International Tea and Coffee Dialogue held in Hangzhou City
The International Tea and Coffee Dialogue was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province on 18 May 2017. It is one of the side events of the First China International Tea Expo.
The Dialogue marks the first of its kind in international dialogue on tea and coffee, creating a platform for exchanges between tea culture and coffee culture.
The Dialogue is composed of two sections, specifically when Tea Meets Coffee, Tea and Coffee Business Cultures and Marketing. It includes the conversation between MOA Vice Minister Qu Dongyu and Henan Provincial Vice Governor Wang Tie from the Chinese side and Columbian Ambassador to China Oscar Orlando Rueda Garcia and Vietnamese Vice Minister of Agriculture Tran Thanh Nam from the guest side, business executive conversation between Lu Zhenghao Tea House specializing in West Lake Longjing Tea and the Starbucks Coffee, and conversation between Professor Liu Qinjin from the Southwest China Agricultural University and Mr. Hasitha de Alwis from the Sri Lankan Board of Tea.
Vice Minister Qu briefed about the latest development of tea production in China. He noted that China tops tea export in the world. Despite of the largest export volume, tea industry generates comparatively lower economic benefit. The added value of Chinese tea products should be increased to sharpen tea competitiveness.
At the Dialogue, Vice Governor Wang Tie introduced Xinyang Maojian tea produced in Henan province and Columbian Ambassador introduced the unique Columbian coffee culture.
To showcase Chinese tea culture, other activities were also held, including tea tasting and appraisal, tea art and tea-picking dance
Source: MOA Date: 2017-05-22