Essentials of the Economist Tea House

Author: Jin Mingshan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The seven essential things for daily life in China are firewood, rice, cooking oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. This represents the fundamental needs of ordinary Chinese people. From an economist's perspective, this should be considered within the realm of "people's livelihood." After experiencing reform and opening up, the Chinese people have entered a transitional phase from subsistence to a moderately prosperous society. Although these seven things are still essential for the common people's daily lives, relatively speaking, in the past, "tea" was more favored by those with leisure time. Nowadays, ordinary people are also more willing to engage with it. "The Tea Seat" is dedicated to focusing on people's livelihood and its related material and spiritual civilization.