The Colorful Yunnan

This is a magical land. When the world's highest river overwhelmingly dissected the highest plateau with majestic momentum and ran to the sea. A dreamy plateau of harmonious coexistence between human and nature was born in heaven and earth. This is the legendary auspicious land to the south of the colorful clouds—Yunnan.

Yunnan is a museum of topography. Within the scope of more than 394000 square kilometers, there are almost all kinds of natural landscapes on the earth. The Richest biodiversity and ethnic minorities make it become one of the areas which with the most natural and cultural heritage in China. It is a realm where mountains and rivers intersect. It is a paradise for plants and animals. Sound ecological protection has made the province a natural kingdom for flora and fauna. Yunnan is home to 26 ethnic groups, who maintain their own spoken and written languages, customs and religions. Different cultures integrate with each other and coexist in harmony. It is a witness to the evolution and history of the human race. The Dinosaur fossil cluster, Homo erectus yuanmouensis, Southern Silk Road and the Ancient Tea Road compose a sketch of historic tracks. With its marvelous natural beauty, mysterious ethnic glamour and time-honored history, Yunnan boasts amazing cultural and biological diversities.

Located at the junction of China Southeast Asia and South Asia, Yunnan is the joint of ASEAN Free Trade Zone, Great Mekong Subregion Cooperation, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, bordering Vietnam, Laos and Burma for 4060 kilometers, accounting for 18.7% in total national border along with 16 first-class ports and 7 second-class ports. As the window and gateway of China to Southeast Asia and South Asia, Yunnan plays an important role in integrating into the process of economic globalization and enhancing mutually beneficial cooperation with Southeast Asia and South Asia, which provides it a golden opportunity for development.

So far, Yunnan’s resident population is 46.866 million in which urban population is 18.971 million. The built-up area is 1620 square kilometers, and the urbanization rate is 40.48%. An integral urban-rural system will be built, with Kunming as the core, regional central cities such as Yuxi, Qujing, Dali, and Mengzi as the key, seats of state government as backbones, and county towns, central towns, frontier port as the basis, which set up a six-level urban system structure. Such system will feature an obvious development gradient, complementary functions, and a reasonable pattern.

七彩云南

这是一片神奇的土地，当地球上最高的河流以势不可挡的磅礴气势，切开地球上最高的高原，奔向大海的怀抱！在山与海的臂弯之中，构筑出一片人与自然和谐共处的梦幻高原，传说中彩云之南的祥瑞之地——云南。

云南是地质地貌的博物馆，39.4万多平方公里，囊括了几乎所有能在地球上见到的自然景观，是世界生物多样性最为丰富的地区，生活着中国最多的少数民族，是中国拥有世界自然遗产和文化遗产最多的地区之一。云南是山的世界，河的故乡。云南是动植物生栖的天堂。良好的自然生态保护使云南成为动植物的天然王国。云南生活着26个不同的少数民族，各民族保持着独特的语言，文字，民族风俗和宗教信仰，形成了文化的多样性，多种文化相互交融，构建出一幅和谐相处的人间风景。云南见证了人类历史的发展过程，恐龙骨化石群、元谋猿人、南丝绸之路、茶马古道勾勒出年代的纬线。神奇的自然风光，神秘的民族风情、深远的历史文化，使云南成为世界上自然和文化最具多样性的地区。

云南地处中国、东南亚、南亚三大地域结合部，是东盟自由贸易区、南亚、大湄公河、泛珠流域区域合作的交汇点。与越南、老挝、缅甸接壤，边境线长达4060公里，占全国边境线总长的18.7%，共有国家一类口岸16个、二类口岸7个。作为中国通往东南亚、南亚的陆路窗口和枢纽门户，云南，在中国加速融入经济全球化进程，深化与东南亚、南亚国家的互利合作中扮演着重要角色，迎来了千载难逢的发展机遇。

目前，全省常住人口为4686.6万人，常住城镇人口为1897.1万人，建成区面积达1620平方公里，城镇化率为40.48%，形成了以昆明为核心，以玉溪、曲靖、大理、蒙自等，区域中心城市为重点，以州（市）政府所在地和设市城市为骨干，以县城、中心集镇、边境口岸城镇为基础的六个层次城镇体系建设构架，形成了梯次明显、功能互补、结构合理的城镇村落一体化发展格局。