Ruili Port, a place where Chinese and Myanmar peoples meet and mix

In Ruili Port, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan there are a lot of people wearing golden blushers. They are actually a Myanmar sun cream that cools the face like peppermint. Over time, both people on Myanmar and Chinese border are wearing such blushers so that you cannot tell whether they are from China or Myanmar.

Here, Chinese vehicles and Myanmar vehicles run side by side on the road. Newspapers, billboards and leaflets are in both Chinese and Myanmar language. An official of Ruili Publicity Department said that in addition to trade exchanges, people living on the Chinese and Myanmar border can inter-marry, bringing the two peoples so close that you can use “blood is thicker than water” to describe their relations.

In order to regulate currency exchanges between the two peoples and deepen China-Myanmar economic and trade relations, the first Chinese-Myanmar currency exchange centre was set up at the Ruili Jiegao Border Trade Zone on March 31, 2015. When we came to the currency exchange centre, Zaw Win Khaing, executive director of Yangon Media Group, specially changed some Myanmar kyat into Chinese yuan for an experience.

Given frequent contacts between the two peoples, the government of Ruili City set up an expatriate service and management centre in May 2013. Through public security, health, labour and other sectors, the centre provides Myanmar people in Ruili with one-stop services, issuing them residence and employment certificates and protecting their legitimate rights and interests. To date, the centre has issued certificates to more than 40,000 Myanmar people.

The exchanges between Government are not limited to these aspects. At the expatriate service and management centre, we read a news story entitled “Ruili Delegation Participates in Songkran in Muse of Myanmar” in an issue of Ruili Border Special Zone Weekly, which reported how Government celebrated Songkran together.  

Ruili Port, a place where Chinese and Myanmar peoples meet and mix

In Ruili Port, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan there are a lot of people wearing golden blushers. They are actually a Myanmar sun cream that cools the face like peppermint. Over time, both people on Myanmar and Chinese border are wearing such blushers so that you cannot tell whether they are from China or Myanmar. Here, Chinese vehicles and Myanmar vehicles run side by side on the road. Newspapers, billboards and leaflets are in both Chinese and Myanmar language. An official of Ruili Publicity Department said that in addition to trade exchanges, people living on the Chinese and Myanmar border can inter-marry, bringing the two peoples so close that you can use blood is thicker than water to describe their relations. In order to regulate currency exchanges between the two peoples and deepen China-Myanmar economic and trade relations, the first Chinese-Myanmar currency exchange centre was set up at the Ruili Jiegao Border Trade Zone on March 31, 2015. When we came to the currency exchange centre, Zaw Win Khaing, executive director of Yangon Media Group, specially changed some Myanmar kyat into Chinese yuan for an experience. Given frequent contacts between the two peoples, the government of Ruili City set up an expatriate service and management centre in May 2013. Through public security, health, labour and other sectors, the centre provides Myanmar people in Ruili with one-stop services, issuing them residence and employment certificates and protecting their legitimate rights and interests. To date, the centre has issued certificates to more than 40,000 Myanmar people. The exchanges between Government are not limited to these aspects. At the expatriate service and management centre, we read a news story entitled Ruili Delegation Participates in Songkran in Muse of Myanmar in an issue of Ruili Border Special Zone Weekly, which reported how Government celebrated Songkran together.