On May 8th, Ian Gibbs, Chairman of the International Tea Committee, who participates in the 2018 International Tea Merchants in Yichang, and Tendimišov Marksart, consul general of Kyrgyzstan in Guangzhou, together with other thirty-six tea purchasers from 16 countries along the “Belt and Road” countries such as Russia, Malaysia, visit Yiling District to inspect tea enterprises and tea gardens to experience Yichang’s tea culture.

　　Surrounded by green hills, tea trees are verdant. Beautiful scenery of the tea garden enchants the foreign tea merchants. (Reporter: Jie Xingwei; correspondent: Liu Yali photography)