Yunnan Province, briefly named as “Yun” or “Dian” , covers a land area of 394,000 square kilometers, accounting for about 4.1% of China's total land area and ranking 8th among the country’s provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. It has 129 counties, county-level cities and districts under the jurisdiction of 16 prefectures and prefecture-level cities. Yunnan has a land border of 4,060 kilometers, one of the longest in China.
Located at the junction of China and Southeast Asia and South Asia, Yunnan is the window and gateway of China’s opening up to the aforesaid two Asian regions. It is linked with Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam by the Lancang-Mekong River, and is close to countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, India and Bangladesh. Its favorable geographical position has made Yunnan one of the provinces with the most neighboring countries in China.
Meili Snow Mountain
This snow mountain is located in the Deqen County of Diqing and belongs to the Hengduan Mountains. The main peak of which, Kawagebo Peak, is at an elevation of 6,740 meters, ranking the highest in Yunnan Province. Meili Snow Mountain is a holy mountain in the hearts of Xi Zang people and is revered for its cultural significance.
Meili Snow Mountain
“Golden Sunrise” is a rare spectacle at Meili Snow Mountain. It usually can be observed in the early morning of a sunny day and lasts for about 20 minutes. Due to special climate conditions, Meili Snow Mountain is enveloped in flying snow and thick clouds throughout the year so only with luck and blessing can visitors get to see the splendid view of the “Golden Sunrise”.
Golden Sunrise.
Yunnan Pu'erh Tea
Pu'erh tea is mainly produced in Yunnan Province. Pu-erh tea has characteristics such as orange-yellow and thick tea broth, high sharp and persistent aroma, unique fragrance, strong and mellow taste, and long-lasting steeping resistance. According to it’s processing technology and quality characteristics, Pu'erh tea is divided into two types: raw tea and cooked tea.
Yunnan Pu'erh Tea.
More than 1400 years ago, the ethnic minorities in southwest China opened up an international trade route in the form of horse gangs—the "Tea-Horse Road", which brought Yunnan's Pu'erh tea and other specialty products to Myanmar, Nepal, India and other countries. Today, Yunnan Pu'erh tea has been exported to more than 40 countries and regions in Eastern Europe, Western Europe and North America, as well as South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, etc.
Yunnan Arabica Coffee
Yunnan Province was the first province to grow coffee in China, and it is also the province with the largest coffee production in China. Most of the varieties of Yunnan coffee are small grain coffee."Yunnan small grain coffee" refers to Arabica coffee, it has been rated as a first-class product by the International Coffee Organization, and it’s quality is similar to the world's top Colombian small grain coffee.
Yunnan Arabica Coffee
Relevant data shows that 98% of China's coffee is currently produced in Yunnan. The low-latitude, high-altitude, day and night temperature differences in the thermal zone resources, making Yunnan as a prime growing area for producing high-quality coffee. Customs data show that as an important coffee producing area in China, Yunnan Province exported 18,000 tons of coffee beans in the first half of 2022, up 2.3 times year-on-year.
Yunnan flower
Yunnan flower has ranked first in China's major flower market for 19 consecutive years. The output, quality and export ratio of flowers have also increased year by year. The Dounan Flower Market in Yunnan has become the "wind vane" of China's flower market and the "barometer" of flower prices. More than 10,000 people enter the market for transactions every day. There are 66 major categories of flowers on the market every day, more than 300 varieties and about 4-6 million flowers. Every day, more than 280 tons of fresh-cut flowers are transported by air, railway and road to more than 60 large and medium-sized cities in China, and some are exported to neighboring countries or regions such as Japan, South Korea, Russia, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Yunnan flower
“Friendship Across Mountains and Sea” events celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Maldives were unveiled in Male, Maldives on 12 October 2022. These events were co-sponsored by the Yunnan Provincial People's Government and the Chinese Embassy in the Maldives. Senior officials from the two countries delivered speeches and video messages in turn.
Friendship Across Mountains and Sea
During the celebration, the "Beautiful China·Colorful Yunnan" cultural week was launched in the Maldives, and the "Wonderful Maldives, the Sunny Side of Life" photo exhibition was launched in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province.
These simultaneous events in both countries will further deepen the friendship between the people of China and Maldives, further enhance cooperation between the two places in various fields, and write a new and beautiful chapter for China-Maldives friendship.
(Wonderful Maldives, the Sunny Side of Life" photo exhibition)
The China-South Asia Expo
In August 2023, The 7th China-South Asia Expo, themed "Solidarity and Coordination for Common Development", kicked off in Kunming, Yunnan province.
The China-South Asia Expo
The five-day event set up 15 exhibition halls including pavilions of bio-medicine and healthcare industry, resource economy, regional cooperation, and other pavilions. With a total area of 150,000 square meters, the Expo has attracted 30,000 exhibitors participating both online and offline. Over the years, it has evolved into a vital platform fostering economic and trade cooperation between China and South Asian and Southeast Asian countries.
The fruitful outcomes of the Expo highlighted the vitality of economic and trade cooperation between China and South Asian countries. "Yunnan will continue to optimize its reputation in South Asia and other overseas regions, focus on economic and trade cooperation, and plan more practical and in-depth events both abroad and at home, creating Yunnan a model platform for international cooperation and coordinated regional development," said Li Chenyang, deputy director and secretary-general of the 7th China-South Asia Expo Executive Committee and director of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Commerce.
This year, the China-South Asia Expo set up four new pavilions, i.e. Resource Economy Pavilion, Trade Ports Economy Pavilion, Park Economy Pavilion, and Regional Cooperation Pavilion, showing to the world the brilliant results of the exchanges and demonstrating the highlights and new trend of cooperation between China and South Asian and Southeast Asian countries.
Kunming Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center）
The year 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, as well as the 10th anniversary of the China-South Asia Expo. Over the past decade, the Expo has become more influential and has been followed by more and more international friends. During this 10-year period, the Expo keeps enriching the outcomes and diversifying areas of cooperation, promoting a wider range of communication, exchanges, and cooperation between China and South Asia and even countries around the world.
Yunnan Commercial Representative Office in Male, Maldives
Yunnan Commercial Representative Office in Male, Maldives
Yunnan Commercial Representative Office in Male, Maldives was established in July 2015. Under the leadership of The People's Government of Yunnan Province, the Department of Commerce and the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Yunnan Province, it has been operating for eight years. During these 8 years, it has fully performed the comprehensive functions of "window, coordination, bridges and service", established wide-ranging connections with Maldivian Government Authorities, the Embassy of China in Maldives, the Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office of China Embassy in Maldives, local society, news media and so on. It introduces the opening-up policies and the related measures of Yunnan Province actively, expands trade and economic cooperation relations between Yunnan Province and Maldives and promotes healthy trade and economic relations between Yunnan Province and Maldives as well. Meanwhile, it provides staff, goods, capital and other convenient services for ”going out” of Yunnan Province enterprises, promotes Yunnan Province enterprises to develop economic and trade projects and activities in Maldives, and sets up a good image of the Yunnan Province enterprises. All in all, It is the window for Yunnan province to promote cooperation with Maldives.
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