Dong Oil Tea of Liping Dong Ethnic Township

Dong Oil Tea of Liping Dong Ethnic Township

　　Liping oil tea is a specialty of Liping County in Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province. Liping County is one of the main oil tea producing areas in Guizhou and has been listed as a national key county for oil tea development. Its "Dongxiang Tea Oil" has received national certifications for "Famous & Premium Brand" and "Assured Oil."

　　Liping County is one of the main oil tea producing areas in Guizhou, with a history of oil tea cultivation spanning more than 400 years. The number of townships engaged in oil tea planting has reached 17, with both planting area and yield ranking among the top in the prefecture and the entire province. The county introduced high-quality varieties from the Changlin and Xianglin series, which showed significant benefits after trial planting—averaging over 30 kilograms of oil per mu, with a yield value exceeding 1,800 yuan per mu.

　　In recent years, to transform its forest resources advantage into economic benefit, Liping County has implemented a series of measures to develop the oil tea industry. Currently, the total area of oil tea forests in the county reaches 164,000 mu. It has been designated as a national key county for oil tea development, and the National Forestry Administration has selected Liping as a science and technology demonstration county for oil tea.

　　Liping County is home to two leading enterprises: Lvyuan Oils & Fats Co., Ltd. and Qianxiangyuan Oils & Fats Co., Ltd. Together, they have an annual production capacity of 1,500 tons and 4,300 tons of edible oil respectively, enabling the extension and strengthening of the industrial chain to form an integrated production-processing-sales model. Among them, the "Dongxiang Tea Oil" produced by Lvyuan Oils & Fats Co., Ltd. has received national certifications for "Famous & Premium Brand" and "Assured Oil."