In the past two years, with a tourism revolution to implement “regulating market, smart tourism and a no-hassle return policy”, tourists to Yunnan have found that the tourism environment has been improved and the tourist experience has become better. In November, Ms. Wang from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, had a plan to visit Puzhehei in southeast Yunnan's Qiu Bei county of Wenshan city. Before her visit, she received a link of an e-contract about the hotel of this trip sent by the national tourism supervision platform. Ms. Wang said that e-contract saves her time and it can be tracked on the national tourism supervision platform with a contract number. Data shows that from January to October this year, the rate of complaints related to Yunnan on the national tourism supervision platform fell by 15 per cent, the rank has dropped from 22nd in January to 27th

in October. Kong Limei, a visitor from Chuxiong, has become popular in her friends circle because she stayed in Lijiang Sedona San He Residence Smart Tour hotel recently. “Through

the tour Yunnan app or self-service terminal at the front desk, you can choose the check-in time and room type and other information. Self-check out also set me free from the trouble of queuing,” said Kong Limei.

A mobile phone Tour Yunnan app not only provides room reservation service, but also helps solve other issues tourists might encounter. As for tourism complaints, through the Tour Yunnan app or phone call or voice message, tourists can quickly file a complaint or consult a problem in their trip, and would normally receive a solution within 24 hours. The Tour Yunnan app can be a good assistant to tourists’ for renting cars, air-ticket booking, food selection, AI recognition of sceneries and flowers as well as souvenir selection. Now, 350 products return and refund supervision centres and service points have been established in Yunnan province, covering airports, eight high-speed train stations, 3A and above scenery spots and key hotels. The products return and refund service network overs the whole province. By Wang Huan and Li Hengqiang

It was reported that 113,000 5G base stations have been built in China, which is expected to reach 130,000 at the end of this year. More than 870,000 signed 5G package users indicates a sound mo-mentum of 5G development. Picture shows that, on November 28, the Shandong Qingdao Port fully automated terminal(Phases 2) was put into operation and 5G technology is one of the most important technology put into this terminal. Photo by Xinhua

Every winter, Kunming—nick-named the Spring City of China -would welcome the return of tens of thousands of black-headed sea-gulls after their far-flung journeys starting off in southern Siberia.

Local residents regard these feathered guests as an unexpected gift of nature. And many of them still cannot forget November 12, 1985—the exact date when nearly 10,000 seagulls appeared on the ho-rizon and hovered around in the sky.

It was the first time that these white little birds with orange peaks ever visited Kunming in large quantities. The citizens were appalled and soon mesmerized by such spectacle.

Generally speaking, black-head-ed gulls arrive in Kunming between October and December in a year, and inhabit around the city with a span up to six months until the end of May. For the past 35 years con-secutively, the return of gulls—like an annually-held ritual - has again

and again invigorated its urban life, and these adorable birds, in turn, are reckoned as the synonym of Kun-ming.

Through investigation, three ma-jor migratory routes were mapped out by ornithologists. The first, starting from Kunming to the Bakal area via several parts of China- encompassing Sichuan, Shanxi, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia— is the most known one among the pub-lic. The second, instead of traveling all the way up to Russia, halts near two saline lakes in Mongolia, name-ly Uvs and Khyargas, while the last route indicates that gulls also end their journey around the Bosten Lake in Xinjiang, northwest China, after flying over Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu provinces.

Today, we can almost say that the decade-long riddle of where Kun-ming’s seagulls come from has been unraveled. “I believe that new data and knowledge will lead us to better understand and protect these lovely ‘water pigeons’”, said Zhao Xue-bing, the secretary-general of Kun-ming Birdwatching Association.

By Duan Jianxing

The Research report on the status quo of Chinese private en-terprises along the Belt and Road was released on November 19 by China Federation of Industry and Commerce and shows that 83.2 percent of the surveyed enterprises hold an optimistic and positive attitude towards their future devel-opment overseas with a high level of confidence.

According to the survey, more than 60 per cent of the enterpris-es investing overseas have had a smooth overall operation since the beginning of operation, among which 31.5 per cent have faced more difficulties at the beginning and are now running smoothly.

Researchers further cross-ana-lysed the degree of confidence in the development of enterprises and their current operating conditions. It was found out that enterprises with smooth operation have high-er confidence in the future, while more than half of enterprises with difficult or volatile operation have confidence in the future develop-ment. People’s Daily

Piriya Khempon, Thailand’s Ambassador to China, recently shared his views with on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), tourism and China’s new foreign trade law.

Piriya compared the BRI to a door which opens to enable peo-ple of different countries to better communicate with each other. The BRI boosts connectivity, under which cross-bor

der transportation, trade in goods and services, people-to-peo-ple exchanges and financial coop-eration will all be enhanced.

China is the top source of for-eign tourists to Thailand. Last year, the number of Chinese tourists was over 10 million, a record high. Piriya expressed his appreciation for the contribution they have made to Thailand’s economy and the deeper understanding of the two peoples.

“I think Chinese tourists are cultural ambassadors of China who come to Thailand to know about us and let us know about them,” the ambassador said.

Piriya also talked about China’s Foreign Investment Law that will come into effect in 2020. Thailand is looking forward to its coming into force, the ambassador said.

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L i a n g s h a n To w n s h i p i n Yu a n m o u C o u n t y o f Yu n n a n p r o v i n c e i s a Yi n a t i o n a l i t y inhabited township, Yi embroidery has been passed down generations as a traditional craft. Yu Jincui learned to crochet from her mother and grandmother when she was 8 years old. Later, she learned embroidery and paper-cutting. Almost all the clothes for her family came from her hands.

By chance, Yu Jincui went to Beijing to attend a study in 2007. A foreign friend took a fancy to the hand-embroidered Yi nationality suit on her and bought it for 8,000 yuan. Yu Jinjui was excited and an idea of starting her own business came to her mind.

After returning home, Yu Jincui called 12 embroidery ladies and established the Yuanmou Yi Sisters Embroidery Association in her village. She distributed pieces of embroidery to embroiderers to work on and later collected them at the price of 20 to 30 yuan per piece. In that year alone, 246 pieces of embroidery products were sold, achieving an income of 60,000 yuan, forging a new path for local women to make money.

In 2015, with the support of the local government, she registered a Yi Sisters Embroidery Company. The embroidery products were very popular because they have a unique style and exquisite workmanship, so they were sold to as far as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou as well as Europe and the United States while

orders kept coming in. In addition to embroidery sales, the company has also formed an operation mode of creative planning, new product development, skills training and marketing.

As the company grew, Yu Jincui also set up a Yi Embroidery Cooperative to get more Yi women involved. In 2018, Yi Sis ters Embroidery Company absorbed a total of 300 women from Liangshan, Laocheng and Jiangbian Township as full members. The annual Yi embroidery products sales reached tens of thousands of pieces with sales of more than 3 million yuan, and was successfully declared as the county’s poverty alleviation workshop.

Under the leadership of Yu Jincui, 126 filed and registered low income households, 64 disabled people and their dependents and 86 poor women earn more than 2,000 yuan a month through manual embroidery. In 2018, the annual income of some low-income people reached 30,000 yuan.

“The workshop is built in front of their houses. People don’t need to go outside to find a job and they can make money while looking after their families. Everybody has a happy life.” Now, the development of the Liangshan embroidery industry has become a true portrayal of the local transformation. Yi women are paving the way for a good life with each stitch of embroidery.

By Zeng Bin

Yunnan province announced a list of demonstration villages, leading enterprises, famous brands and demonstration sub-districts that engage in the production and sales of ethnic folk arts and crafts recently. Baoshan Yongzi, a type of go-pieces, was recognised as a famous brand of ethnic folk arts and crafts in the province.

Baoshan Yongzi go-pieces date back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and are famous for their choice materials and unique craftsmanship. Yongzi go-pieces are the best go-pieces and considered a national treasure for their local characteristics and ethnic cultural connotations.

According to an executive of Baoshan Yongzi Cultural Industry Co. Ltd., the craftsmen use minerals

such as Nanhong agate—unique to Baoshan—Huanglong jade, emerald and amber. They follow a secret formula and a sophisticated smelting and shaping process to make Yongzi go-pieces.

The Baoshan Yongzi Go Institute opened to the public in September 2016, and has since hosted a series of go-related events. These include the China Go First Division League, the China-Japan-South Korea Senior Go Mixed Doubles, the China-Japan-South Korea Go Celebrity Tournament and the International Go Culture Summit Forum. Year on year, the institute receives over one million domestic and overseas go fans and tourists. (Text from Yunnan Daily, Photos by Yang Zheng, Lei Tongsu, Yang Yanpeng)

Dragon dancing to warm up the market in a tourist resort in Kunming. Photo by Yang Zheng

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has is-sued a plan to promote 5G plus industrial internet, pledging to make key 5G breakthroughs to meet specific requirements of industrial internet by 2022.

The country wil l build f ive industrial public service plat-

forms and form at least 20 typ-ical industrial application sce-narios by 2022 to promote the integration of 5G and industrial internet and boost the upgrade of the manufacturing sector, the plan said.

Industrial internet and 5G are both significant drivers advanc-

ing the digital transformation of the economy and society.

The integrated development of 5G and industr ia l in ternet w i l l no t on ly acce l e r a t e t he transformation of the manufac-turing sector but also open up a wider market space for 5G technology. China Daily