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Upper left: An orchid plant in the Dulong River valley, Yunnan Province. by Cheng Bin

Upper right: Corydalis hemidicentra, a species of flowering herbal plant. by Peng Jiansheng

Upper center: A Chinese copper pheasant. by Tong Chengzong

Lower center: A wild Asian elephant in Yunnan Province. courtesy of Yunnan Provincial Forest Fire Brigade

Lower right: Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys. by Peng Jiansheng