In 1982, China's State Council recognized Kunming as one of the first 24 national historical and cultural cities. With a 3,000-year-old history, this city is home to beautiful flowers that bloom throughout the year.
Some 50,000 irises have started to bloom in Xihua Park, Kunming, with blooms of various colors covering 3,000 square meters around the park’s lake.
The China-Laos Railway started cross-border passenger services last Thursday, with the first passenger train departing from Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, and heading for the Lao capital Vientiane.
The long-anticipated international passenger service on the China-Laos Railway was put into operation on April 13.
The 2023 Kunming-Hong Kong Investment Cooperation Promotion Conference was successfully held in Hong Kong on Friday, with 33 projects worth 71.865 billion yuan (about $10.47 billion) signed.
The high-profile China-Laos Railway opened to international passengers on Thursday.
The first international passenger train - D887 - on the China-Laos Railway, departed from Kunming South Station to Vientiane, Laos on Thursday.
During the past few years, Kunming, capital city of Southwest China's Yunnan province, has done utmost efforts to add more green lands.
