Recently, Duyun Maojian Tea Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. has made new progress in its production line – Duyun's first microwave and lightwave automated tea production line has been put into operation.
Entering the production workshop of Duyun Maojian Tea Industry (Group) Co., Ltd., rows of automated equipment can be seen. On the production line, tender leaves of Duyun Maojian tumble, with a pleasant aroma filling the air. Staff members are conducting equipment adjustments and production processing in an orderly manner according to the tea-making techniques and equipment operation requirements, including spreading, fixation, rolling, Drying, flavor enhancement, and packaging. With five workers and four hours, thousands of pounds of fresh leaves are transformed into delicately fragrant Duyun Maojian tea.
Reducing costs and increasing capacity, technological innovation has truly brought new opportunities for enterprise development. The fully automated tea production line introduced by Duyun Maojian Tea Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. realizes mechanical automatic control throughout the process. The design is strictly based on the characteristics of Duyun Maojian tea, employing processes such as microwave fixation, automatic rolling machines, and lightwave drying. Compared to traditional manual tea-making, this not only ensures the quality and output of Duyun Maojian tea but also significantly reduces production costs.
It is understood that this production line of Duyun Maojian Tea Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. is the first fully automated tea production line in the entire province, which will solve the problems of large-scale, standardized, and industrialized production of Duyun Maojian tea fresh leaves. This will further promote the construction results of Duyun Maojian tea's specialization, ecological nature, branding, and industrialization, improving the brand influence of Duyun Maojian and advancing its high-quality development.
“This set of equipment can process between 10,000 to 15,000 pounds of fresh leaves per day, requiring minimal manpower to complete production. It has the advantages of low labor costs, high production volume, high cleanliness of the tea, and excellent quality,” said Zhang Luozhong, head of the Industry Development Department of Duyun Maojian Tea Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.
“Science and technology is the primary productive force. With this equipment, the production capacity of Maojian Group this year has greatly increased, reducing production costs, enhancing market competitiveness, and improving the quality of the tea to better meet market demands,” said Ren Anyang, head of the Market Department of Duyun Maojian Tea Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.
It is understood that Duyun Maojian Tea Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. is a state-controlled enterprise with registered capital of 500 million yuan. It is a leading company that integrates tea planting, processing, and sales, with about 21,000 square meters of processing plant area, including 8,000 square meters of processing workshops, five initial processing lines, two refined processing lines, and two packaging lines. The upgraded Tea processing equipment is the first high-tech automated tea processing line integrating microwave and lightwave technologies in the entire province. It is expected that the company's annual tea processing capacity will exceed 2,000 tons, with an annual output value reaching over 200 million yuan. Following the “company + base + farmers” modern agricultural development model, the company integrates the resource advantages of the Duyun Maojian tea industry alliance, giving full play to the leading role of leading enterprises, achieving unified standards and unified brand promotion. Currently, the company utilizes existing organic tea demonstration gardens and cooperative tea gardens, leading nearly 2,000 tea farmers to increase their income while improving its own production capacity through technological leadership.
This year, Duyun City has used Maojian Town as a pilot to actively explore effective paths for “cross-village cooperation.” By integrating seven village-level shareholding economic cooperatives involved in tea into the Maojian Town Shareholding Economic Cooperative Union, it achieves the “1+1>2” additive effect of Duyun Maojian tea industry development through unified recruitment, management, operation, and distribution. From January to April 2024, the sales of tea from the seven village cooperatives reached 510,000 yuan, an increase of 18% year-on-year.
On July 18, Duyun City held a work advancement meeting for the Duyun Maojian Tea Enterprise Alliance. Eight tea companies signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement of the Duyun Maojian Tea Industry Alliance, further integrating dispersed resources and changing the situation of small, scattered, and disordered Duyun Maojian tea, realizing organization, scale, market orientation, standardization, and branding. This will further regulate the market, expand scale, broaden channels, and achieve deep integration of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, promoting the high-quality development of the Duyun Maojian tea industry.
The 2024 Seventh China Tea Import and Export Trade Annual Conference and Duyun Maojian Tea People's Conference will be held in Duyun from August 3 to 4, hosted by Duyun Maojian Tea Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. The implementation of the company's first fully automated tea production line in the province is a pioneering example of Guizhou Province's commitment to producing healthy, clean, and eco-friendly teas, and a vivid practice of developing new forms of productivity.
Shared benefits and win-win situations create new opportunities for global tea trade; the fragrance of Duyun Maojian fills the world, benefiting all. “Cross-village cooperation” and “tea enterprise alliances,” empowered by technology to achieve full automation in tea production, hosting the 2024 Seventh China Tea Import and Export Trade Annual Conference and Duyun Maojian Tea People's Conference… A series of practical measures have been implemented, a series of leading technologies have been deployed, and an important meeting gathering domestic and international government departments and well-known tea enterprises is about to be held. Various resources and elements are continuously converging in Duyun, and Duyun Maojian is about to embrace new opportunities for higher-level development.
Authors: Zhao Yunmei, An Qian