Liyang is located in the south of Jiangsu Province, in the Yangtze River Delta, and belongs to the Shanghai Economic Zone. The total land area is 1535 square kilometers. North latitude 3 1 1'-3 1 4', east longitude11908'-1936'. It is 200 kilometers away from Shanghai and Hangzhou, more than 0/00 kilometers away from Nanjing, Suzhou and Zhangjiagang, 80 kilometers away from Nanjing Lukou International Airport and more than 60 kilometers away from Changzhou Airport. National Highway 104 passes through the territory, Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway and Liyang Expressway run through the whole territory, Xinchang Railway is under construction, and Wutai Canal goes directly to the Yangtze River Wharf. Liyang tea culture has a long history and a long tradition of making and drinking tea. Before 1949, the tea garden in the county had a preserved area of 1 107 mu, with an annual output of 5.5 tons of tea. At that time, the main producing areas of tea were in the areas of Hengjian, Daibu and Pingqiao in Nanshan. After 1949, Liyang tea experienced three main development periods. In the first stage, at the end of 1950s, the state established two state-owned tea gardens in Liyang, which expanded to 8583 mu with an annual output of 50.56 tons. In the second stage, from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, the rural areas and village collective tea farms in the county developed greatly. The tea garden in the county has exceeded 20,000 mu, reaching 20,730 mu, with an annual output of more than 1000 tons, which is 1 096.65 tons. 199 1 in the third stage, with the adjustment of rural industrial structure and the further development of hilly and mountainous areas, especially the Liyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government successfully held the 9th China Liyang Tea Festival, which greatly promoted the development of Liyang tea. The area of tea gardens in the city has increased to 70,000 mu, and the highest annual output of tea has reached 202 1.75 tons, with an output value exceeding 100 million yuan.

With the further adjustment of rural industrial structure and the optimization of agricultural resources, great changes have taken place in the management system, production mode, product structure and sales channels of Liyang tea. By the end of 2004, there were 70,000 mu of tea gardens in the city, of which improved tea gardens accounted for more than 60% of the total area. Tea gardens are mainly distributed in towns and villages such as Hengjian, Pingqiao, Daibu, Tianmu Lake, Zhoucheng, Shezhu, Shangxing, Shangpei and Zhuze. At present, there are more than 65,438 large and small tea farms (factories) and 33 tea farms with a scale of over 300 mu, including 3 tea farms with a scale of over 1000 mu, namely Shezhu Farm and Zhuze, which are 7800 mu respectively. Except Shezhu and Zhuze farms are state-owned and Guilin tea farms are contracted by collective risks, the rest tea farms are mainly operated by individual economy, forming a one-stop production and sales mechanism of fresh leaf production, tea processing and sales. Tea produced includes not only traditional famous teas Biluochun and Mao Feng, but also a large number of roasted green tea, black broken tea and famous teas with local characteristics, such as Qianfeng Xuelian, Nanshan Shoumei, Shuixi Bai Cui, Shahe Guiming and Taihu Baiyun, as well as steamed green tea, oolong tea and white tea. Tea processing has achieved mechanized and semi-mechanized production, product quality has been continuously improved, and market adaptability has been continuously strengthened. The output of famous tea has accounted for 35% of the total, and the output value has accounted for 7 1.6%. The quality awareness and brand awareness of tea plantation operators have been continuously strengthened. 135 tea samples were exhibited in the Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Hangzhou International Tea Culture Festival, the National Agricultural Expo and all parts of the country. Liyang Tianmu Lake Tea Company, Yangcun Tea Farm and other 39 units have obtained the certification of pollution-free tea production from the Ministry of Agriculture; Thirty products including Tianmu Lake Bai Cui, Nanshan Shoumei, Changfeng Shoumei, Longtan Qingfeng, Walin Qingfeng and Hengfeng Biluochun were identified as pollution-free agricultural products in Jiangsu Province. Five tea farms, including Guilin and Qianfeng, won the green food logo; Six tea plantations, including Zhuze Tea Plantation, Tianmu Lake Tea Plantation, Guilin Tea Plantation, You Xiang Tea Plantation, Zhu Lin Reservoir Tea Plantation and Yangcun Tea Plantation, were recognized as organic tea plantations. Liyang white tea has always been a special tea in the Great Hall of the People.