Selecting the 2007-2011 panel data of tea-processing industry in 15 tea-producing regions in China,the paper analyzed industrial efficiency by DEA model and the spatial-temporal evolution of the industrial efficiency in the tea-processing industry by malmquist index.The results showed that technology progress is the source of the sustained growth in total factor productivity of Chinese tea-processing industry,while technical efficiency increased at first but later decreased. It suggested that the growth of Chinese tea-processing industry efficiency began to change from being driven by technolo...