Yunnan, called Yun or Dian for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), and the Tropic of Cancer runs across the south. It is adjacent to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guizhou Province in the east, facing Sichuan Province across the river by Jinsha River in the north, close to Xizang Autonomous Region in the northwest corner, Myanmar in the west, Laos and Vietnam in the south and southeast respectively.
As of 202 1, there are 16 counties (cities) and 129 counties (cities, districts) in the whole province, including 7 municipal districts, 8 county-level cities, 65 non-ethnic autonomous counties and 29 ethnic autonomous counties.
Yunnan is a mountainous plateau. The terrain of the whole province is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and gradually decreases from north to south. Yunnan's climate basically belongs to subtropical plateau monsoon type, with obvious three-dimensional climate characteristics, many types, small annual temperature difference, large daily temperature difference, distinct wet and dry seasons, and abnormal vertical temperature change with terrain height.
Yunnan is the province with the most plant species in China, with higher plants 19333 species and the largest number of animals, with 2273 species of vertebrates, accounting for 5 1.4% of the whole country. Yunnan has a wide variety of geological phenomena, superior metallogenic conditions and extremely rich mineral resources, especially non-ferrous metals and phosphate rocks.
Yunnan's unique energy resources, especially hydropower and coal resources, have superior development conditions; Geothermal energy, solar energy, wind energy and bioenergy all have good development prospects. From June, 2065438 to June, 2008, the Ministry of Environment reported the final assessment results of ten atmospheric items, and the assessment grade of Yunnan Province was excellent. On June 25, 2020, on February 25, 5438, he was awarded the "Advanced Province (City) Award for Free Blood Donation" by the National Health and Wellness Committee.
By the end of 2022, there were 4 engineering technology research centers approved by the state, 23 provincial engineering technology research centers 123, 7 national key laboratories and 24 provincial key laboratories 124. In terms of health, there are 27,527 medical and health institutions in the province.