Tea gardens help villagers brew a success story

HAIKOU－At the break of dawn, Wang Juru heads to her tea garden, tucked away on a lush green mountain. The tender tea leaves there will guarantee a handsome income for her family.

In 2013, Wang started growing 3.33 hectares of tea before opening a tea-processing workshop. Her handmade tea can fetch up to 800 yuan ($126) per kilogram.

Wang is a resident of Maona, a Li ethnic village in the city of Wuzhishan, South China's Hainan province. It sits amid mountainous valleys and streams. Poor transportation and little arable land severely stymied local agricultural development in the past.