The 2013 Linyi Tea Fair will kick off on May 17, 2013 in a conference and exhibition center, Linyi city, Shandong province.

The four-day event will invite outstanding tea enterprises both at home and abroad, and aims to facilitate sound development of tea market in the city.

The tea industry is one of traditional industry with local characteristics in Linyi. The total area planted to tea in the city has been 100,000 mu.

The gingko tea, burdock tea and lonicera japonica tea respectively from Tancheng, Cangshan and Pingyi counties, Linyi city, enjoy a high reputation in China.

Linyi is a rising modern trade city and the largest distribution center in Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, and Anhui provinces.