Eight years ago, several Chinese businessmen traveling to the Bolaven Plateau of Laos found their surprise, that aging tea trees     1     (cut)down by local villagers to make way for coffee planting. They offered.     2     (buy)the treasures. The 36 Manor company set up factory there, taking tea leaves     3    (collect) from the wild tea trees to the global market. Its business there then expanded (扩大)to the growing of tea trees.

The natural conditions in Laos are very     4     (suit) for growing tea trees, The Laos-produced tea has quickly become popular with Chinese     5     (customer). With the launch of the China-Laos Railway, transportation costs have dropped     6     (obvious)for the tea company, which has sold three to five tons of tea to China per year since 2019.

Due to the Belt and Road Initiative, Laos has received a lot of investment ( 投 资 )from China,     7     has created a large number of local jobs. The 36 Manor company also keeps     8     mind the saying that teaching one to fish is     9     (good)than giving him fish. They not only hired local workers, but also taught the villagers     10     to grow tea, as a way to get out of poverty.