"2009 China (Shanghai) International Tea Expo" hosted by the Cooperation Organization of Tea Industry in China’s Yangtze River Delta at the Shanghai International Exhibition Center on May 15-17, 2009, was participated in by more than 400 domestic and foreign enterprises engaged in tea, tea sets and tea machinery. As technical support for the Expo, Hangzhou Tea Research Institute under All China Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, and National Tea Quality Supervision and Inspection Center will organized expert service teams for a special trip to Shanghai to provide on-site technical services for the Expo.

   During the exhibition, expert service teams provided technical advices and technical services on tea quality, tea planting and processing, tea quality testing, tea brand building, tea business marketing, laws and regulations of tea industry, innovation and development in tea industry and other fields for exhibitors, traveling traders and general consumers, which were greatly accepted and widely praised.