New businesses blossoming in Guangxi, China's 'home of jasmine'

NANNING - After processing tea leaves for different tea makers for 20 years, Shang Dasen decided to establish his own tea brand. Unlike many other tea makers, Shang's business, which he started in 2015 in his hometown in Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, only produces and sells jasmine tea.

Located on the outskirts of the provincial capital Nanning, Hengxian county is known as China's "home of jasmine."

With his brand, which takes his name "Dasen", Shang not only wanted to start a new business, but also to encourage more villagers to return to their hometown to work growing and processing jasmine.