# Yunnan Agricultural University

patented an automated Pu-erh piling (wodui) fermentation process, licensed for CNY 800,000, replacing manual/uncontrolled fermentation; separately patented a targeted-flavor Saccharomyces cerevisiae starter strain (P002) now industrialized at Xiaguan Tuocha and Tasly Dipoler.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/yunnan-agricultural-university/
Updated: 2026-07-07

- Country: China

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Research focus | Tea science, focusing on Pu'er tea, tea efficacy, metabolic immunity, tumor treatment, and organic tea industry intelligence | https://cxyen.ynau.edu.cn/info/1009/1013.htm, https://lxy.ynau.edu.cn/info/1035/1341.htm |
| Facility | Key Laboratory of Pu'er Tea Science (Ministry of Education), Yunnan Research Center of Engineering Technology for Tea Deep Processing, and Yunnan Intelligent Engineering Research Center of Organic Tea Industry | https://cxyen.ynau.edu.cn/info/1009/1013.htm, https://lxy.ynau.edu.cn/info/1035/1341.htm |
| Grant | 7 National Natural Science Foundation of China awards | https://lxy.ynau.edu.cn/info/1035/1341.htm |
| Publications | 64 papers (15 SCI indexed) and 5 books | https://lxy.ynau.edu.cn/info/1035/1341.htm |
| Principal staff | Wang Baijuan (Dean of Tea Academy) and other research leaders including Wang Xinghua | https://cxyen.ynau.edu.cn/info/1009/1013.htm, https://et.ynau.edu.cn/shfw/view.asp?id=1337 |
| Headcount | 1,813 in-service teachers university-wide; 102 R&D personnel at the Tea Deep Processing Center | https://cxyen.ynau.edu.cn/info/1009/1013.htm |

Independent sources: cxyen.ynau.edu.cn, et.ynau.edu.cn, lxy.ynau.edu.cn

## Technologies

- [Tea-industry biotech](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/tea-industry-biotech/)