Pingtan Impression, a performance art show by famed Yunnan artist Yang Liping, was first staged in central Yunnan’s Kunming City on May 3. In the ensuing two years, 150 touring performances of the art show will be given in different parts of the country, as well as in the neighboring countries.

Aerial photos taken by people. cn show the idyllic landscape of Menghai County in south Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. Bordering Myanmar on the south and west, Menghai abounds in rainfall, and scenery in the area features verdant farm land.

Over 1,300 drones give a show above the ancient city wall at a light show held in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 1, 2018. Lighting technology, modern art and traditional culture were ideally blended together in the light show.

Actors perform the dance drama "National Imprinting Sigangli" during the "Monihei" Carnival of Wa people in Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County, Lincang City of southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Pictures taken by a Yunnan Daily reporter on April 30 show the blooming blue jacaranda on Mid-Jiaochang Road in Kunming, the provincial capital city of Yunnan.

President Xi Jinping talks with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Saturday.

The two leaders have reached many important consensuses via these meetings, which have sent the world a positive signal on China-India friendship and reflected the strong will of the two emerging economies to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation and achieve common development.

Yunnan Daily Press Group and The Mekong Periodical Office have held the “Readers’ Day” function themed “One River, One Family” in Kunming, Yunnan Province on April 28. The four news periodicals are sponsored by the State Council Information Office of China.

People attend the opening ceremony of the Pixar Toy Story Land of Shanghai Disneyland in Shanghai, east China, April 26, 2018. A Toy Story themed area opened Thursday in Shanghai Disney Resort, the first expansion of the resort since its opening in 2016.

Launched in November 2016, the project of "Natural Image China—Beautiful and Ecological Dehong"，which lasted for more than one year came to its end recently, saw a participation of about 100 participators who took a total of 200,000 photos and videos.

The military bands from eight countries, namely China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Belarus, took part in a military band parade held at the Beijing Olympic Park during a military band festival of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, capital of China, April 25, 2018.

Villagers process edible roses in Bajie subdistrict of Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Planting area of edible roses, a major ingredient of Yunnan's flower cake, has reached 10000 mu (about 667 hectares) in the city.

A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force formation conducts island patrols during training on April 26, 2018. The formation was made up of fighters, early warning and surveillance aircraft, and H-6K bombers, which took off from various military airfields.

Aerial photo taken on April 20, 2018 shows the view of advection fog above Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province.

A Chinese air force formation conducted island patrols recently during a training exercise with an aim of improving the ability to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, an air force spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

The flowering season spring sees two hectares of roses blooming at the Chenggong Campus of Yunnan University in Kunming, Yunnan Province. While visitors are busy taking pictures against the lovely flowers, teachers and students at the university know it's time to taste flower delicacies.

The New Year of the Dai ethnic group, better known as the water-sprinkling festival in China, is also marked yearly in other places in Yunnan, including Kunming City and Dehong Prefecture. In Thailand, Myanmar, Lao, Cambodia and other countries, the occasion is known as the Songkran festival.

China's new multi-role fighter jet J-10C began combat duty Monday, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force announced. It is China's third-generation supersonic fighter and made its debut when the PLA marked its 90th anniversary in July 2017 at Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

People celebrate the water-sprinkling festival at a square in Jinghong City, Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 15, 2018. People sprinkle water to each other to pray for good fortune during the traditional water-sprinkling festival, which is also the New Year festival of the Dai ethnic group.

The Kunming Plateau Half Marathon 2018 on Saturday attracted a participation of more than 15,000 runners from home and abroad, including many professionals from Africa.

Photo taken showed the coral on Magellan Seamounts in the west Pacific. Chinese scientists on board research vessel Kexue, or "Science" literally, conducted research on the Magellan Seamounts in the west Pacific.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, reviewed the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the South China Sea on April 12, 2018. Xi made a speech after the review.

Although suitable for planting coffee, Xinzhai Village in west Yunnan was once in deep poverty. Thanks to its advantageous natural conditions and the strong leadership of local government, the village now finds the key to prosperity and is dubbed the “No. 1 Coffee Planting Village” in China.

As the eco-environment of Pu'er City continues to improve, the number of the wild Asian elephants in the city in southwest Yunnan has increased to 104 at present from only one 26 years ago in 1992. Now droves of wild elephants are frequently spotted by locals or captured by cameras fixed in Pu'er.

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds discussions with representatives of entrepreneurs from home and abroad, who gather for the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2018.