Dali is located in the west of central Yunnan Province, with a total area of 29,459 square kilometers. It has a vast territory, rich resources, beautiful mountains and rivers, and four seasons like spring. It is a treasure to be developed in the southwest of the motherland. Quanzhou governs one city and eleven counties. It is a region inhabited by 26 ethnic groups, including Han, Bai, Yi, Hui, Yi, Tibetan and Naxi. At the end of 1999, the total population was 3,260,900, and the minority population accounted for about 50%, including the Bai population 1085300.
Dali, where the state capital is located, is the intersection of Yunnan-Burma and Yunnan-Tibet highways and the transportation hub of western Yunnan. Historically, it was an important gateway for cultural exchanges and trade between China and Southeast Asian countries. It is the 500-year-old seat of Nanzhao in the Tang Dynasty and Dali in the Song Dynasty, and is known as the "famous country of literature". Dali, known as "romantic", is now a national open city, one of the first batch of 24 famous historical and cultural cities and 44 scenic spots in China, an advanced cultural city in China and an excellent tourist city in China.
The three pagodas of Chongzhen Temple in Nanzhao, Shi Baoshan Grottoes in Jianchuan, Jizu Mountain, a Buddhist holy place in Binchuan, and the majestic Cangshan Mountain, Erhai Lake in Ming Che and the lakes and mountains in butterfly spring form a beautiful and magical picture. Dali is famous for its beautiful natural scenery, rich cultural relics and beautiful ethnic customs, attracting countless Chinese and foreign tourists.
Dali Prefecture is located in Jinsha River, Lancang River and Nujiang River basins, and is rich in water resources. The "Sanjiang" metallogenic belt has complex geological structure and rich mineral resources. Some of them have been developed and utilized, such as Heqing manganese mine, lead mine, Yunlong tin mine, silver-copper mine, Weishan and Yangbi antimony mine, Yongping copper-cobalt mine and so on. Platinum, palladium, gold, copper, iron, lead, zinc, tungsten, nickel and other metal deposits to be developed have considerable prospects. 14 kinds of non-metallic minerals, marble enjoys a high reputation, diatomite, quartz sand and granite are abundant in reserves, and the development conditions are good. The diverse ecological environment in Quanzhou has formed extremely complex vegetation types and stored a wide variety of animal and plant resources. There are more than 3,000 species of higher plants in Cangshan alone, and 3 1 species are listed under state protection. There are 27 kinds of rare birds and animals protected at the national and provincial levels in Quanzhou. Because of the fertile land, agriculture is rich in rice, corn, wheat and broad beans, and cash crops mainly produce flue-cured tobacco, tea, sweet grass, geranium oil, walnuts and Chinese herbal medicines. The yield per unit area of "Dianyu 1" rice in Dali City ranks first in the world in japonica rice. Yunnan, which is rich in flue-cured tobacco, has an annual output of nearly one million tons, and middle and high-grade tobacco accounts for about 85%. Since 1984, it has been rated as the national advanced state of high-quality flue-cured tobacco for three consecutive years, and 1995 has been rated as the national advanced producing area again. Yangbi Walnut is one of the three pre-natal county-level Walnuts in China. Rich and diverse resources provide superior conditions for the economic development of autonomous prefecture.
The hospitable people of Baizhou welcome you to Dali! Here, you can appreciate the essence of Yunnan's tourism resources, appreciate the authentic ethnic customs and folk customs, make great achievements in economic and technological cooperation, and achieve the goal of * * * prosperity.