree varieties for introduction and promotion in various places. In 1984, the national tea export volume reached 139,300 tons, exceeding the historical record set in 1886 for the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China. In 1985, "Zhejiang Sanming Tea Industry Co., Ltd." was jointly established by China Tea Import and Export Corporation, Zhejiang Tea Company and Japan Sanming Co., Ltd. In 1985, the country's first "Tea People's Home" was completed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and "Tea People's Home" was also founded Magazine, to promote tea culture, carry out social activities, promote new trends in tea drinking, organize exchanges and negotiations, unite tea people, and serve the revitalization of the tea industry. In June 1985, the China Tea Society and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries jointly held the "First Famous Tea Exhibition and Appraisal Conference" in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. The conference selected 11 famous teas and 16 high-quality teas. In 1985, "Bamboo Leaf Green Tea", "Chuanhong Gongfu Tea" and "Emei Maofeng Green Tea" from Sichuan Province won the Gold Medal at the 34th World Quality Food Awards held in Lisbon. In 1985, the "Jasmine Tea" of Fujian Province won the "International High Quality Golden Osmanthus Leaf Award" in the selection of the International Food and Tourism Association held in Paris. In 1985, the "Wannianqing brand green tea 9371" and "Dragon brand black tea" produced in Shanghai won the "International Best Quality Service Award" issued by the International Business Review Publishing House in Madrid, Spain. In 1985, when the Sixth Five-Year Plan was completed, the national tea garden area was 15.673 million mu, with 432,300 tons of tea produced and 136,900 tons exported. In 1986, the Tea Department of Zhejiang Agricultural University and the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences jointly established a doctoral program for tea science and began to recruit students. In January 1986, "Chinese Tea Cultivation" edited by the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences was published by Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House.The book has 710,000 words and is divided into 14 chapters, emphatically introducing tea tree cultivation techniques, planting theories and technological progress.The book is "China's Main Crop Cultivation" compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences one. In March 1986, "Yunnan Tuocha" won the Golden Image Award at the 9th World Food Awards in Barcelona, ​​Spain. In May 1986, the world's first tea book, the Guiyou printed edition of Lu Yu's "The Classic of Tea", was sent from Japan by Taeko Moroka, an honorary professor at Tokyo Women's Medical University, after 46 springs and autumns in Japan. Back to Tianmen County, Hubei Province.It is now collected in the Lu Yu Memorial Hall. In July 1986, the China Tea Society, together with the agricultural, commercial and foreign trade departments, held a "Seminar on the Development of High-quality Broken Red Tea" in Nanning, Guangxi. In September 1986, at the 25th World Quality Food Selection Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, my country's "Tiantan Brand Super Zhenmei" and "Emei Brand Red Broken Tea" won gold medals, and "Emei Brand Chuanhong Gongfu (Zaobai Tea) Point)" won the silver medal. In October 1986, in the selection of the Paris International Food and Tourism Association, my country's "Wan Nianqing brand super pearl tea (8147 small packages)", "Tiantan brand super pearl tea (3505 and 8372 small packages)", "Xinya brand jasmine tea bag tea ", "Xinya Brand Oolong Tea (Tieguanyin Tin Guanyin)", "Lujiang Brand Health Beauty Natural Slimming Tea", "Jinfan Brand Yingde Black Tea Bag Tea" and "Baoding Brand Beauty Youth Tea" all won gold medals. The People's Republic of China (AD 1949-present) In October 1986, the 13th Tea Standardization Conference of the 8th Subcommittee of the 34th Technical Committee of the International Organization for Standardization was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. A total of 26 representatives from 9 tea production and marketing countries attended the meeting.The meeting discussed issues such as tea quality indicators, physical and chemical testing methods, and packaging specifications. In April 1987, the China Tea Society held a tea party in Beijing to celebrate the 90th birthday of Wu Juenong, the honorary chairman, and compiled and published "Selected Works of Wu Juenong". In 1987, at the 26th World Quality Food Selection Conference held in Brussels, "Wan Nian Qing Special Rare Green Tea", "Keemun Black Tea" and Guangdong's "Chinese Famous Tea" won gold medals. From October to November 1987, the National Bureau of Standards promulgated the "Standard for the Rational Use of Pesticides" GB8321.1-8321.2-87 as the standard for the allowable residue limit of pesticides in tea. In November 1987, the People's Republic of China (AD 1949-present), in order to strengthen the quality management of tea, the National Bureau of Standards approved and released thirteen national standards for physical and chemical testing methods of tea, which were scheduled to be officially implemented on July 1, 1988. In 1987, the "National Tea Quality Testing Center" was established in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. In November 1987, hosted by the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, an international symposium on "tea-quality-human health" was held in Hangzhou. More than 130 scientists from 11 countries and regions participated in the meeting and received 105 papers. In November 1987, the National Tea Tree Variety Approval Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture held a tea tree variety approval meeting in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and recognized and passed 22 national-level tea tree varieties, and recommended them to be introduced and promoted in various places. In December 1987, the China Tea Society held its fourth congress in Chengdu, Sichuan, and elected the fourth council. In 1988, "China Agricultural Encyclopedia Tea Industry Volume" was published by Agricultural Press in May.The whole volume includes 734 entries, about 900,000 words, and 409 illustrations, compiled by more than 100 tea experts and scholars across the country. In September 1988, "West Lake Longjing (Shifeng Best)" won the Palme d'Or in the 27th World Quality Food Selection held in Athens. In October 1988, the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences held an inauguration ceremony for the "Tea Research Institute of China Tea Import and Export Corporation". Since then, the research business of the Institute has become more extensive. In October 1988, the Lu Yu Memorial Hall in Tianmen City, Hubei Province held the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of the project, the Lu Gong Temple and the Lu Yu Bronze Statue. In November 1988, the China Tea Society held the "Seminar on Tea Economy and Trade Development Strategy" in Kunming, Yunnan. In 1989, the Tea Department of Zhejiang Agricultural University was approved by the Ministry of Higher Education as a national key department and was renamed "Tea Science Department". In February 1989, at the first China Food Expo, Jiangxi's "Yuehai Brand Ninghong Gongfu Tea" won the gold medal, and Shaanxi's "Wuzixianhao" and "Qinlu" won the silver and bronze medals respectively . In May 1989, a 19-member delegation from Taiwan Province of China, Lu Yu, visited Hong Kong and major tea-producing provinces in mainland China, and performed tea art performances. In July 1989, the Ministry of Agriculture held a famous tea appraisal meeting in Xi'an, Shaanxi, and selected 25 kinds of nationally famous teas and 15 kinds of high-quality teas. In September 1989, the "First Tea and Chinese Culture Exhibition Week" was held in Beijing.Hundreds of tea production and marketing enterprises and merchants from 33 countries and regions participated in the event, which promoted the exchange of tea culture between China and foreign countries. In September 1989, the National Bureau of Standards promulgated the "Standard for the Rational Use of Pesticides" GB8321.3-89 as the standard for the allowable residue limit of pesticides in tea. In 1989, the country's tea export volume reached 204,600 tons, surpassing Sri Lanka (203,300 tons) for the first time in this century, ranking second in the world's tea export volume. In August 1990, the "Chinese Tea People's Association" was formally established in Beijing. The conference passed the constitution of the association and elected the first board of directors, which will unite Chinese tea people and make contributions to the revitalization of Chinese tea. In September 1990, a giant purple clay teapot with a height of 160 centimeters and a capacity of 250 kilograms of water came out in Zhejiang Changxing Zisha Factory.It absorbs the essence of the shape of Dongpo Tiliang pot and is the largest purple clay pot in the world today. In September 1990, at the Asian Games held for the first time in my country, China Tea Import and Export Corporation donated a large-scale picture album "China - the Hometown of Tea" to the conference. In September 1990, the "Tea People's Home Foundation" held its inaugural meeting in Hangzhou.The foundation aims to promote tea culture and promote the development of tea culture, science and technology, education, production and trade. In October 1990, the "China Agricultural, Sideline and Native Products Tea Production and Marketing Enterprise Group" established by the Ministry of Commerce was established in Guilin, Guangxi. In October 1990, the People's Republic of China (AD 1949-present), the "Chinese Tea Museum" established in Hangzhou was basically completed. In October 1990, the "Hangzhou First International Tea Culture Symposium" was held. 187 representatives attended the meeting, and conducted extensive tea culture academic exchanges and tea ceremony performances. In November 1990, the China Tea Society held the "Academic Symposium on Chemistry and Testing of Tea Quality" in Huangshan. (Wang Jiabin, Zhuang Xuelan)