Chinese Tea Promotion in Young People - 2026 Activities

The achievements sharing session summarized the project's results from 2024 to 2025, including: training 15 university students as trainee tea artists, holding over 35 tea art workshops, and organizing 5 large-scale seminars hosted by experts and scholars. The seminar hosted by Ms. Vivian Tang, introduced the origins and production of famous Chinese teas such as black tea, jasmine tea, Tieguanyin, and Pu-erh. The trainee tea artists demonstrated tea brewing on-site, offering four different Chinese teas to over 150 participants, which received widespread acclaim.

Certificates and service awards were presented on the event day to recognize graduates and volunteers of the Lingnan University "Tea Artist Professional Certificate Course." This first cohort of tea artist trainees completed 20 hours of training, participated in two days of hands-on practice and exams in Guangzhou, and obtained vocational skill certification recognized by China’s government.

An experiential basic tea art learning program for Lingnan University students, covering traditional Chinese culture and dietary health. Participants will have the opportunity to join the subsequent tea artist professional certificate course.

National tea artists are invited to provide Lingnan University students with 20 hours of professional training. After completing the practical exam in Guangzhou, participants will have the opportunity to engage in social service, including visits to secondary schools and elderly centres to conduct tea culture sharing activities.

Ms. Shum Kwok-miu, founder of "戀茶軼事" was the guest speaker. She discussed the development and transformation of Hong Kong’s tea industry, as well as the opportunities and challenges arising from China-Hong Kong trade. She also shared her entrepreneurial journey and product design experiences.

The project continues to share Chinese tea cultural knowledge to secondary school students in 2026. This year’s collaboration scope has further expanded, covering Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Sha Tin, North District, Kwai Tsing, and Kowloon City (in no particular order).

Conducted by Chinese National Tea Artists and "Tea Culture Promotion Ambassadors," these workshops will visit elderly centers/services in areas, not even Tuen Mun and Yuen Long but also districts like Shatin and Kowloon, introducing participants to different varieties of Chinese tea.