Plucking tea at a tea garden in Shandong Province

Xinyang tea garden in Henan Province

This means the territory on the north of the lower reach of River Yangtze,including Henan,Shanxi,Gansu,Shangdong and northern parts of provinces Anhui,Jiangsu and Hubei provinces,It produce chiefly green tea.

The annual temperature is 15to16C in average.The lowest temperature in winter is -10C.Annual precipitation reached 700-1000mm but not evenly distributed.Tea may suffer draught.The soil is chiefly yellow or brownish-yellow. A transitional soil belt starting from the Southern down to the Northern China. In several mountainous areas. Owing to good local climate,better tea is cultivated such as Lu-An guapian,Xinyang Maojian,etc.