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Why do these expats love Yunnan

In August,a three-day carnival for ethnic minority Yi people has been held in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, drawing tens of thousands of Yi people.The Torch Festival is a kind of ritual activi-ty for arable land, ancestors and the god of fire. (Photo from Yunnan Daily)

Gu i z h o u p r o v i n c e he ld a p romot ion

event for big data in Bangalore, India on July 10.

B a n g a l o r e i s r e -n o w n e d a s “ A s i a ’ s Silicon Valley” while Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou, is known as “China’s Data Valley”. The two cities are seek-ing to further coopera-tion in the development of big data.

The Off ice of the Guizhou Cyberspace Administration and In-dia’s Big data Training Institute of the National Institution of Informa-tion Technology (NIIT) signed a strategic coop-eration agreement to de-velop big data education in Guizhou province.

The partnership can be traced back to 2015 when the Guizhou pro-vincial government and the Confederat ion of Indian Industry signed a memorandum of under-standing pledging to co-operate in the Guizhou

big data and software industries, establish a Ch ina - Ind i a IT hub , and train 10,000 profes-sional IT engineers in Guizhou.

The Guiyang mu-n i c i p a l g o v e r n m e n t s igned an agreement w i t h t h e I n d i a n N a -t ional Associat ion of Software and Service C o m p a n i e s ( N A S S -COM) on Feb 8. The agreement cal led for establishing an IT in-dustrial cluster to at-tract more companies and share information.

During the Guiyang Big Data Expo in May, N A S S C O M a n d t h e Association of Guiyang Big Data facilitated the third annual forum on “China-Indian IT&DT Industry Cooperation a n d D e v e l o p m e n t . ” During the forum, plans were made to build the China-India IT Hub and NIIT big data training i n s t i t u t i on i n G u ian New Area.

(China Daily)

International tourists visit the the Tiger Leaping Gorge in Diqing, northwest Yunnan (Photo by Wang Huan)

“Yunnan's most dis-t inguished feature is its diverse ecological environment and pleas-ant climate that provide an oppor tun i ty fo r a sustainable green devel-opment.” On July 22, when Wyat t Gordon, who is from the United States, heard that Yun-nan would be built into the most beautiful prov-ince in China, he is to-tally in agreement with it. Gordon used to study at Beijing Foreign Lan-

guage University and Yunnan Minzu Univer-sity and now he teaches Engl ish in Kunming. He expressed his love for Yunnan by staying in Yunnan. While his staying, Gordon cares about the local ecologi-cal protection. He said, “ I know qu i t e a f ew examples of sustainable development. The secret behind them in common i s a l w a y s r e v e r e n c e toward the nature by local people.” Gordon

has been to the pictur-esque old town of Shaxi a n d H e i j i n g , w h e r e tourism is booming and where livable space is reserved for local eth-nic groups. “Space is reasonably divided for production, living and ecology. In my opinion, these two old towns are models for developing eco-friendly tourism.”

“So green!” U Myo Thu Hein, a Myanmar News Agency report-er, has visited Yunnan twice. “Green” is his deepest impression of Yu n n a n . “ Tr a v e l i n g in Yunnan , the mos t c o m m o n s c e n e r y i s its green mountains.” He and his colleagues p r e s s e d t h e s h u t t e r f r e q u e n t l y a n d e x -claimed from time to t i m e b e c a u s e o f t h e beautiful secenes. Khin Mg Oo, head of Myan-mar Chengshi Tourism Company, is a senior t ou r i sm p rac t i t i one r who has come to Yun-nan as an expert many t imes . He shared his e x p e r i e n c e t h a t i m -pressed him so far. “We passed through a vil-lage near Erhai Lake in Dali. The local people

told us that there used to be a sugar factory there making consid-erable profi ts . But i t was moved because of concerns about its con-tamination to the lake. I n m a n y p l a c e s w e have visited, the water is clean and the envi-ronment is pleasant. I admire Yunnan's deter-mina t ion to p romote ecological civilization, which is closely related to its implementation of a ‘river supervisor’ system.” Khin Mg Oo praised by erecting a thumb.

“I had watched the m o v i e A s h i m a f i v e times before I came to Yunnan. My favor i te place is Shilin,” said Sunil Kumar Saroha, an Indian student studying at Kunming University of Science and Technol-ogy. Every weekend, he would invite his friends from different countries to Dianchi Lake by rid-ing public-sharing bikes or taking subway to the Western Hills to watch sunrise.

“The rea l a t t rac-t i o n o f a c i t y i s i t s warm-hearted people and deep culture, which

is exactly what I know in Yunnan,” Shan Subi, a Cambodian student at Yunnan University, has made no secret of his love for Yunnan. “I envy Yunnan people. While enjoying beauti-ful scenery and pleasant climate, they wear Han clothes, sing folk songs a n d p r a c t i c e e t h n i c dances in groups.” Shan Subi believes that such a city culture is simple, pure and warm, which is very touching.

S o u l i y o S E N G -N G A M , a Vi e n t i a n e Times correspondent, made his f irst tr ip to Yu n n a n i n J u n e . H e visited Zheha Village Mangtuan Natural Vil-lage, Mengding Town, Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County. In h is eyes , i t was a byword for beaut i ful countryside. Today, he s t i l l admires i t . “Al-though there are only more than 800 people in Mangtuan Village, they have passed on the traditional hand-made papermaking skills from generation to generation for over 600 years. It is awesome.”

(Yunnan Daily)

Guizhou pitches big data to India

Beauty of Napa Lake

wows visiting int'l students

“ W o w ! W h a t a beautiful lake!” When the international students arrived at Napa Lake in northwest Yunnan’s Diqing on July 19, they all were amazed by the beauty of the “Plateau Pearl”. The visit to the lake was part of the Yunnan tour of “International Students Focus on China”.

Hasan, a student from Bangladash and a pho-tography lover said that

Napa Lake is the paradise for photo taking.“So much greenery, clear wa-ter, clean air and it helps clean my mind. There are also wild animals graz-ing. ”

Napa Lake was listed as the provincial-level nature reserve in 1984, with the goal of protect-ing rare and endangered winter migratory birds and other wild animals.

( Wa n g H u a n )

Poverty-stricken villagers say goodbye to terrifying ropewaysOn July 1, a new page

was opened in the history of Yingge Vil-lage in northeast Yun-nan’s Qiaojia County as the newly-built Yingge B r i d g e w a s o p e n t o traffic after more than 900 days of construc-tion. But before that, the villagers had to rely on an iron cage running on cab leways ac ross the Jinshua River to the outside world.

The 260-meter-high a n d 4 7 0 - m e t e r - l o n g

cableway, dubbed “the highest cable car sys-tem in Asia” was built in 1999. For locals, it was per i lous for r id-ing the cable car, but they didn’t have other choice. Fortunately, the government bui l t the Yingge Bridge which i s 385.5 meters long and the iron cage came to its retirement. Now, the villagers have saf-er means of transport. They are looking for-ward to changes which

the bridge wil l br ing to their hometown and life.

Accordingly, Yun-nan will replace more t h a n 1 0 0 c a b l e w a y s with sturdy bridges in the fight against pover-ty, which means more villagers will have saf-er means of transport. T h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f bridges is also expected to boost local economic growth and social de-velopment.

(Xinhua)

Chinese, Laotians join hands to face troubled waters

The Xepian-Xe Nam N o y d a m , w h i c h

has been under con-struction in Sanamxay district , southern La-os’s Attapeu Province, collapsed on July 24, leaving at least 26 peo-ple dead and hundreds of people missing.

In f ac ing o f such d e a d l y d i s a s t e r i n a neighbor country, the Chinese s ide showed great concern and tak-en prompt act ions to help:

Spokesperson of the M i n i s t r y o f F o r e i g n Affairs Geng Shuang made the remarks at a daily press briefing.

“ C h i n a i s m a i n -taining close commu-nication with Laos on disaster relief,” Geng s a i d , r e s p o n d i n g t o questions regarding the a f t e r m a t h f o l l o w i n g

collapse of the dam.A medical cont in-

gent from the Chinese P e o p l e ’s L i b e r a t i o n Army (PLA) arrived in Laos’ southern Attapeu province to help with relief work sooner af-ter the hydropower dam collapsed .

Besides the nation-al news agencies like Xinhua that has sent reporters to the flood-ed area, local Chinese media in Yunnan also t r ied to help in their own ways.

Soon after the dam c o l l a p s e i n L a o s o n July 24, Yunnan Gate-w a y, a m u l t i l i n g u a l web portal run by Yun-nan Daily Press Group, began to pub l i sh re -lated news in Chinese, Lao and English.

Knowing the Chi-nese Blue Sky Rescue

(BSR) team needs bi-lingual volunteers for interpretation, reporters at the Kunming-based M e k o n g M a g a z i n e posted the message on their WeChat moments and groups.

“I am going.” You Mengpin, a teacher at Yunnan University, said at the readers’ group of Mekong Magazine. In the Laotian WeChat group of Yunnan Minzu University, alumnus Li Sha said their compa-ny will donate money and necessities to the flooded area.

On July 26 morning, 78 BSR members left Kunming for Vientiane, where the rescuers will be guided to flood-hit areas by Chinese vol-unteers in Laos.

(Compilation by Yunnan Gateway)

International students immerse in the landscape of Napa Lake, Diqing, northwest Yunnan (Photo by Wang Huan)

The newly-built Yingge Bridge in Qiaojia County, northeast Yunnan (Photo by Xinhua)

Indian banker calls for closer economic ties between

China, IndiaChina and India, both

among the BRICS countries, should enhance cooperation in trade and investment, an Indian banker said.

“India and China are the two most populous countries in the world. We can be strong trading partners,” Hitendra Dave, head of Global Banking and Markets for HSBC India, said in an interview with Xinhua.

Dave believed that the consumption power of India’s population will attract more investment from Chinese companies.

“ I n d i a h a s 1 8 percent of the world’s working population and is expected to have 550 million middle class by

2025, which makes the opportunity for Chinese investments in India quite clear,” Dave said.

The Indian bank also expected that the shared vision of clean energy will provide more trade opportunities between India and China.

“Greater cooperation a n d c o l l a b o r a t i o n between them in creating green economies will also go a long way in lowering c a r b o n e m i s s i o n s globally,” Dave said.

Moreover, he saw great potential for China and India to cooperate on infrastructure.

“ C h i n a i s h i g h l y e x p e r i e n c e d i n i n f r a s t r u c t u r e cons t ruc t ion such as

airports, highways and subways. India will need that capital as well as the technology and should l e a r n f r o m C h i n a ’s execution capability to advance its infrastructure development,” Dave said.

L a s t y e a r, I n d i a n exports to China went up by nearly 40 percent to $16.34 billion, while overall bilateral trade hit a historic high of $84.4 billion, up 20.3 percent year-on-year, according to statistics from China’s Ministry of Commerce.

“Bilateral trade will keep strong growth. I won’t be surprised if the volume is above $100 billion this year,” said Dave.

(Xinhua)

New mission of 600-year-old Dai paper making

Yunnan province aims at growing trade in UAE

Agricultural produc-e r s f r o m C h i n a ' s

southwestern Yunnan Province sealed deals with import firms from D u b a i , U n i t e d A r a b Emirates (UAE), at a fo-rum recently to expand bilateral trade.

" Yu n n a n i s a l s o called the 'King Prov-ince of flowers,' and we are proud to serve the world with a range of high quality agricultural products ," said Zhao Ruijun, head of the Yun-nan Provincial Depart-ment of Commerce.

The UAE, with 10 m i l l i o n i n h a b i t a n t s , mus t impor t 90 pe r-cent of its food needs, according to the UAE Ministry of Economy

and Foreign Trade in Abu Dhabi.

According to global consultancy KPMG, the UAE food and beverage market is worth 13.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, because of the Gulf state 's role as a travel and tourism desti-nation.

There fo re , pub l i c and private institutions are constantly seeking n e w s o u r c e m a r k e t s abroad to ensure food securi ty in the most-ly deserted Gulf Arab s t a t e , s a i d A b d u l l a Saeed Salem Al Zaabi, d i r ec to r o f Ex t e rna l Branches at the Dubai Department of Econom-ic Development.

Al Zaabi said that

t h e U A E i s k e e n o n raising China-Emirati relations to the next lev-el and play a major part as a trade hub under the Belt and Road Initiative.

A total of 15 agricul-tural firms from Yunnan exhibited on the side-lines of the forum. Over 100 local UAE busi-nesspersons examined their products, such as fresh cut flowers, tea, corn, vegetables, fruits and potato chips.

In the first half of 2018, trade exchange between China's Yun-nan province and the U A E g r e w 3 t i m e s year on year and h i t 280 mi l l i on do l l a r s , a c c o r d i n g t o Z h a o .

( X i n h u a )

The handmade paper p r o d u c e d b y D a i

p e o p l e i n M a n g t u a n Vi l l a g e , l o c a t e d i n s o u t h w e s t Yu n n a n ’s L i n c a n g , e n j o y s r e -markable fame. Today, the traditional method of cotton-paper making is wel l inheri ted and there are sti l l around 120 villagers evolved in this workmanship.

Mangtuan is known as the “No. 1 Dai Pa-permaking Village in

C h i n a ” . A c c o r d i n g to historical records, handmade paper of Dai people in the vi l lage has existed for around 600 years. Keeping the authentic way of tra-ditional papermaking, Dai people still follow the five primitive pro-cedures and 11 steps, i nc lud ing the c l ean-ing and soaking bark, steaming and mashing pulp, pouring and final-ly drying paper. Thus,

t h e M a n g t u a n p a p e r making is also known as a “living fossil” of the industry.

In 2006, the paper making in Mangtuan was inscribed into the l ist of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council. In 2014, the village was named as one of the “Villages with Ethnic Minority Characteristics” by the S t a t e E thn ic Affa i r s Commiss ion . And in 2015, it was collected in the “China’s Tradi-tional Villages Catalog” and rated as a national 3A scenic spot.

Today,Mangtuan vil-lagers have got a new mission— passing on the papermaking as a cultural heritage while i n c r e a s i n g i n c o m e s . On August 8, 2011, the village found the hand-made paper cooperative and 62 households are involved. The coopera-tive provides members with seedlings of paper mulberries, instruments of papermaking, skill t r a in ings , se rv ice o f buying and selling, etc.

(Yunnan Gateway)

Dai woman is making paper in Mangtuan Village of-Lincang ,southwest Yunnan (Photo by Wang Huan)