(Combating New Crown Pneumonia) Southwest Hubei Tea Market "Resumes Market" Orderly Operation
China News Network Yichang, March 15th (Dong Xiaobin, Wang Dengfu, Zhang Shuqin) The Hubei Southwest Tea Industry Market, located in Yuyangguan Town, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, Hubei Province, officially resumed on the 15th.
Wufeng is an important tea source for the China-Russia Miles Tea Ceremony. The Hubei Southwest Tea Market is the first tea origin trading center in Hubei Province. It was completed and put into use in March 2018. The market has 285 tea dealers and more than 5,000 trading booths, bringing together well-known tea brands across the country.
Regular and comprehensive dead-end disinfection of the market by Zhang Shuqin
In the early morning of that day, 59 tea companies and merchants who resumed work in the southwest tea market began to be busy, cleaning, tidying up stores, killing them all, putting new tea on the shelves ... everything was in order.
Entering the tea market, the rich tea aroma comes out. Due to the prevention and control of the epidemic, although the flow of people in the market is not particularly high, some tea lovers can't wait to book or purchase tea in advance. "Although the epidemic situation has not completely dispersed, but spring tea is not waiting for anyone, so come and buy something to try." Said Mr. Yang, a citizen.
People entering and leaving the market need to check and register. Photo by Zhang Shuqin
In order to realize the safe opening of the tea market, the southwest tea market strictly implements epidemic prevention and control measures during the resumption of work: only one import and export is open, and staff strictly inspect and register market entry and exit personnel in accordance with the requirements of "one yard, one test and one mask", Use mobile payment and electronic vouchers during transactions to reduce personnel contact.
The person in charge of the Management Committee of the Southwest Tea Market in Hubei told Yuezhang that the management committee will regularly conduct comprehensive dead-end disinfection of the market, and all use alcohol disinfection and sterilization, which is clean, odorless, and volatilizes to ensure that the tea quality is not affected.
Photo: Zhang Shuqin, Hubei Southwest tea market officially resumed
In 2019, the trading volume of the southwest Hubei tea market exceeded 112,000 tons, and the transaction volume exceeded 670 million yuan, a significant increase from the previous year. Despite the outbreak of new crown pneumonia this year, many tea merchants are still confident about the prospects of tea trading.
Before many tea merchants opened for business, the express delivery outlets in the tea market have also resumed work, and they are busy starting to lay out the distribution points of express delivery products for tea companies, giving full play to their logistics special line and serving Wufeng tea online sales.
"As long as consumers have needs, we will do a good job throughout the process." The person in charge of Wufeng Tea Association said that the county's tea enterprises and market merchants have fully adopted the "traditional docking + online sales" model. Production, packaging and other information are implemented throughout the detailed records to ensure that consumers purchase Wufeng tea online, and can inquire and trace product information in a timely manner. (Finish)