With the deepening of reform and opening up, Yunnan built nine highways in late 1990s, including the Yuxi-Yuanjiang highway, the Anning-Chuxiong highway, the Chuxiong-Dali highway, the Dali-Baoshan highway and others. They added up to more than 1,100 kilometers.

The AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, carried out its first water-based takeoff and landing in Hubei province, on Oct. 20. Once delivered, the AG600 will mainly be tasked with performing maritime search and rescue operations as well as firefighting activities.

The dance drama “Rite of Spring”, produced by famous Chinese dancer Yang Liping, made its debut in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan province on October 11. After that, the show will be staged during Shanghai International Art Festival and begin its international tour to London, Edinburgh, Melbourne and etc.

Yunnan Government removed 15 counties from impoverished list on September 29, and Xiangyun is one of the counties. In the past three years, Xiangyun County has made 84 companies participate in poverty alleviation, with their aid benefiting 136 villages in the county.

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2018 Fareast 28R World Championship kicked off at Fuxian Lake, central Yunnan’s Yuxi City on Oct. 10. About 150 athletes from 14 countries participate in the five-day event. Directly supervised by International Sailing Federation, the 2018 Fareast 28R World Championship is a game featuring Chinese elements.

Residents gather in Hetaoyuan community of Xicheng District in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 16, 2018. Senior residents in the community got together to watch a performance celebrating the upcoming Chongyang Festival, a day to pay respect to seniors that falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which is on Oct. 17 this year.

A railway attendant briefs passengers on information about the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) on board the G2 bullet train in east China's Shanghai, Oct. 10, 2018.

Since its establishment in 2011, the Kunming Flying Tigers Rugby Team has recruited players from more than 40 countries. Now it has 35 members, both male and female, including students, businessmen and freelancers aging from 18 to over 50. For members of the team, being super professional is not the goal, what they pursue is the fun of the rugby.

“It’s fantastic to see three rainbows at the same time, one hanging on the left and another two lying in the sky on the right,” a Kunming netizen remarked on his WeChat Moment.

A light show was staged in northwest Yunnan's Lijiang City during the just-concluded National Day golden week, bringing much fun to holiday goers.

The south ring-road of the Dianchi Lake in Kunming, Yunnan Province has been renovated recently, presenting residents a brand new facility. Pictures taken by a Yunnan Daily reporter show the beautiful road and the grand view of the lake.

After going through a national evaluation, 15 counties in Yunnan were recognized as having met the standards of being removed from the impoverished list. But removal from the list does not mean poverty relief efforts end. Local poverty relief authorities will continue to ensure further development in the counties.

The New Rice Festival of the Wa ethnic group will be celebrated from October 1 to 4 in Cangyuan County, southwest Yunnan's Lincang City. The festival coincides with the National Day holiday. Admission fees at the Cangyuan scenic areas will be slashed by 30 percent.

Falling on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the grandest annual events for Chinese people and is an occasion for them to have family reunion. This year, the festival was celebrated on September 24. And in southwest China’s Yunnan province, people held various celebrations.

Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between Sept. 22 and 24, during the country's harvest season. It was designated a special day for farmers to celebrate the harvest earlier this year.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan on Wednesday visited Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, ahead of the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, in Beijing.

Aerial photos taken show fields at Balong Village of Babao Township in Guangnan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The township, which has 22,000 mu (1,467 hectares) of high-quality rice fields, has entered a harvest season.

Photos taken by Yunnan Daily reporters Monday shows the full moon in the sky in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan Province. The Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Sept. 24 this year, is a traditional Chinese festival for family reunion.

Lugu Lake is located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and separates Ninglang County of Yunnan province and Yanyuan County of Sichuan province. Its shores are home to several ethnic minorities. It is China's third largest deep lake.

The fledging industrial parks in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) , jointly established by China and Cambodia in 2008, experienced a boom in recent years after the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative launched in 2013.

Hailed as a "paradise on earth", Southwest China's Yunnan province has become a favorite destination among tourists for its wonderful natural scenery, diverse ethnic groups and customs, historical cultures and beautiful environment.

Chinese scientists have found the fossil of a new dinosaur species in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The findings were recently published by the journal Scientific Reports.Researchers have named the new species Yizhousaurus sunae, known in Chinese as Sunshi Yizhou dinosaur.

Photos taken recently show China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in southwest China's Guizhou Province. FAST has discovered 44 new pulsars so far.

Photos taken recently show the colorful flower field in Luoping County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Colorful flower fields of 200 hectares are created by the local government in Luoping County to boost tourism development.