Xishuangbanna Overview 
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Xishuangbanna is located at the ultmost southeast part of China . It is not only the major passageway and base to Southeast Asia and south Asia, but a window of Yunnan province opened to the world.
Xishangbanna Region covers an area of 19,124.5 square kilometers with an population of 840,000 including Dai, Hani, Lahu, Blang, Jinuo and nine other ethnic groups. Xishuangbanna has jurisdiction over Jinghong, Menghai, Mengla and 11 state-runned farms. Its boundary line reaches 966.29 kilometers, 677.8 kilometers with Laos and 288.49 kilometers with Burma. There are three state ports, one provincial port, and six highways, one river connecting with Laos and Burma
the Dai minority makes up 28.8% of the population, Han 25%, Hani 19.04%, the rest 24.76. The Dai People and Bulang people believe in Buddhism. There are 500 temples, 150 pagodas and 5,000 monks with 84,000 Buddhist Scriptures in store.
In Xishuangbanna the largest equatorial rainforest ecosystem is well kept. The region is hence renowned as the world's rare" species gene pool".
Since the Tertiary Period, Xishuangbanna has been in the tropical region. The paleobiocenosist was able to develop and evolve without being devastated by the glacier moving southward. There are botanic 20,000 species. 5,000 of which are advanced plants making up one sixth of the total in the country. Rare kinds reach 300 and some under state special protection include tree fern, hip-liked fruit, wooden lotus, chicken feather tree, cycad. These plants have lived and multiplied on this land foir more than one million years. They are the "living fossils" in China.
Step into this land, you will find yourself in a green world of primary forests rising and falling over the undulating land. The slim young Dai girls with long hair add some add a imaginary touch.
Zone code: 0691
Postcode: 666100
Tele for tourism complaint: 0691—96927
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