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Fig 8. Yunnan shifts focus to support long-term tourist stays

Source: Statistics Bureau of Yunnan

Recent policies and reforms ? Forging a new landscape of the national
unity and the demonstration zone: Cultivating
Proposal of the 15th Five-Year Plan the awareness that people from all ethnic groups
(2026-2030) for Yunnan Economic and are in the same community and taking a leading
Social Development 82 role to building a common spiritual homeland.
Making more extensive and in-depth development
The proposal sets out targets that focus on in the border ethnic areas and consolidating
the achievement of socialist modernization in solidarity development.
accordance with the whole country by 2035.
Along with the acceleration of the ¡°3815¡± strategic ? Building the new landscape of
development goals, Yunnan aims to achieve the ecological civilization: Accelerating the
fundamental progress of economic transformation green transformation of economic and social
and high-quality leapfrog by end of 15th Five- development, forming a green production and
Year period. Major progress will be made on the lifestyle, making significant progress in ecosystem
construction of radiation center for South and diversity and green low-carbon development to
Southeast Asia, thus to create a new landscape of ensure the goal of carbon peak achieved.
the Chinese-style modernization in Yunnan.
? Accelerating the construction of
Major targets and tasks: radiation centers in South Asia and Southeast
Asia: Breakthroughs will be expected in the
? Leapfrog achievements in high-quality construction of major corridors to achieve common
development: The economy will achieve effective prosperity with neighboring markets. Significant
improvement in quality and reasonable growth progress will be made in the shared development
in quantity, with optimized structure and better models of China-Laos railways and green
synergy of investment and consumption, and development models of the Lancang-Mekong River
supply and demand. Significant progress will be Basin to elevate the high-level opening up.
expected in new industrialization, informatization,
urbanization and agricultural modernization. ? Further deepening comprehensive
Accelerating the leading role of the three major reforms in all-round: Achieving progress in ten major
economics, building a modern industrial system economic reforms, particularly on the management,
with Yunnan characteristics and speeding up development and reform of SOEs. Stimulating the
the integration of technological and industrial vitality of private economy, further improving the
innovation are high on the agenda. business environment, strengthening the systematic,
82 Government of Yunnan, https://www.yn.gov.cn/ holistic and coordinated reform in various social
ywdt/ynyw/202512/t20251229_321995.html areas to accelerate the high-quality development.

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