Yunnan, "kingdom of fruits" on plateau
Farmers from Chenggong district of Kunming city sell brand-name fresh Baozhu pears in a farm.
Tropical areas of Yunnan province were regarded as "the Land of the malaria" in the past, but by adopting first-class scientific technologies, the areas are exploited to be industrial clusters developing featured agriculture.
Yunnan with special geographical location and decent weather conditions is suitable for planting varieties of fruits. As the third biggest tropical region in China, Yunnan mainly cultivates bananas in counties of Jinping(金平），Jinghong(景洪），Mengla(勐腊），Yuanyang(元阳），Hekou(河口），plants wine grapes in counties of Mile（弥勒），Mengzi(蒙自），and grows lemons in cities of Mangshi（芒市）, Ruili（瑞丽）, waxberries in Shiping（石屏) county, loquats in Longchuan（陇川) county and dragon fruits in Yuanjiang（元江) county.
Other places of Yunnan province famous for varieties of fruits include:
Yuanjiang(元江） Mangoes
Lijiang（丽江） Snow peaches
Mengzi(蒙自） Loquats
Dali（大理） Carved plums
Chuxiong（楚雄） Juglans regia(Persian walnuts)
Xishuangbanna（西双版纳） Olives
Chenggong（呈贡） Baozhu pears
Songming（嵩明） Raspberries
Zhaotong（昭通） Apples
(Editors: Cathy Chen, Lynn)