Yunnan is a big place whose resources are very abundance, has the
reputation as" Kingdom of Plant"," Kingdom of Animal"," Kingdom of
Non- ferrous metals"," Hometown of Spice"," Natural Garden" etc. Altogether, there
are 18 thousand kinds of higher plants, which includes about 10 thousand tropic or
semitropic plants. The area of woods is about 23.83 million acres, the storage of wood
is 247 thousand acres, one of the four wood places in China. Abounds tobacco ,
notoginseng, rhizoma gastrodiae, pepper etc. herbs, and tropic or semitropic fruits.
The amount of cured tobacco and cigarette is the biggest one in China. Abounds the
natural plants of spice and oil producer. Abounds animals, both birds and beasts are
the first one in China. Mineral resources is abundant, the amount of water is abundant
which we can learn from Lancang River and Nu River. Yunnan and surrounding countries
have the economical trade with each other, the famous" South Silk Road" is longer than"
North Silk Road", it began from the fourth century BC. Most area of Yunnan province
belong to tropic and semitropical zone.