Kunming is located in the middle of Yunnan Guizhou Plateau, with a historyof more than 2400 years. The elevation of the city center is 11 meters. It isclose to Dianchi Lake in the South and surrounded by mountains on three sides.Due to the influence of the warm and humid air flow in the southwest of theIndian Ocean, it has long sunshine, short frost period and an average annualtemperature of 15 ℃. The climate is mild, summer is not hot, winter is not cold,four seasons such as spring, pleasant climate, is very famous "Spring City". Forthis reason, the predecessors have described its characteristics as follows:there is no fur in the December moon of Kunming, the light cotton sweats in thedog days, the plum blossoms in the middle of winter, and the new year leaves ofLiushu will be thick. From December to march of the next year, groups of redheaded gulls, which escape the cold wind in the northern sea area, come fromafar and settle in Kunming city.
Kunming, with an altitude of 746 meters to 4247 meters, covers an area of15942 square kilometers and a built-up area of 98 square kilometers. It isdirectly under the jurisdiction of Panlong, Wuhua, Xishan and Guandu, and eightcounties of Chenggong, Jinning, Anning, Fumin, Songming, Yiliang, Lunan andLuquan. The population is 3635212. There are 25 ethnic groups, including Han,Yi, Hui, Bai, Miao and Mongolia. The minority population accounts for 12.6%, andthe urban population is 1611969.
250000 years ago, there were ancient human activities in Kunming area. Fromthe 13th century, Kunming became the political, economic and cultural center ofYunnan Province. It is the hub and channel connecting the "ancient Southern SilkRoad" in Southeast Asia and Sichuan Yunnan Vietnam. Kunming is the hometown ofgreat navigator Zheng He and people's musician Nie Er. Patriotic democraticmovements such as the national defense movement and the "one two one" movementcontributed to China's democratic revolution. The long history and diversifiedculture have formed the distinctive characteristics of Kunming today, which are"long history, many historic sites, beautiful scenery, many places of interest,a gathering of talents, many celebrities, early development and manycontacts".
Since the reform and opening up, Kunming's economy has always maintained agood momentum of rapid and healthy development, and its comprehensive economicstrength has entered the advanced ranks in the western region. After years ofdevelopment, it has formed five pillar industries, including cigarette,electromechanical, biological resources, information, business and tourism.Agricultural development is sustained, stable and coordinated, structuraladjustment has achieved remarkable results, and its characteristics areoutstanding. "Dounan flowers" and "Chenggong vegetables" have become well-knownbrands at home and abroad. It is the industrial base of Yunnan Province and animportant industrial city in Southwest China. The proportion of the tertiaryindustry in the national economy is increasing. The rapid development ofCommerce, tourism, information and modern service industries has played animportant role in promoting the economic and social development of the city.
Kunming is one of the famous historical and cultural cities in China. It isa gathering place of natural landscape and cultural landscape. It is also one ofthe best tourist cities in China. The holding of the World Expo has improvedKunming's popularity in the world. There is no heat in summer, no cold inwinter, four seasons like spring, flowers all year round, known as the "SpringCity" reputation.
Kunming has beautiful mountains and rivers. Kunming has a long history,many nationalities and unique natural conditions, which leave an extremely richcultural relics and scenic spots. Among them, there are 3 national scenic spots,6 national key cultural relics protection units, 66 provincial and municipal keycultural relics protection units, 30 scenic spots, more than 100 scenic spots,11 national tourist routes, 1 provincial scenic spot, ethnic customs with Yunnancharacteristics, 1 large-scale ethnic village, more than 50 Hot Springs, andmore than 400 kinds of flowers It has become a tourism system with Shilin andDianchi Lake as the focus, along Anning Shilin highway as the first line,driving Kunming City and radiating the whole province, integrating tourism,vacation and entertainment.
Kunming is also a multi-ethnic capital city, with fascinating ethniccustoms, numerous historical sites, natural landscape and cultural landscape,depicting a magical and confusing picture.
Kunming is the transportation hub and communication center of YunnanProvince, and China's port facing Southeast Asia. Kunming airport is one of thefive major international airports in China. It has six international routes toYangon, Bangkok, Singapore, one regional route to Hong Kong, about 40 routes tolarge and medium-sized cities in China, and seven routes in the province. Atpresent, there are 12 main and branch lines from Kunming to Chengdu, Kunming toGuiyang, Kunming to Hekou, as well as Kunming to Nanning, as well as the vastnumber of Railways in the province, Kunyu railway, etc. Kunming's roads extendin all directions, with more than 5000 kilometers of roads leading to all partsof the province and neighboring provinces.
Facing the new situation and new tasks, we have established the developmentstrategy of building a modern new Kunming and accelerated the process ofbuilding a well-off society in an all-round way. Taking Dianchi Lake as thecenter, the project of "traffic around the lake", "pollution interception aroundthe lake", "ecology around the lake" and "new city around the lake" will beimplemented to further optimize the urban development environment,comprehensively enhance the image of urban and rural areas, enhance thecomprehensive strength of the city, and build Kunming into a prosperous economy,developed culture, beautiful environment, perfect function, "Spring City","famous historical and cultural city", and ecological city of landscapearchitecture It is a modern regional international city facing Southeast Asiaand South Asia.