Innovation drives the development of tea machinery and equipment

On November 11-13, the first China Tea Intelligent Machinery Equipment Expo 2022 was held at the Deqing International Exhibition Center in Huzhou, Zhejiang. This exhibition is guided by the China Agricultural Machinery Association, China Tea Society, and the Agricultural Mechanization and Digitalization Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. It is hosted by the Zhejiang Agricultural Machinery Industry Association and the Zhejiang Tea Industry Association.

Over the years, China's tea machinery and equipment industry has achieved historic achievements, undergone historic changes, continuously optimized industrial structure, and expanded industrial scale. This year's China Tea Intelligent Machinery Equipment Expo aims to provide a comprehensive and comprehensive platform for tea machine equipment inspection and procurement for Chinese tea enterprises, as well as a platform for tea machine manufacturing enterprises to promote new products, promote trade, learn and exchange, and expand their influence. At the same time, it continues to consolidate the leading position of Zhejiang Province as a national tea machine, To implement the requirements of promoting advanced machinery and equipment in the sub industry of the "Double Strong Action" in Zhejiang Province's agriculture, and to cultivate and strengthen the industrial cluster of advanced and applicable agricultural machinery and tools. The products exhibited at the Expo cover the entire industrial chain of tea production machinery and equipment, including tea garden management, tea pruning and harvesting, tea preliminary and refined processing, packaging machinery and equipment. At this expo, a symposium on subsidy policies for purchasing tea machines, a forum on intelligent tea processing technology, the revision of tea machine industry standards, and the release of new tea machine products were held simultaneously.

The tea industry is one of the leading agricultural industries in China, playing a huge role in rural revitalization. The tea machinery manufacturing industry has adapted to the development requirements of the tea industry, continuously strengthened technological research and innovation, and achieved rapid and sustainable development of new equipment and technologies. At present, tea machinery and equipment cover various aspects of tea garden management, tea processing and packaging, with an annual output value of over 6 billion yuan nationwide. Zhejiang Province is the main producer of tea machinery in China, and its production and sales account for over 60% of the national market share. The development of tea machinery and equipment strongly supports the transformation and upgrading of the national tea industry.

Wang Yafei, Secretary General of the Zhejiang Agricultural Machinery Industry Association, told reporters that with the continuous progress of tea machinery processing technology and the transformation of tea production methods, tea machinery and equipment are developing towards intelligence, scale, and standardization, and products are constantly innovating. At present, various exhibitions in the field of agricultural machinery in China rarely involve tea machinery and equipment, and there is no professional tea machinery and equipment exhibition. This professional and comprehensive exhibition has received support and attention from many tea machine manufacturing enterprises, tea enterprises, and research and development institutions in Zhejiang and Anhui, especially attracting visitors from Zhejiang, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai, Guangdong, etc More than 2000 professional visitors from Fujian and other places, with on-site transactions or intentional transactions reaching over 30 million yuan.

The meeting showcased new models and models of tea garden operations, tea preliminary refining and processing, and tea packaging in recent years. For example, the on-site display of recently self-developed crawler excavators, various tea garden cultivators, and ride tea picking machines has filled the gap in the scarce tea garden operation machinery in China. The numerous tea preliminary refining automated processing production lines exhibited at the conference have been fully equipped with a complete set of automatic optimization control systems, achieving automated and intelligent tea processing. For example, a flat automatic production line only requires two or three people, and can produce hundreds of kilograms of Longjing (flat) tea every day, replacing manual labor of over a hundred people, achieving a true sense of "machine replacement", which has been warmly welcomed and affirmed by visitors from multiple provinces.

After more than 20 years of rapid development, China's tea industry has shown a phenomenon of scale growth and lingering benefits. Industrial upgrading is a major issue in front of sustainable development of the industry. The core of industrial upgrading is to improve the quality and efficiency of the tea industry. Around this core, the content of industrial upgrading is very extensive and the task is very difficult, and the intelligent mechanical equipment for tea is also a very important link.

Qiu Lidong, General Manager of Zhejiang Hengfeng Technology Development Co., Ltd., told reporters that for more than 20 years, the company has been committed to the development and research of new products. Based on the development of the tea industry, the company continuously implements technological innovation to improve the quality of flat tea machinery. The tea machinery produced now can be customized according to the product needs of the tea enterprise, from single machine to assembly line. So far, the company has included 9 types of products in the supported promotion catalog of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea machinery products are used in major tea producing areas in Zhejiang, Anhui, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, and other regions. As a tea machinery production enterprise, in the new era of rural revitalization, we will continue to improve our product technology innovation and provide intelligent tea machinery equipment for China's tea industry, serving tea farmers, tea professional cooperatives, and tea production enterprises well.

Greatly improving the technical level and mechanization level of tea planting and initial and refined processing, upgrading the traditional tea industry's planting and processing methods, is the only way for the development of the traditional tea industry. At present, various intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment are changing rapidly. In response to the characteristics of China's famous and high-quality tea industry, Chinese tea machinery industry enterprises are increasing their investment in independent research and production, and forming a scientific and standardized system of their own technology, products, and equipment as soon as possible. This expo is the first time in China to comprehensively and systematically showcase the achievements of tea machinery. It is not only a showcase, but also reflects the achievements and explorations of the prosperous development of China's tea industry. The hosting of this expo in Zhejiang also reflects that Zhejiang Province is leading the country in terms of technology in tea industry mechanization, intelligence, and digitization.

Nowadays, China continues to deeply implement the innovation driven development strategy, and the progress of building a manufacturing powerhouse is accelerating. The constantly emerging major enterprises highlight the innovative development of China's scientific and technological innovation and equipment manufacturing. The development of China's tea machinery and equipment from single machine research and development to assembly line machinery, and now to the production of intelligent machinery is a progress in China's tea industry, The holding of the first China Tea Intelligent Machinery Equipment Expo is a solid step towards promoting the high-quality development of the tea industry. This exhibition will provide strong support for promoting the high-quality development of the tea machine industry and even the tea industry.