州市聚焦

州市聚焦
Focus of Prefectures/Cities

Kunming City

Zhaotong City

Qujing City

Yuxi City

Baoshan City

Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Pu'er City

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture

Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture

Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture

Lijiang City

Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture

Lincang City

昆明市
Kunming City

As the capital city of Yunnan Province, the "Spring City"-Kunming, a city in bloom and tender as spring all year long, plays different roles: the provincial development center of politics, economy, culture, science and technology and social affairs; the traffic and communication hub; and a major city of tourism and business and trade in West China. Now Kunming is striving to build itself into an international center of the region based on Southwest China, facing the whole nation, and spreading its influence to South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Location Advantages

Kunming City, located at the intersection of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, Greater Mekong Sub-region and Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Circle, is the front line and a significant gateway for China’s opening to South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Resource Advantages

Kunming, a city enjoying rich natural resources, has biological resources like flowers and medicinal materials and mineral resources like phosphorus, salt, iron, titanium, cooper, etc.; a city honored with profound culture and history, has many ethnic groups accompanied with rich ethnic customs; an ideal city for innovation and entrepreneurship, gathers more than 60% of high-tech new enterprises, more than 70% of technology and innovation resources and more than 90% of scientific research institutions and colleges and universities of Yunnan.

Industry System

In Kunming, it has established six characteristic industries and advantageous products of grain, tobacco, livestock, vegetables, flowers and fruits, the industrial system with tobacco, metallurgy, electro-mechanics, medicine, chemical industry and electric power as the pillar, and the complete modern service industries including business logistics, tourism culture, finance, information and conference and exhibition.

Investment Fields

"188" key industries: i.e., the modern urban agriculture with plateau characteristics; 8 major industries including the chemical industry, metallurgical industry, non-tobacco light industry, tobacco and its supporting industries, advanced equipment manufacturing industry, biological medicine industry, new material industry, and electronic information manufacturing industry; 8 service industries, i.e., business logistics, tourism, conference and exhibition, technology and information service, finance, real estate, health service and cultural creative industry.

昭通市
Zhaotong City

Zhaotong City, located in Northeastern Yunnan, at the right bank downstream of Jinsha River, bordering on Sichuan and Guizhou and at the joint part of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan has been known as “the lock of South Yunnan and the throat of West Shu (nowadays Sichuan)” and the “north gate of Yunnan”. This city has an area of 23,000 km² and a population of about 5.83 million.

Location Advantages

Zhaotong City located in the convergence zone of Kunming, Chengdu, Guiyang and Chongqing and some other central cities has preliminarily formed the vertical traffic network system consisting of “highway, railway, airport, waterway”.

Resource Environment

Zhaotong enjoys huge reserves of water energy. The total installed capacity of three huge hydropower stations i.e., Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba, and Baihetan, along downstream Jinsha River exceeds 34 million kW. It has rich mineral resources and is the largest location of lignite in the south of China, as well as one of the five pyrite mining areas in China. Zhaotong City which is rich in biological resources is the largest high-quality apple base in the south of China, the core region of the highest-quality wild rhizoma gastrodiae in China, the geographical indication location of rhizoma gastrodiae as well as the area which is the most suitable for planting potatoes and amorphophallus albus and has the greatest planting areas in China.

Investment Fields

This city is to focus on the development of these industries such as plateau characteristic agriculture, tobacco processing and supporting industries, energy industry, coal chemical industry, mining & metallurgy and building material industry, electronic equipment and processing & manufacturing, modern service, and cultural tourism.

曲靖市
Qujing City

Location Advantages

Qujing is 130km from Kunming and covers 2 districts, 1 city and 6 counties through which three railways, Guizhou-Kunming, Nanning-Kunming and Shanghai-Kunming Railways pass and connect to Kunming, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanning and some other cities. Kunming Changshui International Airport is 92km from the urban area of Qujing where there are expressways for going abroad.

Resource Environment

Qujing rich in hydropower, biological, mineral and power resources is an important base for the “West-to-East Power Transmission” and “Yunnan-to-Guangdong Power Transmission” of Yunnan. In terms of the tourism culture industry, Qujing has the largest natural garden in the world – 800,000 mu of “Rape Flowers Sea” in Luoping, the marvelous scenic spot featuring "the nature and man unites as one” – Luliang Colored Sand Forest, as well as the origin of the Pearl River, Lubuge, Jiulong Waterfalls, Huize Historical and Cultural City and other attractive landscapes.

Investment Fields

This city is to focus on the development of these industries such as plateau characteristic agriculture, biological resource processing, nonferrous metals deep processing and liquid metal industry, integrated military and civilian modern equipment manufacturing industry, fine chemical industry, modern business logistics industry, cultural tourism and plateau sports industry.

Qujing City, a prefecture-level city in Eastern Yunnan, has been known as “the throat of Yunnan”. It is an important commercial city in Yunnan and ranks the second for the comprehensive strength in the province. It is also a regional central city of “Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration” plan. Qujing features diverse landforms and ethnic customs. Qujing is the origin of the third largest river in China – the Pearl River.

玉溪市
Yuxi City

Yuxi is located in the hinterland of central Yunnan, 88km from Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan and is the prefecture-level city nearest to Kunming. It covers an area of 15,285 km², with a population of about 2.36 million and consisting of two districts and seven counties. Yuxi ranks the third in Yunnan in terms of economic aggregate and is praised as “One origin and Four Hometowns”, namely the origin of life, hometown of Nie Er (famous Chinese musician), hometown of Yunyan (a cigarette brand), hometown of festival lantern and plateau watery place.

Location Advantages: Yuxi, a close neighbor to Kunming, is one of core cities in the urban economic circle of Central Yunnan. The Kunming - Bangkok Great International Passage runs through Yunnan from south to north. The east and middle lines of Pan-Asia Railway meet here. Yuxi is an important hub for our country to build the “Belt and Road” and the International Corridor in the southwest, an influential center for the construction of Yunnan facing South Asia and Southeast Asia and an important gateway to implement opening-up strategy. Yuxi is located in the hinterland of central Yunnan, 88km from Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan and is the prefecture-level city nearest to Kunming. It covers an area of 15,285 km², with a population of about 2.36 million and consisting of two districts and seven counties. Yuxi ranks the third in Yunnan in terms of economic aggregate and is praised as “One origin and Four Hometowns”. Namely, in term of resource environment, Yuxi is rich in biological resources, with over 2000 plant species. The potential economic value of 40 mineral resources is over RMB 400 billion, of which the reserves of high-grade iron ores and copper rank the third in Yunnan. There are advantaged freshwater resources with three of nine plateau lakes in Yunnan. Investment Fields: The modern industrial system with such pillar industries as cigarette and supporting industries, mining and metallurgy and building materials, biological medicine and food, equipment manufacturing, the modern agricultural system with such major industries as flue-cured tobacco, fruits, vegetables and flowers, poultry breeding and manorial economy, and the modern service industry system with such major industries as business logistics, tourism culture and information finance have been initially established. Yuxi City is to focus on the development of the cigarette supporting industries, mining & metallurgy and equipment manufacturing industry, modern agriculture with plateau characteristics, biological medicine and great health industry, tourism culture industry and information and modern logistics industry.

保山市
Baoshan City

Location Advantages

Baoshan City is a key joint and hub on two passages and economic corridors where the first is from Kunming to Ruili and radiates to Kyaukpyu, Myanmar and the second is from Kunming to Tengchong and radiates to Myitkyina, Myanmar and connects South Asia.

Resource Environment

Baoshan is of low latitude mountainous subtropical monsoon climate and free from severely chilly winter and intensely hot summer. It enjoys wonderful natural landscapes like Tengchong Thermal Sea and Volcano Park and Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve and has abundant mineral and hydropower resources and a wide range of biological resources.

Investment Fields

Baoshan City is to focus on the development of 9 pillar industries including the biological medicine, light textile, information industry, advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, processing of agricultural products with plateau characteristics, cultural tourism, business logistics and modern service industry.

Baoshan City, anciently called Yongchang, is a prefecture-level city and located in the southwest of Yunnan Province. It borders on Myanmar, with a boundary line being 167.8 km long. Baoshan governs 1 district, 1 city and 3 counties, i.e., Longyang District, Tengchong City, Shidian County, Longling County and Changning County. There are 13 native minor ethnic groups and about 290,000 overseas Chinese, their relatives and returned overseas Chinese. It is a major hometown of overseas Chinese in Yunnan. In 2016, its GDP reached RMB 61.7 billion, increasing by 11%.

Baoshan is an important courier station of the famous “Southern Silk Road” and also a thoroughfare of the “Stilwell Road” during the World War II, or Yunnan-Myanmar Highway.

楚雄彝族自治州
Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Location Advantages

Chuxiong Prefecture is only 1.5h ride from Kunming. It is the core region with the most competitive advantage and development potential in Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration. The Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration, consisting of Kunming City, Qujing City, Yuxi City, and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, with a planned area of 96,000 km², plays multiple roles such as a growth area driving the development of Yunnan Province, a gateway urban agglomeration with distinguished characteristics of West China and strong competitiveness, and the key area of the gateway for the opening of China’s Southwest region.

Resource Environment

In Chuxiong Prefecture which is rich in plant resources, more than 6,000 species of plants and over 300 species of wild edible funguses have been discovered; there are also 1,381 species of Chinese herbal medicine (243 families), accounting for about 40% species of Chinese herbal medicine in Yunnan, and 24% nationwide. 1.7 million years ago, Yuanmou Men have left tracks of early civilization here, and Chuxiong has been enjoying the reputation of the “Birthplace of Chinese People” because of that.

Investment Fields

Chuxiong Prefecture has been focused on encouraging the development of industries such as biological medicine and great health, tourism culture industry, new material and green energy, equipment manufacturing, agriculture with plateau characteristics, modern green food production, energy saving and environmental protection, emerging information technology, metallurgical & chemical industry, and mineral industry.

Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, located in the west of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, is the main part of the plateau in Central Yunnan. It is one of two Yi autonomous prefectures in China and has been known as “Defense of provincial capital, corridor in Central Yunnan and passenger between Sichuan and Yunnan” since ancient times. It enjoys numerous mountains, mild climate, abundant resources and distinct ethnic characteristics.

红河哈尼族彝族自治州
Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Location Advantages: Honghe Prefecture enjoys complete transportation network of expressway, railway and airline/airport as itis located both at the junction of two major markets, the Chinese market and the ASEAN market and at the joint benefiting from two major cities, Kunming City and Hanoi City. It functions as a logistics node city with the shortest land route connecting China and the Indian Ocean. The freight route, starting from the west line of Pan-Asia Railway through Myanmar to the Indian Ocean and then Europe and America, is about 5000 km and 15-30 days shorter than the one passing through Strait of Malacca to Europe and America. Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture located in the southeast of Yunnan Province, borders on Vietnam and has a land area of 32,900 km² and a boundary line of 848 km with a population of 4.56 million. Its economic aggregate ranks the third in Yunnan. It is one of the most attractive tourist resorts with distinguished characteristics in Yunnan.

Resource Environment: Abundant mineral resource: 7 major types of mineral resources have already been discovered, including mineral resources of energy, nonferrous metal, ferrous metal, rare and precious metal, rare earth element, non-metallic mine and building material, with the reserves of nonferrous metals storage up to 8.8 million tons. Rich tourism resources: This prefecture is the home to abundant world cultural heritages, including the Hani Terrace, ancient city of Lin’an, purple pottery of Jianshui, Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, and some other beautiful brands. The Hani Long-Street Banquet, called the longest banquet in the world, is recorded in the “Shanghai Great World Guinness Book of Records”. Platform Establishment: Honghe Prefecture is the pilot zone of national border financial reform and opening up, and has three major platforms including the National Mengzi Economic and Technological Development Zone, the only comprehensive bonded zone in Yunnan and the Hekou (China) - Lao Cai (Vietnam) Cross-border Economic Cooperation Zone. Investment Fields: This prefecture is to focus on the development of six pillar industries including modern agriculture with plateau characteristics, tourism culture industry, new material and information industry, biological medicine and great health industry, and modern logistics industry.

文山壮族苗族自治州
Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is located in the southeast of Yunnan Province, borders on Vietnam, with a boundary line of 438km. It is known as the “Yunnan-Guangxi Corridor”. Wenshan Prefecture abounds with the pseudo-ginseng (Tianqi). Both the yield and quality are the best in China. The pseudo-ginseng is called as the “stephania sinica diels” in the Compendium of Materia Medica, so Wenshan is known as the land of pseudo-ginseng.

Location Advantages: Wenshan Prefecture enjoys the convenient traffic and is the east gate of Yunnan towards the coastal developed areas, the important window of Yunnan towards ASEAN and an important node between ASEAN and PPRD region. Resource Environment: Wenshan Prefecture rich in resources is the place of origin of pseudo ginseng, a rare medicinal herb; its national 4A scenic spot – the landscape and idyll of Puzhehei, Qiubei – is rarely seen in the world. The reserves of indium, antimony and stannum in Wenshan rank the first, second and third respectively in China, of which the indium ranks the first in the world. There are 11 ethnic groups in Wenshan, including the Han, Zhuang, Miao, Yi, Yao and Hui. The ethnic customs and cultures are colorful with important ethnic festivals which are the concentrated reflection of ethnic customs and characteristics, including the “Shangsi Festival” of the Zhuang, “Tread Huashan” of the Miao, “Panwang Festival” of the Yao, “Tiaogong Festival” of the Yi and “Torch Festival” of the Bai.

Investment Fields: This prefecture is to focus on the development of six major industries including the biological medicine and great health industry with pseudo ginseng as the principal, new-type metallurgical & chemical and new material industry, tourism culture industry, export-oriented processing and manufacturing industry, modern agriculture and food processing industry with plateau characteristics, border trade and logistics industry.

普洱市
Pu'er City

Pu'er City is a green jewel at the southwest border of China, with the national territorial area of 45000 square kilometers. It is the city with the largest area in Yunnan and has won such honorary titles as the “Tea Source of the World”, “Coffee City in China”, “Top 10 Green Cites of China”, “National Garden City” and “National Forest City”. Pu'er is the sole pilot area of green economy in China.

Location Advantages

Pu'er City, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, is an important node of the “Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar” and “China-Singapore” economic corridors and an important frontier influencing the international market of Southeast Asia and South Asia.

Resource Environment

Pleasant climate: There are no chilly winter and intensely hot summer, with an annual average temperature of 19°C. Biodiversity: The forest coverage rate is about 70% and it is the second largest tropical rainforest in the world. Almost one third of species in China have been preserved here. Abundant resources: In Pu'er, the land area per capita is 27mu, over 2 times more than that of the whole nation; the forest land per capita is 19mu, 9 times more than that of the whole nation. The value of annual forest ecological service function reaches RMB 211 billion and the rubber planting area ranks the third in China. Pu'er is rich in mineral resources, including iron, gold, copper, lead-zinc and molybdenum. Its reserve of hydroenergy is 15 million kW. Colorful cultures: There are 14 minorities living in Pu'er. Each minority has different folk customs and traditional cultures. Pu'er is the birthplace of tea and the source of the Ancient Tea Horse Road.

Investment Fields

Pu’er City is to build 4 industry bases including the special biology, clean energy, modern forestry as well as leisure, tourism and health preservation, quicken the development of 4 new industries including agriculture with plateau characteristics, green industry, modern service industry and intelligent industry, accelerate the construction of "Five Networks, and promote the city brand of “God-given Pu’er, World’s Origin of Tea”.

西双版纳傣族自治州
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture

Xishuangbanna is located in the northern border of tropics to the south of the Tropic of Cancer. Xishuangbanna with an area of about 19,124 km² borders on Pu’er City in the northeast and northwest, connects with Laos in the southeast and borders on Myanmar in the southwest, with the boundary line being 966.3km long. There are 13 ethnic groups living in Xishuangbanna, including the Dai, Han, Hani, Yi, Lahu, Blang, Jino, Yao, Miao, Hui, Va, Zhuang and Jingpo.

Location Advantages: There are four national ports, including Xishuangbanna Airport, Jinghong Port, Mohan and Daluo. The three-dimensional traffic network system of water, land and air has been established to connect other regions in China and surrounding countries. Xishuangbanna International Airport has opened 23 domestic routes and the international routes to Laos and Thailand.

Resource Advantages: Xishuangbanna is the area with the best preserved tropical ecosystem in our country and known as the “Kingdom of Plants”, “Kingdom of Animals”, “Biological Gene Pool” and “Emerald in the Crown of the Kingdom of Plants”. There are nine 4A-rated tourist attractions, including the Wild Elephant Valley, Dai Garden and Tropical Flower Garden.

Investment Fields: This prefecture is to focus on the development of six industries including the characteristic bio-industry, cultural tourism, processing and manufacturing, wellness, information and modern service, and clean energy along with the implementation of the great strategies such as the “Belt and Road Initiative”, “Yangtze River Economic Belt”, the Greater Mekong Sub-regional Economic Cooperation and Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Corridor Economic Belt. The tourism cooperation with the regions and countries including Laos, Myanmar and Thailand will be strengthened to jointly promote the construction of “Four Golden Corners Tourism Economic Circle”. West

大理白族自治州
Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture

Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the northwest of Yunnan Province has an area of 29,459 km²and a population of about 3.59 million and governs 1 city, 11 counties, one National Economic & Technological Development Zone, one provincial tourism resort and the Development and Management Committee of Haidong. There are 13 ethnic groups living in here. It is the only Bai autonomous prefecture in China, one of the areas early developed in the southwestern border areas of China and the hometown of the world-famous film of “Five Golden Flowers”.

Location Advantages

Dali Prefecture is a central city of Western Yunnan, a regional traffic hub and the logistics center of Western Yunnan in the planning and construction of Yunnan Province. The three-dimensional traffic network of railway, high-grade highways, aviation and water transportation has been preliminarily built, which can lead to Sichuan and Tibet and extend to Nepal and India in the north and to countries in the south, such as Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

Resource Environment

Dali Prefecture is rich in agriculture and tourism resources and has more than 130 scenic spots and tourism attractions. It also has good industrial base and is both the culture, education and health center of the Western Yunnan and the ideal place suitable for living and working.

Investment Fields

In Dali, it is encouraged to invest in six major industries. Tourism culture industry: Dali has a long history with splendid culture and exquisite natural landscapes, which is the famous tourism resort at home and abroad. Agriculture and food processing industry with plateau characteristics: Thanks to complicated landforms and large altitude difference, Dali has the distinct stereoscopic climates and the advantages to develop the typical ecological agriculture with plateau characteristics. Equipment manufacturing industry: With a good industrial base, Dali is to prioritize the development of the strategic emerging industry and manufacturing industry including automobile, energy conservation and environment protection, new material and electronic information. Biological medicine and great health industry: The biological pharmacy, health preservation, provision for the aged, heart nourishing, leisure treatment, leisure sports, ecological villages and cultural creativity will the major industries for development. Mining & metallurgy and building material industry: The national important antimony industry base is to be built; the rare and precious metals including gold, indium, platinum and palladium are to be actively developed; the largest mining, dressing and smelting base of rare and precious metals is to be built in the Western Yunnan. Modern logistics industry: It will provide the basic guarantee for the industry development of Dali.

德宏傣族景颇族自治州
Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture

Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, located in the southwest frontier of China and in China - Myanmar border area, is a famous hometown of the peacock. Dehong Prefecture has deeply implemented five strategies of “building prefecture with ecology, booming prefecture with science and education, enriching prefecture with industries, strengthening prefecture with opening up and stabilizing prefecture with harmony”. The prefecture exhibits a sound picture of developing economy, prosperous culture, united ethnic groups, harmonious society and stable border. In 2016, its total output value reached RMB 32.19 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.6%.

Location advantages: Dehong Prefecture, located at the combining part of China Economic Circle, Southeast Asia Economic Circle and South Asia Economic Circle, is the communications center for connecting China and Indian Ocean great international passage. Resource environment: Dehong Prefecture enjoys exquisite natural environment, splendid history and culture and distinct ethnic customs. It has Ruili River - Daying River Scenic Resort and two national excellent tourism cities, Ruili and Mangshi.

Platform establishment: Dehong Prefecture has two national Class I ports, Ruili and Wanding and two Class II ports, Zhangfeng and Yingjiang; as well as Ruili Jiegao Border Trade Zone, Wanding Economic Development Zone and Ruili Key Development and Opening-up Experimental Zone. Investment Fields: They include the equipment manufacturing industries that meet the market demands of South Asia and Southeast Asia including the agricultural machinery assembly, heavy machinery assembly, automobile, motorcycle spare parts; the food processing industry with the center of Mangshi Food Industry Park and by using the resource advantages of Dehong, the business logistics industries with the major industries of border trade, processing trade, carrying trade and transit trade; the modern agriculture with plateau characteristics with the major industries of coffee, lemon, nut, oil-tea tree and walnut; the electronic information industry to be vigorously developed by giving full play to the location advantages of Dehong; the tourism culture industry with the key points of scenery on border, ethnic culture, green ecology, leisure and health preservation as well as special shopping.

丽江市
Lijiang City

Located along the upper reaches of Jinsha River, Lijiang City enjoys long history, beautiful landscape and magnificent natural environment, and is home to the descendants of ancient Qiang people and Naxi people. Old Town of Lijiang at the altitude of 2,400m is one of the well-known historical and cultural cities and a key tourist resort in China. Lijiang City covers an area of about 20,600 km². In 2016, the total output value has reached RMB 31.4 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 9%.

Resource Environment

Rich tourism resources: Lijiang City has the world cultural heritage of Old Town of Lijiang, the world natural heritage of Laojun Mountain (the core region of Three Parallel Rivers) and the world memory heritage of Naxi Dongba Literature Manuscripts. Moreover, it has the snow mountain, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which is the nearest to the equator in the Northern Hemisphere, and also Lugu Lake, honored “Plateau Pearl” and “Mysterious Kingdom of Women”.

Urban Environment

Old Town of Lijiang is situated beside water from Heilongtan (Black Dragon Pool) and at the foot of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The three water systems encircle and run into the ancient city through the Yulong Bridge, creating a picturesque scene of “every house enjoys its own river and willow” like that in the South of the Yangtze River. Old Town of Lijiang is praised as the “oriental Venice town” thanks to such natural scenery. A total of 354 ancient stone bridges and wooden bridges scatter in the city, picturing a classic Chinese scenery of “small bridges, flowing water and homes”. Lijiang has once been honored as one of the most the attractive city in China.

Investment Fields

The plateau characteristic agriculture, cultural tourism, biological medicine, clean energy, business logistics, modern service industries are encouraged.

怒江傈僳族自治州
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, located in the northwest of Yunnan and at the middle reach of Nujiang River, has an area of 14,703 km² and boundary line of about 449km.

Location advantages: Nujiang Airport and Lanping General Airport are under construction and the Baoshan-Liuku Expressway, as well as other high-grade highways, are also under construction. The “Liuku-Nyingchi-Lhasa Economic Corridor under progress is expected to integrate regional resources including tourism resources, cultural resources and biological resources. Nujiang Prefecture now is the front line contributing to boundary development and opening and is the new gateway to connect China with Myanmar, India and Bangladesh.

Resource environment: In terms of biological resources, there are 356 types of Chinese herbal medicines, 140 flower species, 748 wild animal species and more than 3000 species of higher plants. It is one of the most affluent regions of the world’s three major species gene pool and is praised as “Biological Species Gene Pool”. In terms of tourism and cultural resources, this prefecture has the scenic attractions such as the Grand Nujiang Valley, the National Park of Dulongjiang Grand Canyon, the world natural heritage of “Three Parallel Rivers” as well as the natural wonder of “three rivers running through four mountains”. Nujiang Prefecture is also uniquely characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity where rich ethnic culture and different religions merge with each other. Investment Fields: Nujiang Prefecture is to focus on the development of 4 major industries including the tourism culture industry, ecological agriculture with characteristics, biological medicine and great health industry, and the manufacturing industry of ecological food and consumer goods.

迪庆藏族自治州
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

"Diqing" means "a place of good luck and happiness" in Tibetan language. It is the Shangri-La where people yearn for and also the core region of the world natural heritage "Three Parallel Rivers". Diqing Prefecture is passed through by Lancang River and Jinsha River from north to south and characterized by the special landform of "snow mountain as town, river as pool". It is a resplendent pearl on the plateau of Northwestern Yunnan. It covers a land area of 23,186 km², with a population of 407,000 where ethnic minorities accounts for 88.7%.

Location Advantages

Diqing Prefecture is the strategic passage for entering Tibet from Yunnan. It connects Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet and has the traffic network with Yunnan-Tibet Highway and Sichuan-Tibet Highway (originally called Kangding-Tibet Highway) as the arteries. Diqing Shangri-La Airport, covering a land area of 225 hectares, is the largest airport in Northwestern Yunnan.

Resource Environment

Diqing Prefecture is located at the southeastern end of the “Water Towers of Asia” and passed through by Jinsha River and Lancang River. It has 221 tributaries with the theoretical reserves of water power over 1,650 kW, 15% of that of Yunnan Province. In addition, Diqing Prefecture is located at the core area of the “metallogenic belt of three rivers” and also one of top 10 national enrichment regions of mineral resources.

Investment Fields

This prefecture is to focus on four pillar industries, i.e., tourism, biology, hydropower and minerals and deeply develop the agriculture and agricultural product processing industry with plateau characteristics.

临沧市
Lincang City

Lincang City, getting its name due to that it is close to Lancang River, is a treasured place on the southwest border of China to be developed. Its south part is traversed by the Tropic of Cancer and it is adjacent to Simao in the east, to Dali in the north, to Baoshan in the west and borders on Myanmar in the southwest. It has a total area of 24,000 km² and a total population of about 2.51 million, with the population of 23 minorities like the Va accounting for 38.6% of the total population. Lincang is always in spring and enjoys the reputation of “Asian Constant-temperature City” with an annual average temperature of 18°C.

Location Advantages

Lincang borders on Myanmar and has 1 national Class I open port and 2 national Class II open ports. It is a treasured place on the southwest border of China to be developed. Its south part is traversed by the Tropic of Cancer and it is adjacent to Simao in the east, to Dali in the north, to Baoshan in the west and borders on Myanmar in the southwest. It has a total area of 24,000 km² and a total population of about 2.51 million, with the population of 23 minorities like the Va accounting for 38.6% of the total population. Lincang is always in spring and enjoys the reputation of “Asian Constant-temperature City” with an annual average temperature of 18°C. Resource Environment: Lincang, the world-famous hometown of Dianhong tea (Yunnan black tea), is a main producing area of Yunnan tea. Lincang ranks the first in China for the planting area of macadamia nuts and second for that of coffee. Lincang’s unique humanistic landscape is characterized by multi-ethnic, tea and frontier culture focusing on Va culture. Investment Fields: Lincang emphasizes on 5 industries, i.e., biology, tourism, energy, manufacturing and service while vigorously promoting the development of public services such as infrastructure, medical treatment, tourism, education & training, healthcare, provision for the aged as well as water conservancy, resource environment and ecological protection. Lincang has 1 national border economic cooperation zone. It is the hub and key gateway for connecting China and South Asia and Southeast Asia. Products assembled here are exported to other countries via Myanmar. The cost of processing trade enterprises can be substantially reduced through the preferential tariff policies of various countries against Myanmar.