Kunming ，As a major city located in central Yunnan Province of southeast China with a  landform  high  in  the  north  and  low in the south, Kunming is a key passageway to southeast and south Asian countries. The city covers a total area of 21,011 square kilometers, of which the area for construction into the main district accounts for 225 square kilometers. Administrative Division: Kunming  comprises  five  districts, eight counties  and  one  county  level  city。The population of permanent residents totaled 6,193,300 by the end of 2007 in Kunming,  where  Han,  Yi, Hui, Bai, Miao, Lisu and other ethnic groups gather.

In the climatic zone of low latitude, plateau hilly monsoon, at  the  annual  average  temperature  of  15.1 ℃  with  2250  annual sunshine hours approximately and over 240 days of the frost-free period,  Kunming  is  renowned  as  “Spring  City”  featuring year-round  spring  without  scorching  summer  or freezing winter days and uninterrupted blooming and lush dates for flowers and plants thanks to a mild temperature and humidity.

Kunming is the political, economic and cultural center of Yunnan Province at a unique, advantageous location neighboring Guizhou Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the east, accessible into the central plain via Sichuan and Chongqing to the north, to Thailand and Cambodia via Vietnam and Laos on the south, and jointing Myanmar adjacent  to  India and  Pakistan  to the west. It is the within the ASEAN’s ‘10+1’ free trade economic circle,   the   circle   of   the   great   Mekongsub-regional economic cooperation and the  Pan-Pearl Delta.  At  a  juncture  of  the     circles     of   economic cooperation,  Kunming  will  win  a  broader  space  for further development upon the completion of a group of major infrastructures including the gateways  of  China to  outside  world  including   the   airport,  Pan-Pacific railway, Kunming-Bangkok and Kunming-Yongon.

Airway Kunming  International  Airport  is  one  of the six major airports  in  China,  with  more  than  170  domestic  and international  airlines  accessible to  many   metropolises of   China and   beyond – to  Bangkok,   Chiang   Mai, Hanoi,   Ho     Chi    Minh, Yongon,   Mandalay,  Vietine, Singapore,    Kuala   Lumpur,  Osaka,  Hong  Kong   and other   cities.   The   new  Kunming  airport   under  construction  will  be the  fourth gateway of China after  Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Airway Railway  transportation  network  of Kunming comprises the  Neijiang-Kunming,  Nanning - Kunming,   Guiyang- Kunming,  Yunnan - Nietnam,  Guangtong-Dali railways
running  to the coast, southeast Asia, Dali prefecture  and Sichuan  province respectively from the east, south, west  and north directions.

Kunming puts emphasis on use of foreign capital by establishing a service-type municipal  government, further  expanding the fields and ways of investment, deepening  reform of the administrative examination and  approval  system, shortening  the examined and Approved duration, and increasing handling efficiency for better  investment  environment. It is also practicing ‘sunshine open administration,’ ‘one-window reception, one-stop solution,  and chain - like service’ which  are ensured with most  rigid  systems  of  responsibility,  handling  within a certain  time  frame and service commitment for the‘three  Mosts  and  for  Lowests’ desired investment environment:  most  flexible  provision for business establishment, most civilized society, safest residential areas, lowest trading cost, lowest production cost, lowest administrative cost, and lowest social cost.

Mineral Resources Kunming abounds in phosphor, salt, copper, iron, coal, titanium, quartzite, clay and other minerals,  of  which  phosphor  and  salt  that total reserves of around 4.6 billion and 13.8 billion tons respectively ranking the second place in inland China.
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Tourism Resources Kunming  boasts  323  units  of  cultural  relics  under  national and provincial protection, many  nationally  and  provincially  famous  scenic  areas  including  Stone Forest World  Geological   Park,  Dianchi  Lake,  Anning  Hot  Spring,  Jiuxiang Cave, Yangzong Lake,  and Qiaozi  Snow  Mountain.  It  is  the  center  for  several  national  level golden tourist routes that radiates to the entire province and  connects  southeast  Asia,  integrating tour, sightseeing, holiday and entertainment in the tourism system.
Industries and Agriculture
Industries: The industrial production system in Kunming mainly comprises cigarette,  electromechanical,  metallurgical,  chemical,  building material, foodstuff and bio-pharmaceutical industries, which produce  precision  machine  tool,  optical  instrument, phosphorous chemical, natural spices, cigarette of brand names and top quality, and Yunnan Baiyao traditional Chinese medicine well received at home and aboard.

Agriculture The long sunshine hours and short frost-free period in  Kunming is favorable for growth of a variety of plants.  So  the  city  boasts  over  1,200  wild plant species   and  more  than  400  kinds  of  traditional flowers,  for  which  it  is  one  of  the  three  major  winter  and  spring  vegetable  plantation  bases  in inland China, in addition to the other advantageous industries   such  as   grains,  tobacco,   vegetables, livestock, flower and fruits.

Bio-pharmaceutical Industry
The industry is to integrate existing resources, develop new medicine with natural herbs, with self-owned intellectual property rights, and further upgrade the series bio-pharmaceutical products including Yunnan Baiyao, notoginseng, artemether, gastrodia tuber, and breviscapine.
Agricultural and Special Local Product Processing Industry

The industry is mainly engaged in deep-processing of grain, tobacco, livestock, vegetables, flowers and fruits while speeding up construction  of  the  quality  variety  bases.  Besides, facility agriculture, export-oriented agriculture and leisure and sightseeing agriculture will also be developed with great efforts.

Cigarettes and Accessory Industries
On the basis of integration of Hongyuan Group, a grouping mode is promoted for further development in several forms – joint venture, equity participation, co-production  and  reorganization.  The  group  company also strengthens its cooperation with enterprises in other provinces to realize the strategic expansion of the cigarette, making it a world famous brand with output of  scores of thousand of cartons and a profit exceeding ten billions RMB yuan and also consolidating its  leading  position  in  the sector.

Metallurgy
The industry adopts new technologies and processes comprehensively using low energy consuming and low pollution materials. Kunming is active in development of copper industry, finds the prime time for development of aluminum, optimizes its iron and steel industry, and  encourages  development  of non-ferrous  and  ferrous  metals  deep-processing  and  related  industries.  By extending the industrial chain like  this,  Kunming will be developed into China’s key copper and aluminum base as well as an iron and steel industrial base oriented to the entire province and neighboring regions.

Machinery
Kunming will be developed into China’s major base of modern equipped manufacturing industry by introducing strategic business partners, promoting concentration on machinery, accelerating   automation, enhancing accessory capacity, saving energy and protecting the environment, and modernizing facilities for optical, mechanical and electrical integration.

Chemical
The fine phosphor deep-processing products and fine chemical industry have been vigorously developed and the phosphorous chemical chain been extended with higher value added products through use of the abundant resources of phosphor, salt, titanium and coal of Kunming.

Optoelectronic Information and Software Industries
The industry will introduce both foreign and domestic strategic partnerships, utilizing current resources to accelerate the development processes in Optoelectronic information and software, and also pushing the developments in software outsource.