In 1938, the anti-Japanese war broke out, the southeast provinces fell one after another, tea production and marketing came to a standstill. In order to exchange foreign exchange to support the war, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the National Government decided to open up a new tea area in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. DHM Tea Net
On December 16th of that year, Fudian New Bank and China Tea Company each contributed 100,000 yuan, the organization founded Yunnan China Tea Trading Co.
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▲Yunnan China Tea Trading Company Limited Appointment DHM Tea Network
In 1939, the company set up Shunning Experimental Tea Factory (predecessor of Fengqing Tea Factory), Fohai Experimental Tea Factory (predecessor of state-owned Menghai Tea Factory), Fuxing Tea Factory (predecessor of Kunming Tea Factory), and Kangzang Tea Factory (predecessor of Xiaguan Tea Factory) in 1941. DHM Tea Net
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▲Shuning Experimental Tea Factory staff photo DHM Tea Net
Under the environment of national disaster, Yunnan China Tea Trading Company Limited and the founding of various factories, so that Yunnan tea from the traditional small workshop production, gradually transformed into mechanized production, and for the birth of Dian Hong and Pu’er tea to the domestic and international markets to lay the foundation. DHM Tea Net
After the birth of new China on October 1, 1949, the tea industry in China was unified by the state. 1950 September, Yunnan China Tea Trading Company Limited, renamed “China Tea Company Yunnan Province”, belonging to the State Ministry of Trade system. DHM Tea Net
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▲China Tea Company Yunnan Province Company periodical advertisement DHM Tea Network
In order to facilitate the unified management, China Tea Company decided to register a new trademark. 25-27 March 1951, China Tea Company published three consecutive days of advertisements on the front page of the People’s Daily to collect trademark patterns, and eventually the trademark “eight tea” stood out as the first trademark of tea in the new China. DHM tea.com
In 1953, China Tea Company notified its five tea factories to unify the trademark of “China Tea”. From then on, Menghai Tea Factory, Kunming Tea Factory, Xianguan Tea Factory and other tea factories directly under the Chinese Tea Company started to use the trademark of “China Tea Brand”. DHM Te a Website