Mohan port in Yunnan province, which borders Laos, is the largest national first-class land port between China and Laos.
In recent years, through continuously strengthened protection, an increasing number of Asian elephants has been seen living in Mohan town, with 74 elephants at its peak.
The Mohan border market is the first project to have been completed and put into operation since Mohan Town was entrusted to Kunming.
On Aug 16, the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Corridor Governors Forum was held in the Guandu district of Kunming.
A new material industrial park by the Vital Technology Group is set to play key role in Kunming’s development in new material technology.
In the first quarter of this year, the total industrial output value of industries above designated size — referring to enterprises with annual sales revenue of more than 20 million yuan ($2.81 million) -- in 16 industrial parks in Kunming reached 117.24 billion yuan, an increase of 2.4 percent year-on-year. The amount accounts for 85.13 percent of the city's total.
Mohan town, once a far-flung town in Southwest China’s Yunnan province bordering Laos, is taking on a new profile as a booming international land port.
Kunming High-tech Industrial Development Zone vowed to intensify its efforts to promote industrial development related to bio-medicine, precious metals and the digital economy and strive to achieve high-quality development with the fast expansion of its economy.
