Workers pick tea leaves in a garden in Wangcang county of Guangyuan, Southwest China's Sichuan province on March 22. [Photo/share.gyxww.cn]

The tea gardens in Wangcang county of Guangyuan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, are awash with greenery, as their tea plants have started sprouting.

Wangcang is China's largest producer of yellow tea, boasting a tea-producing area totaling 15,800 hectares, of which yellow tea accounts for 2,733 hectares.

Fresh tea sprouts picked in Wangcang county of Guangyuan, Southwest China's Sichuan province [Photo/share.gyxww.cn]

"Every day, there are at least 50 tea pickers working together to meet the tea companies' demand," said Yu Liang, head of one of the tea gardens.

Workers are also busy in tea factories, where processes such as spreading leaves, removing unwanted parts, shaping, stir-frying and aroma extracting are carried out in an orderly manner.

A close-up look at tea leaves in Wangcang county of Guangyuan, Southwest China's Sichuan province [Photo/share.gyxww.cn]

Last year's production by volume reached 7,525 tons, with comprehensive output valued at 3.83 billion yuan ($ 600 million). Tea farmers earn at least 9,000 yuan a year per capita.