The second session of the 13th Yunnan Provincial People's Congress, the province's legislature, opened on January 27 in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province.

A total of 619 deputies from across Yunnan attended the opening meeting this morning. Chen Hao, executive chairman of the presidium of the session and Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, presided over the meeting. 

Governor Ruan Chengfa delivered the government work report on behalf of Yunnan Provincial People's Government. In his government work report, Ruan Chengfa reviewed the work done in 2018 and laid out the goals for 2019.

In 2018, Yunnan GDP grew by 8.9% year on year. 15 counties in the province were removed from the impoverished list. The number of visitors coming to Yunnan grew by 20% year on year and the gross tourism revenue of the province increased by 22%. Yunnan's foreign trade volume in 2018 went up by 24.7%.

For 2019, Yunnan aims to achieve a GDP increase of around 8.5%, with the fixed asset investment growing by 12%. A total of 1.3 million impoverished residents in the rural areas will be raised out of poverty. 

Source: Yunnan Daily App and Yunnan Net; trans-editing by Wang Shixue