China's coffee industry booms amid opening up

Shi Yugang, deputy Party head of Yunnan, noted that the coffee plantation area and the coffee production in the province respectively account for 98 percent and 99 percent of the total volumes of the country.

The coffee plantation area in Yunnan was 1.39 million mu (about 93,000 hectares) in 2021, with a total yield of 108,700 tons, according to data from the Yunnan provincial department of agriculture and rural affairs. Pu'er city accounts for around half of the coffee plantation area and production in the province.