The Pu-er tea plantation area of Dadugang in southwest China's Yunnan Province (Photo provided to Xinhua)

The Pu-er tea plantation area of Dadugang in southwest China was recognized as the world's largest tea plantation by the World Record Certification Agency.

KUNMING, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's major Pu-er tea plantation area of Dadugang in southwest China's Yunnan Province was recognized as the world's largest tea plantation by the London-based World Record Certification Agency on Tuesday.

The world record certificate was conferred to the municipal government of Jinghong, which administrates Dadugang.

Surrounded by tropical rainforests, 65,246 mu (4,349 ha.) terraced fields of tea plantation in Dadugang are the origin area of Pu-er tea, which is typically compressed in cake or brick forms.

The Pu-er tea plantation area of Dadugang (Photo provided to Xinhua)

"Tea-making and tea-drinking cultures have been passed down from generation to generation here. The ancient Tea Horse Road has linked Yunnan with the world," said Bai Ling, mayor of Jinghong.

The municipal government has been committed to the protection of ancient tea tree resources and the construction of a modern tea industrial park in Dadugang to protect and upgrade the tea industry.

In 2018, the tea planting area of Jinghong reached 289,000 mu, with an output of 22,600 tonnes. The comprehensive output value of the city's tea industry amounted to 3 billion yuan (419 million U.S. dollars).