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Lunch at a tea-growing village near Hangzhou. The local government is promoting the city as 'the capital of tea'. Photos provided to China Daily
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The month-long 2010 China Hangzhou West Lake International Tea Culture Expo will open on March 26 in the city home to Longjing tea.
The local government aims to build and publicize Hangzhou's city brand as the capital of tea, China's national drink, through the annual event.
As tea is related to leisure and a quality of life, the expo will convey the easy lifestyle of Hangzhou to visitors from both home and abroad, who are expected to flood to metropolis Shanghai and its neighboring cities, including Hangzhou, for the World Expo in the next several months.
The upcoming expo is also an umbrella event for several special activities including a China teahouse manager conference, a tea-stiring contest, a tea ceremony star competition, tea feast and tea fair.
The local authorities are also offering new tea tourism routes and spots for visitors.
The annual tea expo is sponsored by Hangzhou city government, China International Tea Culture Research Association, China Tea Society and Hangzhou Tea Culture Research Association.
(China Daily 03/19/2010 page15)
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