The 2026 Yichang (Wufeng) Spring Tea Harvesting Ceremony and the 9th Online Spring Tea Festival kicked off on March 26. With 100 internet celebrities live-streaming simultaneously across multiple platforms, sales exceeded 1 million yuan within six hours, generating over 10,000 orders. Taotian Group and JD.comsigned strategic agreements with the Wufeng County People's Government, sixteen buyers signed on-site procurement deals, and eight tea companies secured bank credit lines. Online visits to Yichang’s tea brands were expected to exceed 500 million, indicating that spring tea is riding the digital wave to tea consumers far and wide. (Sanxia Daily: Reporters/Yang Chunyan and Wang Fei, Correspondent/Yao Ding’an)