Provincial party secretary and governor answered questions by foreign a domestic journalists during Yunnan delegations open day for media
How Yunnan tackle problems in development
Yunnan Daily
Editors Note: On the morning of March 7, the Yunnan delegation attending the Fifth Meeting of the 12th National Peoples Congress held a plenary session. The meeting was open to journalists from both China and abroad. 83 journalists from 46 media outlets asked questions one by one. Chen Hao, head of the Yunnan delegation and secretary of CPC Yunnan provincial committee, and Ruan Chengfa, deputy leader of the delegation and provincial governor, answered questions by reporters from Takungbao, Wenhuibao, CCTV, China International Broadcasting Station, China Report magazine, Hong Kong Satellite TV, China Daily, Xinhua News Agency, Reuters and others.
Sharing cooperative opportunities with friends from across the world
A journalist from Reuters asked Chen Hao, As a node region of the One Belt and One Road, what moves has Yunnan taken for merging into construction of the One Belt and One Road?
Chen Hao responded, Yunnan is a major supporting point for the construction of One Belt and One Road. Yunnan has regional advantages for its development, and our way forward lies in opening up. The advantages lie in our regional position. That is to say, we have a large Chinese market of 1.4 billion people behind us, and face the great markets of South and Southeast Asia with a combined population of 2.3 billion people, as we are in the nodal position.
Chen Hao said: Over the last few years, Yunnan has been very active in merging into Belt and Road construction, and sped up interconnection and intercommunication regarding business and economic intercourse and cultural exchange with the countries in South and Southeast Asia. We have held the China-South Asia Expo successfully four consecutive years, and have formed a brand-new pattern of opening up via land, water and air. In all aspects of life, we have shown a vast spaces for development and great development potentials.
Upgrading the quality of Yunnans tourism industry
What measures will Yunnan take to promote the upgrading of the tourist market in the era of high-speed railways?, asked a CCTV journalist. Ruan Chengfa answered, Yunnan will take the strictest measures to rectify its tourist market in order to improve overall tourism quality.
Ruan said: Yunnan will address both its principal and secondary problems, and will meet the emergency head on and design programs for the future. On the whole, we will tackle two issues at the same time. We will boost the transformation and upgrading of the tourist industry. We will make great efforts concerning both issues. First of all, we will regulate all illegal phenomena in tourism and standardize the tourist market.
Cultivating Yunnan-related agricultural brands
In answer to the question from a journalist from the China International Broadcasting Station regarding how best to seize upon the states boosting of the structural reforms of supply-side agriculture and thus build up modern highland agriculture into a major industry for enriching farmers and reviving the province, Chen Hao had the following answer.Yunnan will try its best to cultivate cultivate a batch of small giants in agriculture, while also introducing some powerful dragons; to promote the development of advantageous industries. We must build up brands, including Yunnans medicine. We do not only have the well-known Yunnan Baiyao, but also have many traditional ethnic medicines. We must give play to our role as a trading centre for flowers, coffee and tea, as well as speed up the construction of Yunnans agricultural product transportation systemtaking electronic commerce as the key point. And we must interact both online and offline.
