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Kunming to host first SSACEIF in JuneThe director of SSACEIF executive committee explains the complementarity

and differences with this year’s edition and the CSA Expo

Th e 2 0 1 7 S o u t h a n d Southeast Asia Com-

modity Expo and Investment Fair (SSACEIF), as well as the Kunming Import and Export Fair, will take place between June 12 and June 18, 2017 in Kunming.

Two SSACEIF promo-t ional events were held recently in Shenzhen and Shanghai, and the press conference was he ld in Kunming last Tuesday.

Gao Shuxun, director of the SSACEIF executive committee explained the complementary and differ-ences between this year’s SSACEIF and the CSA Expo during the press conference.

SSACEIF and the CSAE complement one another in terms of goals, stand-ards, times and activities

Dedicated to promot-

i n g t h e B e l t a n d R o a d Initiative -- which should be joint ly built through consultation and meet the interests of all -- the two events share a common goal. That goal involves the facilitation of policy com-munication, infrastructure connectivity, trade, cap-ital circulation and peo-ple-to-people exchanges between China, the coun-tries of South and South-east Asia and beyond.

The two events a l so share the same standards and requirements. Both st ick to the standard of f irst-class internat ional exhibitions regarding event preparation and organi-zation with an open and professional attitude.

Both begin on June 12 at the Kunming Dianchi International Convention

and Exhibit ion C entre , with similar scales. This year’s SSACEIF will cover 1 8 p av i l i ons and 8 , 0 0 0 s t a n d a r d b o o t h s w i t h 180,000 square-metre ex-hibition area, similar to the 4th China-South Asia Expo.

A s d u r i n g t h e p a s t Kunming Fair and Chi-n a - S out h As i a E x p o, a series of events will be held dur ing SSACEIF. These include the China-South Asia Business Forum, the ASEAN Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs Conference, the Conference on Coop-eration of BCIM Chamber of Commerce Alliance, as well as other events where government institutions and chambers of commerce wil l be invited to intro-duce national investment policies and environments

while promoting mutual investment projects be-tween China, South and Southeast Asia.

The two events are dif-ferent in terms of exhibi-tion categories, organizers and themes

The China-South Asia Expo is one of China’s top ten national exhibitions, and i s approved by t he State Council and devel-oped under the framework of the Belt and Road Ini-tiative. While SSACEIF is Yunnan’s key largest-scale international exhibit ion approved by Yunnan’s Pro-vincial Government.

T h e C h i n a - S o u t h Asia Expo is co-hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the Yunnan Provincial People’s govern-ment, and the ministries

and departments of com-merce from South Asian countries. SSACEIF, on the other hand, is co-organized by the China Chamber of International Commerce, the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the ASEAN-China Center, and the Secretariat of the China-South Asia Expo and Kunming Import and Export Fair.

From this year on, the two events wi l l be held alternately, with the Chi-na-S outh Asia Expo on even-numbered years and SSACEIF on odd-number years. The Kunming Im-port and Export Fair will be held every year.

The China-South Asia Expo aims toward “Win-win Cooperation through Amity, Sincerity, Mutual Benefit and Inclusiveness”

at the level of strategic co-operation, while SSACEIF has the theme of “Creating Ne w O pp or tunit i e s for New Development”.

This year marks the first session of SSACEIF. A s o f 2 0 1 6 , t h e C h i -na-South Asia Expo had been held four years an-nually, while the Kunming Import and Export Fair has been held 24 t imes. The 4th China-South Asia Expo and the 24th Kun-m i ng Imp or t & E x p or t Fair had 18 pavilions and 8,000 booths. Participa-t ion covered more than 5,000 exhibitors from 89 countries and regions. The events registered a paid-in and contractual trade vol-ume of 158 billion yuan, up 1.2% over the previous session.

(Yunnan Daily)

A comparison chart of Nujiang's transportation condition

Wang Guolong (right) taught his granddaughter (left) the way to process tea leaves Photo by Wu Zaizhong

10.7 billion yuan will be invested in Ailao Mountain National Park project

End of outdated telecom fees shows China’s reform resolve

Yunnan to open first direct air route to Eastern Europe

Improved roads help ease poverty

Yunnan Minzu University to set up Taiji school in India, Myanmar

Culture Tour Routes ⑨Introduction to the National Minorities of Yunnan

When delivering the Government Work

Report on the opening day of the fifth plenary session of the 12th National People’s Congress, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that a l l roaming fees and long-dis-tance charges for domestic calls will be canceled within the year. One day later, the three domestic telecom gi-ants China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom announced they would can-cel the charges on Oct 1.

Roaming fees in China date back to 1994, when the then Ministry of Post a n d Te l e c o m m u n i c a -t ions issued a guidance document a l l ow i n g t h e country’s telecom compa-nies to col lect domestic roaming fees when a sub-scr iber leaves the loca l

s e r v i c e a r e a , w i t h t h e amount ranging from 0.6 yuan to 0.8 yuan a minute depending on the packages subscribers have signed up for.

Many jokingly call it a “fossil charge” because when it was collected, cell-phone technology was still in the 2G epoch. Now we are in the 4G technology age, with 5G coming soon, and the charge is no longer justified.

The canceling of the roaming fees is a giant step forward. It shows domestic telecom markets wil l be connected with each other, instead of continuing to be divided among different carriers as they are at pres-ent.

That wil l in turn in-crease the strength of Chi-

na’s telecommunications industry. With a unified market of more than 1.3 bi l l ion residents, China will definitely gain more influence in the global tel-ecom sector.

It will also benefit or-dinary residents, as users will no longer have to pay more when making calls outside their local service areas. The elimination of the fees is also expected to benefit companies that do business via mobile plat-forms.

The canceling of the fees is an achievement of the government’s ongoing reform drive and would have been impossible with-out the resolve of the top leadership to press ahead with reform.

（China Daily）

Li Hongkai

Beginning this summer, a direct flight will connect

Kunming and Moscow. On 10th of March at 5:03 p.m., an Airbus A330-300 land-ed at Kunming Changshui Airport, marking the official delivery of Lucky Air’s first wide-body airplane. The plane is to f ly the direct route between Kunming and

Moscow this summer which will be the first direct route between Yunnan and East-ern Europe.

T h e A 3 3 0 p l a n e i s expected to be officially put into operation in late March. It will initially fly the popular routes from Kunming to tourist desti-nations Sanya, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing; and will fly Kunming to Mos-cow in the summer.

Recently, the Ailao Mountain National Park Plan was approved by the Yunnan provincial government. A total of 10.7 billion yuan will be invested in the Comprehensive Tourism

Development Project of Ailao Mountain National Park. The project consists of 17 sub-projects. A domestic and international well-known cultural and ecological leisure tourism resort will be built to provide tourism, adventure, sightseeing, leisure, vacation, food, and entertainment venues. The total area of the Ailao Mountain National Nature Reserve is 67,700 hectares, spanning 6 counties in Chuxiong, Puer and Yuxi. It is a rare “gene pool” to preserve biological resources. The Nature Reserve was approved as provincial level project in March 1986 and was upgraded to a national level one in 1988.

（Xia Tilei）

Fe n g We i x i an g s p e nt two days traveling to

B e i j i n g f rom h i s h om e i n a r e m o t e c o r n e r o f Yu n n a n p r o v i n c e . T h e journe y was one of the longest for the more than 2 , 0 0 0 m e m b e r s o f t h e Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, who have gathered in Beijing for the political advisory body’s annual session.

F e n g s a i d t h e t r i p c o u l d h a v e t a k e n t e n times longer.

The 45-year-old is a Nu ethnic , whose smal l community l ives in the f a r - f l u n g G o n g s h a n Drung-Nu Autonomous County in Yunnan. There, between lofty mountains and deep va l leys , dwel l some of China’s smallest ethnic groups.

The only road out of G ongshan , sna k ing b e-tween clif fs and valleys, was built in 1973.

Before that, Gongshan re s i d e nt s h a d t o c l i mb snow-capped mountains and crossing raging riv-ers to catch a train from

Ku n m i ng to B e i j i ng . A single trip took about 20 days.

“ Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n i s t he b i g ge s t ob s t a c l e to my hometown’s develop-ment,” Feng said his per-sonal experience taught him that the journey out of poverty star ted f rom road construction.

“Last year, 3,000 peo-ple in our county got rid of poverty,” he said, add-ing that about one third of the county ’s 350 ,000 residents are sti l l strug-gling below the poverty line.

The county has set a goal to remove poverty by 2018.

C h i n a i s a i m i n g t o eradicate r ura l p over ty b y 2 0 2 0 a n d t h e s t a t e i s s p e n d i n g h e av i l y t o a c h i e v e t h at g o a l . T h e g o v e r n m e n t p r o m i s e d that over half of the ve-h i c l e p u r c h a s e t a x e s , around 840 billion yuan, w i l l b e e a r m a r k e d f o r rural road construct ion during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020).

(Xinhua)

Chen Jing/CNS

Afew days ago, the public Taiji classes have offi-

cially commenced at Yun-nan Minzu University. Luo Haibin, Executive Associate Dean of the International Taiji School, said that the university plans to set up international Taiji School branches in India and My-anmar in 2017 to strengthen cultural exchanges.

Luo Haibin said that t he Inte r n at i on a l Ta i j i School was established in April 2016, which current-ly offers master’s and doc-tor’s programs.

D ao C hengzhong , a student majoring in mi-n or i t y l a n g u a g e s , s a i d that Taiji’s “overcoming strength with sof tness” move is ver y subtle. He was not familiar with Taiji previously and plans to

come often to study.Gu Li, a Taiji teacher,

stated that Taiji belongs to the ‘internal’ school of Kungfu. It works from the inside out to build both p h y s i c a l s t r e n g t h a n d character. Each movement of Taiji is embedded with China’s intense culture of martial arts. It is suited to all types of people and has pos-itive health effects as long as you keep practicing it.

Editor’s Note:Twenty-six ethnic groups live in Yun-nan. These groups and their colorful costumes add to the variety and richness of Yunnan’s culturescape. This issue focusses on the Achang people and the Pumi people.The Achang Nationality

The Achang ethnic group mainly live in Long-chuan, Luxi and Lianghe in Dehong. They don’t have a written language, but an oral one. Their most distinctive event is the Guoluo Festival

in the first lunar month.The dresses and adorn-

ments of the Achang peo-ple are variable in style. Men wear blue, black or white jackets and black trousers. Unmarried girls wear trousers instead of skirts.(See picture ① )

The Pumi NatioinalityThe Pumi people main-

ly live in Lanpign County and Ningling County of southwest Yunnan. The Pumis are joyful by nature, in the evening, as long as flute is available, they

would like to dance the traditional “Chacuo”.

Dresses and adorn-ments of the Pumi people are obviously regional. An unmarried girl wears a red vest above the shirts, and a colourful apron in the waist. The Pumi women regard highly the hair dec-orations. More hairs and long braids are considered beautiful, so they often mix yak tail hairs and silk threads in their braids and then coil the braids on the head.(See picture ② )

Wu Zaizhong

The unique style of little-p ot - te a (a l s o c a l l e d

“thunder tea”) is an impor-tant folk tea custom and art in Changning County, l o c a t e d i n t h e w e s t o f Yunnan. Each household there is equipped with a fireplace. The first thing the elder person does in the morning is to sit down at the fireplace, take a handful of homegrown dried tea, put the tea into an earthen pot and start bake it.

Early that day, by the f ireplace in an ordinary f a r my a r d i n Ma n g s hu i Town, the 95-year-old Wang

Guolong was savouring the tea prepared by his grand-daughter, Wang Yanqing.

“The fire is too strong.” Wang Guolong said to his granddaughter, “Frying pot tea wears down your dis-position. In the past, some families used tea frying to test young family members to see whether they have pa-tience.”

After drinking little-pot- tea , Wang Guolong was headed by his grand-daughter to the fireplace. She asked him to teach her how to make tea. Starting from watching the tea wither to frying, processing and dr ying the tea, the man taught his granddaughter

each step. When he saw his granddaughter knead the tea incorrectly, he demonstrat-ed. He said, “Tea should be fried just right and kneaded evenly as well.”

After kneading the tea, his granddaughter took out a bamboo roaster and put a basin of embers in the fire-place to make their family’s unique “Babaxiang” tea – re-arranging the tea leaves one by one, tying them into a small bundle with a piece of palm leaf and putting them neatly into the roaster. She said, “This method of mak-ing tea was developed by my grandpa. The tea dried both by the heat of the fire and the sun tastes very special.

After making tea for several years, I feel that there is a lot of knowledge need for me to

learn. I am willing to learn more so that I can make tea of my family.”

Yin Lei

In 2016, the Yunnan flo-ral industry exhibited 7

highlights in thriving pro-duction and marketing of key species, rapid e-business growth, continuously in-creasing income of growers, remarkable achievement in scientific and technological innovation and good indus-trial integration develop-ment trends. Yunnan’s cut

flower output has ranked 1st for 23 years, with a share of 75% of China’s flower mar-ket.

Cut flowers and potted flowers are the key prod-ucts of Yunnan’s floral in-dustry. Last year, the culti-vation area covered 34,430 acres and 13,179 acres re-spectively, 10.1% and 0.1% increases compared with the previous year, with an output of 10.06 billion cut

f lowers and 270 mil l ion pots of flowers.

At the same time, flow-er e-commerce is booming. Last year, gross sales in e-business reached 5 bil-lion yuan, a 150% increase over 2015. The rise and development of e-suppliers have a positive role in pro-moting the transformation and upgrading of Yunnan’s floral industry, and speed-ing up the development

process of “internet plus flower”.

“The ourput of 10.06 million fresh cut flowers means each person in the world can have 1.4 flowers on average. The p otted f lower output is 270mil-lion, of which 5 million are cymbidium (boat or-chid). Yunnan has become t h e l a r g e s t pro du c t i on and sales center for boat o r c h i d s a n d s m a l l p o t

flowers.” Wang Minzheng, Director of the Yunnan Provincial Agriculture De-partment, said that Yun-nan ranks #1 in China in the cultivation of patented varieties, and in the num-ber of applications for and licenses issued. The floral i n d u s t r y h a s a c h i e v e d the highest output value among the 10 sub-indus-tries of Yunnan’s modern plateau agriculture.

Story of Chinese 'thunder tea'

Yunnan cut flower output ranks 1st for 23 years②①