Fuzhou’s jasmine tea industrial heritage fuels local cultural tourism growth
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Workers make jasmine tea at a company of a jasmine tea industrial park in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 22, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
Tourists shop at a jasmine-themed gift store at the Shangxiahang traditional block in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 22, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
A drone photo shows farmers picking jasmines at a jasmine plantation at Pukou Village in Cangshan District of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 21, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Tourists shop at a jasmine-themed store at a traditional block in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 22, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
A drone photo taken on July 21, 2026 shows part of a jasmine plantation at Pukou Village in Cangshan District of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Tourists taste jasmine tea at a shop of a traditional block in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 22, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
A drone photo shows farmers picking jasmines at a jasmine plantation at Pukou Village in Cangshan District of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 21, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Tourists walk into a jasmine-themed dessert shop at the Shangxiahang traditional block in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 22, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
A tourist tastes a jasmine tea ice cream at a specialty shop in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 22, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Tourists taste jasmine tea at a tea house at the Shangxiahang traditional block in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 22, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
People enjoy jasmine tea drinks at a tea shop in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 22, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
Fu Tianlong, a national inheritor of traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, shows the making of jasmine tea at a jasmine tea industrial park in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 22, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Tourists learn about the making of jasmine tea at a jasmine tea cultural hall in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 22, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Fu Tianlong, a national inheritor of traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, shows the making of jasmine tea to tourists at a traditional block in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on July 16, 2026. Fuzhou’s traditional jasmine tea scenting craftsmanship, a national intangible cultural heritage, is driving the city’s cultural tourism development.
Leveraging its century-old jasmine tea industrial heritage, the city has restored historic tea plantations and scenting workshops while developing tea-themed industrial, educational and cultural attractions. In recent years, the renowned jasmine tea heritage has been transformed into a vibrant driver of the city’s cultural tourism growth.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
