Haiqing town in Qingdao, Shandong province, has a total tea garden area of 35,000 mu, with over 200 tea enterprises and more than 20,000 tea farmers. [Photo/IC]

Tea farmers are currently harvesting tea leaves in their tea gardens in Haiqing town, Qingdao, Shandong province.

It is now tea harvest season in Haiqing town in the Qingdao West Coast New Area, and farmers are seizing the opportunity to ensure ample market supply.

Haiqing town has a total tea garden area of 35,000 mu (2,333.33 hectares), more than 200 tea enterprises, and over 20,000 tea farmers, making it a renowned home of northern green tea in China.

Haiqing tea has brought in a lot of money for locals and is hailed as the "golden leaf" for rural vitalization. [Photo/IC]

The most important period of the spring tea harvest in Haiqing town lasts from April to June. [Photo/IC]