China Tea Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Tea") was founded in 1949. It holds the first tea trademark of the People's Republic of China and is recognized as a China Time-honored Brand by the Ministry of Commerce. In 2019, it was selected for the Xinhua News Agency National Brand Project; in 2021, it was featured in CCTV's "Brand Power" Project. It was ranked No. 1 in the "Top 100 Tea Enterprises by Comprehensive Strength" for 2023 by the China Tea Marketing Association. In 2024, it received multiple honors, including Leading Enterprise in International Reputation (Tea Industry), Chinese Tea Brand Beloved by Foreigners, and No. 1 in the China Tea Brand Top 50. Meanwhile, "China Tea" branded products have repeatedly served as "national tea" to support major state diplomatic events, making China Tea a central force in advancing the coordinated development of the tea industry, tea culture, and tea science.

       Through 76 years of industrial development and accumulation, China Tea has established an independent and complete whole-industry-chain system encompassing procurement, research and development, production, and sales. It is the only full-category tea enterprise in China's tea industry, with a comprehensive product portfolio covering the six traditional tea categories—green tea, yellow tea, white tea, oolong tea, black tea, and dark tea—as well as scented tea (reprocessed tea). In terms of tea garden control, China Tea has accelerated the deployment of premium tea core resources, with over 220,000 mu of controllable tea garden bases in Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shaanxi, Guizhou, and other regions. It operates two raw material centers in Northern Fujian and Yunnan, achieving control over core resources for all tea categories and covering major tea-growing regions. In production and processing, China Tea owns 18 processing bases across major tea-producing regions including Yunnan, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu, with independent production capacity for each tea category. In sales channels, China Tea maintains an online and offline sales network with more than 2,500 brick-and-mortar stores.

       As the only central state-owned enterprise in the tea industry, China Tea consistently upholds the philosophy of "Good Tea is in China Tea," remains dedicated to its original mission of "providing good tea for national consumption," and proactively integrates into national strategies. Following its strategic path of "resource control, industry integration, marketing, and innovation-driven reform," China Tea is driving the transformation and upgrading of the tea industry toward large-scale, modern, and international development. With steady growth in business performance, it has consecutively maintained its position as the No. 1 enterprise in the Top 100 Tea Enterprises by comprehensive strength, solidifying its status as a leading enterprise in the industry.