Kunming is an international door to open up Southwest China that boasts special location advantages. It has access to coastal areas and neighboring Guizhou and Guangxi in the east, links to the central plains through Sichuan and Chongqing in the north, reaches Thailand and Myanmar by way of Vietnam and Laos in the south, and reaches India and Pakistan through Myanmar in the west.
As the intersection of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Economic Circle and Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Cooperation Zone, Kunming is an ideal terminal for industry transfer from east to west and the ideal starting point for domestic cities to expand their markets in Southeast Asia and South Asia. Kunming also has a marketing system and economic development that covers the whole of Yunnan province.
