During the critical 30-day pre-Qingming spring harvest window, agricultural bureaus across Zhejiang and neighbouring provinces coordinated specialized labor transit, health screenings, and sanitary lodging to ensure timely plucking without crop loss.
1. The Precision Timing of Spring Plucking
High-grade tender shoots like Longjing and Biluochun require exact plucking intervals: a delay of even 48 hours causes delicate single buds to unfold into larger leaves, substantially reducing market grade and value. Securing experienced manual pluckers is critical.
2. Coordinated Logistics and Field Safety
Municipal departments deployed chartered shuttle coaches to bring seasonal workers safely to mountain plantations, implementing rapid health checks and providing clean communal accommodations adjacent to processing centers.
3. Protecting Harvest Value and Farmer Stability
These proactive logistical measures ensured that mountain tea cooperatives maintained uninterrupted plucking schedules, safeguarding household agrarian incomes while delivering fresh spring flushes to consumers nationwide.
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