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(Chinese Traditional) screen font.
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Regional Capital: Kunming Average temperatures: 8 deg
C to 17 deg C in January; 11 deg C to 29 deg C in July. Physical features: The province
is situated in a mountainous area, with high elevations in the northwest and
low elevations in the southeast. Most
of the population lives in the eastern part of the province. In the west, the relative height from
mountain peaks to river valleys can be as much as 3,000 metres. The total land area in the province is
394,000 square kilometres. Rivers: The principal
rivers are: Nu, Lancang, Jinsha, Yuan and Nanpan Rivers. Administrative divisions:
11 cities, 8 autonomous prefectures, 86 counties and 28 autonomous counties. Historical significance: Yunnan became part of China
during the Han Period (206 BC to 220 AD) but became the seat of a Thai
kingdom known as Nan Chao in the 8th century.
The Mongols conquered the region in the 13th century, with local
control exercised by warlords until the 1930s. As with other parts of China’s southwest,
Japanese occupation in the north during World War II forced a migration of
Chinese into the region. Ethnic minorities in Yunnan account for 34 per
cent of its total population. Major
ethnic groups include Yi（彝）, Bai（白）, Hani（哈尼）, Zhuang（壯）, Dai（傣）and Miao（苗）. |
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The province is one of the major forest zones in
China. Its forest area accounts for 24
per cent of the country's total.
Yunnan is also an important base of aromatic plants and flora in China
with more than 300 varieties of essential oil-bearing plants and 2,500 kinds
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Railways －Major railways in the province include
Chengdu-Kunming （成昆線：成都－昆明）, Guiyang-Kunming（貴昆線：貴陽－昆明）, Kunming-Hekou（昆河線：昆明－河口）and Nanning-Kunming（南昆線:
南寧－昆明）. Other
railways include Guangtong-Chuxiong（廣通－楚雄）, Guangtong-Dali（廣通－大理）and Kunming-Yuxi（昆明－玉溪）. A new
railway, Neijing-Kunming（內昆線:
內江－昆明）is expected to be completed by October 2001 and
will pass through several cities in Sichuan, Guizhou
and Yunnan provinces. This railway is
an integral part of the Southwest Sea Passage. Roadways － Kunming and Dali are the major
transportation hubs in Yunnan. Major
highways include Yunnan-Guizhou（滇黔線）, Yuannan-Guangxi（滇桂線）, Yunnan-Sichuan（滇川線）and Yunnan-Tibet（滇藏線）, which connect Yunnan with neighbouring
provinces and autonomous regions.
Three highways from Yunnan to Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam will be
upgraded. Air Transport － The province has
9 civil airports included Kunming, Dali,
Baoshan（保山）, Xishuangbana（西雙版納）, Simao（思茅）, Zhaotong（昭通）, Lijiang（麗江）and Diqing（迪慶）. The
Kunming Wujiaba （巫家壩） International Airport offers direct flights to
Hong Kong, Japan, Bangkok, Singapore, Rangoon, and Chiang Mai. Telecommunications －
Telecommunication has been developed rapidly over the past years. By March-2001, subscribers for mobile phone
services were over 2 million. Electricity -- In addition to the existing thermal power
plants, a number of hydropower stations on the lower- and middle-reaches of
the Lancang River are under construction.
In 2000 Yunnan generated 11.2 billion KW electricity, ranking 2nd in
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Food processing industry is significant in the
province and Yunnan Puer Tea（普洱茶）is well known at home and abroad. Tobacco and cigarettes are also famous with
brand names including Hongtashan（紅塔山）, Ashima（阿詩瑪）, Yunyian（云煙）and Hongmei（紅梅）. Yuxi is one of the most important
tobacco production bases in China and the nation's largest cigarette
manufacturer, Hongta Group （玉溪紅塔煙草集團）, is located in this city. Yunnan is also one of the major coffee growing
and processing bases in China. Famous
coffee enterprises, Maxwell and Nestle companies, have both signed contracts
with Yunnan to provide 10,000 tons of coffee beans annually. By May, 2001, Puer had become the largest
coffee plantation base in China. Yunnan's textiles, clothing and leather
industries are also well developed.
Other major industries include tourism, rubber, forestry and paper
products, chemicals, building materials, machinery and other light industries. In the tenth Five-Year Plan (2001-2005), the province will invest a total of 150 million yuan
to set up a special fund to further develop the export of high-tech products
in the fields of biological technology, medicine, new materials, electronic
information, environmental protection and the optical-electromechanical
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Kunming New
& Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone （昆明高新技術產業開發區） The zone was approved by the State Council in 1992 and focuses mainly on
the development of biology engineering, biomedical engineering, combined
technique of optical, mechanical and electrical engineering, new building
materials and information technology. Kunming Dianchi
Tourism & Vacation Zone（昆明滇池旅遊度假區） This zone
approved by the State Council in 1992 as one of the 12 state-level vacation
and tourism development zones. A great
number of holiday facilities were completed and more projects are under
construction. Ruili Border
Trade Economic Cooperation Zone（瑞麗邊境經濟合作區）and Wanding Boundary Economic Cooperation
Zone（畹町邊境經合作區）were approved by the State Council in 1992 to
develop border trade with Myanmar Other development zones in Yunnan include : Qujiang Economic and Technological Development
Zone Yuxi Economic and Technological Development Zone Dali Economic and Technological Development Zone Chuxiong Economic and Technological Development
Zone Songming Yanglin Experimental Zone for County
& Township Industries Hekou Boundary Economic Cooperation Zone Jiegao Border Trade Economic Zone Lijiang Yulong Snow Mountain Tourism Zone Cangshan Mountain & Erhai Lake Tourism and
Vacation Zone at Dali Xishuangbanna Tourism and Vacation Zone Tengchong (Tourism and Vacation Zone Yangzonghai Lake Tourism and Vacation Zone Fuxian Lake Tourism and Vacation Zone |
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The Kunming Department Store Co. Ltd.（昆明百貨大樓）is the largest retailer in Yunnan. Other major retailers include Kunming Wuhua
Shopping Arcade（五華大廈）, Kunming Cherry Shopping Centre and Kunming
Yuandong Shopping Centre（昆明大觀商業城）, etc. US
retailer, Wal-Mart (美國沃爾瑪公司）,
is one of the major
investors of Kunming Yuandong Shopping Centre. Other major retailers include Kunming Sakura
Shopping Centre（昆明櫻花購物中心）, Kunming Southwest Commercial Building（昆明西南商業大廈）, Kunming Panlong Building（昆明盤龍大廈）, Kunming Kundu Shopping Centre（昆明昆都商場）, Kunming Tianyuan Shopping Centre（昆明天元商場）and Zhengyi Department Store （正義百貨商店）; as well as the Xiaguan Depa rtment Store（大理下關百貨大樓）and Gucheng Shopping Centre（古城商場）in
Dali. The Kunming International Flower Trade and
Auction Centre （昆明國際花卉交易和拍賣中心）is the largest flower market in China. |
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Ř Kunming Ř Yuxi Ř Qujing Western
industrial zone – this region is mountainous, with agriculture along the
rivers. Ř Dali Ř Chuxiong |
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Kunming
is situation in the north-central part of the province, at the northern end
of Lake Dian. The city existed for
2,000 years and was made a secondary capital by the Nan Chao kingdom (Dali
was the main capital). Manufacturing
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Yuxi
is about 80 kilometres south of Kunming and is the
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The
Red River flows in a south-easterly direction, south of Kunming, and crosses
the border with Viet Nam. After
passing through Hanoi, it enters the South China Sea at Nam Dinh. Red River Municipality is made up of urban
areas along the river. Gejiu is the largest of these. Agriculture-related activities dominate the
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Dali
is situated on Lake Erhai, about 260 kilometres west of Kunming. The city retains an historic atmosphere
that differs from most other cities in China, and is said to have started
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