(Provided to People's Daily Online/Zhang Yu)

8th China Pu'er Tea Festival

From April 8 to 10, 2007, the 8th China Pu'er Tea Festival, the 2nd Global Pu'er Tea Carnival, the 2nd Pu'er Trade Fair of Yunnan Province and the ceremony for renaming Simao City as Pu'er City were held in Simao City. For these, the return of the tribute tea, the tea ancestor worshipping ceremony, the "Global Top Ten Outstanding Figures for Pu'er Tea" appraisal activity, the opening of the Tea Source Plaza and the photographic exhibition entitled "Gotheborg Travel Guide" were carried out in good order, which greatly enhanced the public awareness of Pu'er.

9th China Pu'er Tea Festival

November 18 to 20, 2009 saw the 9th Pu'er Tea Festival and 2nd Yunnan Ethnic Costume Festival held in Simao City. The image of Pu'er was greatly enhanced though a series of activities, such as the National Minority Tea Art and Tea Ceremony Competition, the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Tasly Industrial Park, the 1st Scientific Pu'er Expert Forum and Launch of the Digital Tea Mountain, the 3rd "Global Top Ten Outstanding Figures for Pu'er Tea" appraisal activity, the Forum on China Ancient Tea Tree Heritage Protection, Ancient Tea Tree Resource Development, etc.

10th China Pu'er Tea Festival

From November 5 to 7, 2010, the 10th China Pu'er Tea Festival was held in Shanghai. More than 30 news media with CCTV and Xinhuanet.com (Xinhua New Agency) Shanghai Branch included attended and reported the opening ceremony. This has been the first time for Pu'er tea to walk out of Pu'er and rely on the international platform of Shanghai to build its international brand that is themed with "Scientific Pu'er, Healthy Life" and will grow to be "renowned in China, famous in the world and favored by all humans".