The 82-year-old lay Buddhist is the head of the Buddhist Association of Yunnan Province and has been a CPPPC member for 20 years.

On March 11, 16 couples were married above a sea of rape flowers on Gaoligong Mountain in Tengchong, Yunnan province.

The total output value of cut flowers in Yunnan reached 46.37 billion yuan (around 6.72 billion US dollars) in 2016.

Trees planted for eco-conservation near the Dianchi Lake in Kunming. Aerial photos taken recently show Yunnan’s picturesque sceneries in spring.

The 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is set to end its annual session Monday.

A Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket arrived at a launch center on Saturday in preparation for the launch of China's first cargo spacecraft.

A Yunnan company plans to invest 150 million yuan ($21.8 million) to build a cultural park near the Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

The NuJiang Railway Bridge in southwest China's Yunnan province has entered the critical stage of main structural assembly on March 9.

The fossil of an ancient fish species dating back to 420 million years ago was found recently by Chinese scientists in Qujing city of Yunnan.

"Rich in human resources, Bangladesh is close to Yunnan and its economic growth in the coming years will be above 7.4%,” said Md. Daud Ali.

Wang Qishan, secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, joined NPC deputies from Yunnan Province.

The village, part of Jiaopingdu town, in Luquan Yi and Miao autonomous county, Yunnan province, is framed by cliffs on three sides.

The shelves of a lab at the Root and Tuber Crop Research Institute at Yunnan Normal University hold nearly 3,000 glass containers.

The 2017 SSACEIF will be held at Kunming’s International Exhibition Center in Yunnan province from June 12 to 18.

Varied activities were held in Yunnan to celebrate the International Women's Day on March 8, 2017.

The second plenary meeting of the fifth session of China's 12th National People's Congress is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2017.

China brought 12.4 million people in rural areas above the poverty line in 2016, and 43.35 million still live in poverty by the end of 2016.

Rebels from a local armed ethnic group launched a surprise attack early on Monday against police and military posts in Kokang.

The second promotion of the 2017 South and Southeast Asia Commodity Expo and Investment Fair (SSACEIF) was held in Shanghai on March 8.

The flights are operated on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, with one-way flight lasting around one hour.

A tiger-worshiping ceremony was held by Yi people in central Yunnan’s Shuangbai County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, on March 7.

Attended by Chinese women from various circles and foreign diplomats, the gathering was held on Tuesday ahead of International Women's Day.

Picture shows a 500-year-old banyan tree located in Tongbiguan Nature Reserve in Dehong, Yunnan province.

--An interview with Lu Sheng, Dean of the School of Southeast Asian Studies (SSAS), Yunnan Minzu University.

Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie Tuesday shrugged off concerns over China's military transparency.