In the 1990s, the Diqing Xiaozhongdian Forest Farm was the logging base of a local timber company. He Shaoyou and his colleagues at the company cut trees every year and sold them for money. Back then, there were 1,447 loggers in Diqing Prefecture. With the rapid depletion of timber resources, the mountain…

The bride to the groom’s home. (Daguan Weekly ) The fifth Asian Dragon Boat Champaionship kicks off in west Yunnan’s Dali on July…

The tariff-cut amendment of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) became effective on July 1, with China’s Ministry of Commerce saying it would facilitate regional economic integration in Asia.   “The amendment will provide member countries new economic impetus, prompt continued trade…

The government of Yunnan province recently released its initiative “red lines for ecological conservation.” The document explicitly sets the…

On July 7, an Indian youth delegation of more than 100 members visited Kunming University in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. This is the first delegation from SCO countries coming to Kunming after SCO-China Centre for Youth Exchanges was established in Kunming in December last year. Ethnic…

An international forum on high-incidence tumor was held on Saturday in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province. More than 100 experts and scholars from China, the United States, Canada, Italy, Spain, Australia, Singapore and Thailand gathered in the Yunnan Cancer Hospital to exchange…

Editor’s notes: Yunnan’s diverse living environment and cultural deposits have contributed to the evolution of a great variety of marriage…