On February 22, the villagers of Jieya Village, Jiuwanxi Town, Zigui County were picking fresh tea in the tea plantation.

　　Recently, the temperature in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area has continued to rise, and the tea mountains are full of blooming spring flowers and sprouting tea trees. Zigui government has mobilized tea farmers to pick the first batch of spring tea rapidly this year for the market. (Issued by Xinhua News Agency; Photo by Zheng Jiayu)