Covering an area of 15,561 square kilometers with a population of 3.7 million, Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province, is a tourist city renowned for its perennially pleasant weather, intriguing highland scenes and sights, and venerated history. Thus it has been entitled as 'one of the historical and cultural cities of China' . Since it stands at an altitude of 1,895 meters with an annually average temperature of 15.1 Celsius, no wonder it has got a sobriquet 'Spring City' .
Kunming enjoys a convenient transportation and communication too. Its highways connect those of Burma, Laos and Vietnam. It has more than 50 regular international and domestic flights to Hong Kong and Macao, and major cities in China as well as to the well known international cities such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Rangoon, Vientiane, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Singapore and so on. Besides, IDD telephone service is available as well .
