In the Yangzonghai Resort, a 40-minute drive from Kunming, nearly 100 acres of snapdragon flowers are in bloom and fill the mountain air with sweet scent and color.
The China-Laos Railway is bringing historic opportunities for Yunnan province to integrate into the China-Laos economic corridor and promote economic and social development in cities along the railway.
Yunnan province recently held a commencement ceremony for 129 key projects with accumulative investment topping 60.4 billion yuan($9.56 billion).
Kunming Dounan Flower Market sold 10.26 billion fresh cut flowers in 2021, up 25.05 percent year on year. Its trade volume hit 11.2 billion yuan (about $1.8 billion), up 36.8 percent year on year.
A herd of wild elephants that trekked northward for months last year was recently spotted entering Wild Elephant Valley in Yunnan province's Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture.
The gross domestic product (GDP) of Kunming stood at 722.3 billion yuan in 2021.
Anning county in Yunnan province is covered in golden rapeseed plants in full bloom. The flower come in more than 10 colors, such as purplish red, dark pink, light pink and white. They fill the mountain valleys and fields with color.
