Travelers invited to experience Foreign wonders of Yunnan

Yunnan, an ecotourism paradise and a mysterious land of biodi-versity, welcomes travelers from around the world to explore its charm and learn about its untold stories, said Wang Ning, Party sec-retary of the province.

As a pioneer of ecological civi-lization, Yunnan will prioritize protection of the environment, animals and plants, while utiliz-ing its green resources to develop related industries. It will pave the way to modernization on the basis of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, said Wang, who is also a deputy to the 14th National Peo-ple’s Congress, China’s top legislature.

With an area of 394,000 square kilometers, the southwestern prov-ince is home to 47 million people from various ethnic groups. It hosts all ecosystems, with the exception of By the ZHANG ocean YUNBI and desert. With its landscape zhangyunbi@chinadaily.com.cn dotted with mountains, rivers, lakes and gorges, it has the most Foreign diverse Minister flora Wang and fauna Yi lashed — 19,333 out on species Thursday of plants at Washington’s and 2,273 species persistent of vertebrates, misperception or more of than and half suppression of China’s against total — China among while all provincial endorsing the regions latest progress in the country, seen in according the bilateral to ties. authorities.

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richness of the region to the world through the National Geographic magazine, Wang said.

In 2023, the province received 1.04 have billion not been visits faithfully and raked honored”, in tourism he said. revenue of 1.4 trillion yuan ($194.5 The US billion), tactics of up suppressing 24 percent China and 52.3 are percent, being constantly respectively, updated, year-onyear. the list of During unilateral the sanctions Spring Festival is being holiday lengthened, in February, and the multiple allegations attractions, against including China are Dali ludicrous, Ancient he added. City, received more than 100,000 visits daily, Wang earning emphasized tourism that revenue “the challenge of 63.74 billion for the yuan. US comes from itself, not Besides from China”. tourism, green resources He also added, bring “If in the revenue US is obsessed for the province. with suppressing China, it will eventually “Our harm vegetables itself.” grow abundantly throughout Wang raised the four year, questions. and we sell more “If the than US 20 says million one thing metric and does tons outside another, where the province; is its credibility our coffee as a

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Wang Ning