福建示范茶厂福建示範茶廠
Fujian Demonstration Tea Factory
Wartime state tea enterprise (1939-1942) at Chishi, Chong'an, run by Zhang Tianfu, with branches in Fuding and Fu'an; its site is the root of Wuyishan's state tea farm and institute.
- Kind
- state factory
- Based in
- Wuyishan
- Founded
- 1939
History#
- 1938Provincial tea improvement station moved to Chishi, Chong'an, under Zhang Tianfu.
- 1939Joint contract signed 2 October; preparatory team at Chishi from 1 November.
- 1940Formal operation from 1 February; Fuding and Fu'an branches open; capital raised to 1 million yuan in July.
- 1942April: partners agree to wind up; Chong'an site passes to Wu Juenong's tea research institute.
- 1946Site taken over as the 崇安茶叶试验场, Zhang Tianfu director.
Also sold or written as 3#
Chinese variants
- 国营福建示范茶厂Fujian — state-owned demonstration tea factory
- 示范茶厂demonstration tea factory
- 崇安赤石 head officeHead office at Chishi, Chong'an (now Wuyishan).
Names and ambiguities#
Notes#
In October 1938 Zhang Tianfu (张天福) moved the provincial tea improvement station from Fu'an to Chishi, Chong'an. A contract of 2 October 1939 between the Fujian provincial government (through 福建贸易公司) and the China Tea Corporation (中国茶叶公司) set up the Fujian Demonstration Tea Factory. Each side put in 300,000 yuan, raised to 1 million in July 1940. It began formal operation on 1 February 1940 with Zhang as director. It had branches at Fuding (March 1940) and Fu'an (April 1940) and directly run processing stations at Wuyi (林馥泉), Xingcun (王学文) and Zhenghe (陈椽). In April 1942 the partners agreed to wind it up. The Fuding, Fu'an and Zhenghe assets went to the China Tea Corporation. The Chong'an headquarters went to Wu Juenong's (吴觉农) 财政部贸易委员会茶叶研究所, often called China's first national tea research institute. After 1945 the site became the 崇安茶叶试验场, and after 1949 a provincial state tea farm.