A group of famous teahouses will emerge in Hangzhou, the capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province. That was news released by Hangzhou Municipal Trade Bureau on Monday.

Hangzhou is currently launching a campaign of selecting famous teahouse of the city, which is also part of the "Longjing Tea Festival".

According to Monday's Hangzhou Daily report, the selection is aimed at promoting combination of teahouses management and tea culture and better serving tourists and local citizens.

Hangzhou has now 700 teahouses and is famous for its rich tea culture in the country.

(cnzj.org.cn 04/24/2002)