Guiyang Camellia oleifera is a specialty of Guiyang County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province. Guiyang County has geographical conditions and mountain forest resources suitable for the cultivation of camellia oleifera. It has excellent varieties of camellia oleifera trees and outstanding quality of camellia oil.

Guiyang County has a long history of camellia production. According to records, tea trees began to be cultivated in Guiyang during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, "Guiyang Zhili Prefecture Chronicles" and "Huozhi Zhuan" recorded: "From the northeastern valley of Lanshan, tea oil is produced every year, with profits of more than 100,000 yuan." ".

In recent years, Guiyang County has adopted a series of measures to vigorously encourage the development and cultivation of camellia oleifera, and the county finance department allocates 2 million yuan each year to support the development of the camellia oleifera industry. The county actively explores the development model of "enterprise farmer base" and established two main production areas, Dongcheng area in the east and Liantang area in the north. The two main production areas radiate to surrounding towns and villages, forming a construction pattern of "main production area radiating area" . At the same time, relying on the Camellia oleifera forest base, the county formed a Camellia oleifera industry cluster in the county's industrial park through the rational layout of Camellia oleifera processing enterprises, and established the Guiyang Camellia oleifera Association, realizing the scale, industrialization and quality of the Camellia oleifera industry. Better promote the development of Camellia oleifera industry. At present, there are 10 Camellia oleifera enterprises in the county, with a total area of ??Camellia oleifera forest planting of more than 30,000 acres, involving 6 towns and villages.