Shuihou Town, located in the west of Tianzhu Mountain in Qianshan County, with superior natural ecological conditions, adequate light, heat, water resources, and a long history of tea cultivation, is an important base in the county for its famous tea production. Qianshan County Henshui Tea Development Co., Ltd., established in May 2008, and a high-tech and innovative agricultural economic entity, was awarded the status of the leading city company in terms of agricultural industrialization in 2011. There are 48 employees, including 11 senior technical staff, 1,800 acres of existing mountain zone, 600 acres of tea garden seedling demonstration bases, and 160 acres of seedling breeding bases. It has achieved an annual output of 4 million high-quality tea trees with characteristics, annual production and marketing volume of 20 tons, annual output value of 3.5 million Yuan, and annual profits and taxes of 300,000 Yuan. The company adheres to independent innovation, has achieved the introduction and cultivation of 5 new varieties (lines) of local tea, and has been praised by the cultivation experts in Chinese and Provincial Tea Scientific Research Institute. In the process of developing the bases, it has paid attention to high standards, strict requirements, and the standardization construction of the base. In recent years it has developed 4,000 acres of high standard tea gardens in the town, laying a solid foundation for the development of a tea industry in the town with high production quality and efficiency. Moreover, it has introduced new technology into tea garden production and management to achieve new breakthroughs. In October 2010, it successfully undertook the "Demonstrations for National Tea Industry Technology System high-ground-clearance self-propelled multifunction machine for tea garden management", making a strong effort at the mechanization of tea garden management and the reduction of production costs. The use of a special production process has produced summer tea leaves into green tea with the smell of flowers- "Henshui" Buddha tea won the first prize in the first "National Drink Cup" national tea competitions organized by the Institute of Chinese tea, providing technical support for the development and utilization of summer and autumn tea and making tea benefits increase exponentially. Stone incense and other varieties with characteristics have also been used to produce "Tianzhu Jianhao Tea" and "Tianzhu Clouds and SmokeTea", which have been in short supply in recent years and are deeply loved by consumers.
In March 2011, the seedling breeding base of
the company was named as the National Tea Industry Technology System Seedling
Breeding Base, and the tea garden base was named as Science Demonstration Base
of Anqing City. With a total investment of 8 million Yuan, the company plans
to use the existing advantages, develop 1,000 acres of standard tea garden with
characteristics, expand 100 acres of seedling breeding bases, build
professional mechanization service system for tea garden management, purchase
over 120 sets of tea garden tillers, trimmers, and tea plucking machine, and
construct a large modern tea processing plant. After the completion of the
project, it will have created 500 jobs and tea industry revenue of over 10 million
Yuan.