今年1月3日出版的香港《南华早报》上,刊出了一条令人感到触目惊心的消息——《中国出口面临绿色壁垒》: 中国生产的茶叶过去在国际茶叶市场上占有很大的份额,但是由于近年来中国出口的茶叶被查出含有大量残留的农药和重金属,使中国的茶叶出口受到了沉重打击,导致中国对欧洲的茶叶出口在过去两年中下降了37％。美国、澳大利亚、俄罗斯、日本以及欧盟各国,以食品安全为由提高了对中国茶叶的进口壁垒。 On the Hong Kong South China Morning Post published on January 3 this year, a shocking news was published - “China’s exports are facing green barriers”: Tea produced in China used to have a large share in the international tea market. However, due to the fact that tea exported from China has been found to contain a large amount of residual pesticides and heavy metals in recent years, China’s tea exports have been severely hit, causing Chinese tea exports to Europe to drop by 37% in the past two years. The United States, Australia, Russia, Japan, and EU countries have raised barriers to Chinese tea imports on the ground of food safety.