The South of Colorful Clouds Draws a New Picture Scroll - Yunnan Chapter along the footsteps of the General Secretary

　　Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, June 20th.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Li Yin, Ji Zhepeng and Lin Bifeng

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Yunnan twice, guiding Yunnan to continuously make new progress in building my country's national unity and progress demonstration area, the vanguard of ecological civilization construction, and the radiation center for South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Bearing in mind the general secretary's entrustment, the children of all ethnic groups in Yunnan will take the initiative to serve and integrate into the national development strategy, and strive to forge a high-quality leap-forward development path.

"Let the achievements of reform and development benefit people of all ethnic groups more and more fairly"

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping is very concerned about the development of Yunnan's ethnic areas and the lives of ethnic minorities.

　　In January 2015, when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Yunnan, he put forward the hope of "working hard to become a demonstration area of ​​national unity and progress" for Yunnan, and pointed out that "to achieve a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, no one nation can be lacking."

　　Due to reasons such as history and natural environment, poverty was once closely associated with ethnic minorities and ethnic areas in Yunnan.

Getting rid of poverty has been the dream of people for generations.

　　Bearing in mind the general secretary's entrustment, after the battle against poverty started in an all-round way, Yunnan adopted measures according to local conditions, ethnic groups, targeted assistance and innovative models.

In November 2020, all 11 ethnic groups and ethnic groups with small populations in Yunnan will bid farewell to absolute poverty and achieve poverty alleviation for the entire ethnic group.

Aerial view of Kunming city after rain (drone photo, taken on May 27).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Wenyao

　　At the end of 2018, the Dulong people were lifted out of poverty as a whole.

On April 10, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to the people in Dulongjiang Township, encouraging the villagers to "get rid of poverty only the first step, and better days are yet to come."

　　Entering Dulongjiang Township, the former thatched hut has become a Dulong dwelling with gray roof and yellow walls, and the cement road is clean and tidy.

In 2021, the per capita net income of farmers in the township will be about 15,000 yuan, the average household deposit will exceed 40,000 yuan, and more than 85% of households have motor vehicles.

In Dizhengdang Village, Dulongjiang Township, Gongshan Dulong and Nu Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, Dulong elder Li Wenshi (left) and his daughter are weaving a Dulong blanket (photographed on May 10).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Mengyao

　　"In the past few years, we have been living in a new house, taking a car, and using a smartphone. Our life has become more and more prosperous. The Dulong blankets I weave can be sold for several thousand yuan every year." said Li Wenshi, a woman with a mask from the Dulong ethnic group.

Villagers of the Smola Wa Village, Zhongzhai, Sanjia Village, Qingshui Township, Tengchong City, Yunnan Province rest on the square (photo taken on May 15, 2020).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao

　　In January 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection tour in Yunnan: "We must speed up the development of ethnic minorities and ethnic areas, so that the achievements of reform and development can benefit people of all ethnic groups more fairly." , General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out after understanding the situation of rural revitalization and the construction of ethnic minority villages, that poverty alleviation for villagers is only the first step towards a happy life, and the starting point of a new life and new struggle.

　　Following the instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Yunnan implemented a three-year action plan to continuously increase the income of the poverty-stricken population, so that the lives of the poverty-stricken people will be improved to a higher level.

In the first quarter of this year, the per capita disposable income of farmers in poverty alleviation counties in Yunnan was 3,651 yuan, an increase of 7%, and the growth rate of income continued to be higher than the provincial average.

Tourists visit Heshun Ancient Town in Tengchong City, Yunnan Province (photographed on May 27).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xinbo

　　In January 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping went to Heshun Ancient Town in Tengchong City to investigate and investigate.

He came to Heshun Library to learn about the history and culture of the ancient town, and to observe the fine tradition of advocating culture and religion on the ancient Silk Road.

He walked along the alleys of the ancient town and talked cordially with tourists.

There were bursts of laughter and warmth in the ancient town.

This is the statue of Ai Siqi in the Ai Siqi Memorial Hall in Heshun Ancient Town, Tengchong City, Yunnan Province (photographed on May 27).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xinbo

　　"The arrival of the general secretary has strengthened our determination to carry forward traditional culture. Rural revitalization is inseparable from the prosperity of excellent rural culture. Through Heshun Library, Ai Siqi Memorial Hall, etc., we inherit the rural culture and let the masses live in the spirit I have a sense of belonging." said Pu Yazeng, Secretary of the Party Committee of Heshun Town.

This is the Heshun Library in Heshun Ancient Town, Tengchong City, Yunnan Province (photographed on March 31).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Mengyao

　　In recent years, Yunnan Province has vigorously implemented the construction of characteristic villages and towns, and has built 30 characteristic towns and 780 characteristic villages, of which 247 characteristic villages have been named "Chinese Minority Characteristic Villages" by the National Ethnic Affairs Commission.

　　National unity and progress depict the beautiful scenery of Yunling.

At present, 11 cities (prefectures) in Yunnan have been established as national national unity and progress demonstration cities (prefectures), 33 counties (cities, districts) have been established as national national unity and progress demonstration counties (cities, districts), and 51 units have been established as national national unity and progress demonstration counties (cities, districts). National Unity and Progress Demonstration Unit.

This is the Baihetan Hydropower Station (panoramic stitching photo by drone, taken on May 30).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao

"Protect the ecological environment like protecting eyes, and treat the ecological environment like life"

　　Yunnan is the "animal kingdom", "plant kingdom" and "species gene bank". It is an important treasure house of biodiversity in my country and an ecological security barrier in Southwest China.

This is the Yunnan golden monkey (photographed on March 13) in the Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve in Yunnan.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Guansen

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping is very concerned about the ecological protection of Yunnan.

In January 2015, during an inspection tour in Yunnan, General Secretary Xi Jinping asked Yunnan to "put the ecological environment protection in a more prominent position, protect the ecological environment like protecting eyes, and treat the ecological environment like life", and made it clear that Yunnan's "ecological civilization" The new positioning of "construction vanguard".

In January 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again clearly pointed out that Yunnan's ecological status is important and has its own advantages. The key is to fulfill the responsibility of protection.

　　Erhai Lake is the mother lake of Dali, but long-term pollution once led to eutrophication of Erhai Lake water.

In 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Erhai Lake, carefully inspected the ecological protection wetlands, listened to the introduction of Erhai Lake protection situation, and emphasized that Erhai Lake must be well protected, so that the natural beauty of "Cangshan is no ink for a long time, and Erhai has no strings for ancient qin". world.

This is the landscape of Erhai Lake and surrounding villages in Dali, Yunnan (drone photo, taken on May 26).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xinbo

　　The heavy responsibility lies on the shoulders, and Yunnan has an iron fist to manage the lake.

During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, Dali Prefecture invested a total of 32.98 billion yuan in the treatment of Erhai Lake, demolished the houses of 1,806 ecologically relocated households around the lake, and vacated 1,029 mu of nearshore land.

Today, the 129-kilometer-long Erhai Lake Ecological Corridor is fully connected, and the development model of "building a city around the lake and layout around the lake" has been completely transformed.

In 2020 and 2021, the water quality of Erhai Lake will be rated as "excellent" for two consecutive years.

　　The change of Erhai Lake stems from the change of governance concept and development mode.

"The general secretary's important instructions made us realize that it is our responsibility to protect the green waters and green mountains for future generations. In recent years, the concept of protection has become more and more popular among people." Gu Sheng, who lives in Wanqiao Town, Dali City, lives in Erhai Lake Villager Li Dechang said.

　　Not only Erhai Lake, but Yunnan has anchored the goal of "the vanguard of ecological civilization construction", and practically integrates ecological civilization construction and ecological environmental protection into the whole process of economic and social development.

This is a group of elephants taken in Yuanjiang County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province (drone photo, taken on August 9, 2021).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao

　　Nine plateau lakes have been transformed from "one lake governance" to "watershed governance", and the water quality will be stable and improving in 2021; a wild species resource bank in Southwest China has been built, and a total of 166 natural reserves of various types have been established; 16 The annual average of the ambient air quality indicators of the prefecture-level cities has reached the second-level standard of the "Ambient Air Quality Standard" for 5 consecutive years, and the proportion of days with good air quality in the province is 98.6%... Today, Yunnan has clear water, green mountains and blue sky.

　　At present, Yunnan has built 12 demonstration cities and counties for national ecological civilization construction, and 6 practice innovation bases of “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets”. It has become the largest pillar industry in Yunnan, and the province's green energy installed capacity will exceed 95 million kilowatts in 2021.

　　People live up to the green hills, and the green hills will certainly live up to people.

In 2021, the first phase of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was successfully held in Kunming, and the "elephant going north to the south" has become a vivid example of China's promotion of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

The Fuxing train passes the Nanxi River Bridge on the China-Laos Railway (drone photo, taken on June 2).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Wenyao

"Creating a new situation with high-quality development"

　　Yunnan is located in the southwest frontier and has a unique location advantage connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia.

　　In January 2015 and January 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Yunnan twice, and successively put forward to Yunnan the hope of becoming a "radiation center for South Asia and Southeast Asia" and striving to make new progress in building a "radiation center for South Asia and Southeast Asia". , and emphasized that it is necessary to emancipate the mind, keep pace with the times, break old concepts with new development concepts, and open up new situations with high-quality development.

　　Bearing in mind the general secretary's entrustment, Yunnan actively serves and integrates into the national development strategy, and strives to forge a path of leapfrog development.

　　Build a comprehensive and three-dimensional open platform system.

Led by the China (Yunnan) Pilot Free Trade Zone, "eight cross-border" innovative measures such as trade and e-commerce will be launched. The Pilot Free Trade Zone will establish nearly 20,000 newly registered enterprises in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%.

The Fuxing train passes the Yuanjiang Bridge on the China-Laos Railway (photo taken on June 1).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Wenyao

　　Accelerate the construction of an international major channel system.

The opening of the China-Laos Railway has made "the mountains no longer high and the roads no longer long"; the China-Myanmar-India Ocean-Sea highway-railway intermodal logistics channel with Lincang as the main node city has made key progress, achieving a "zero" breakthrough in container transportation.

The train driver drives the Fuxing train on the China-Laos Railway (photo taken on June 1).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Wenyao

　　The China-Laos Railway is a flagship project of mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Laos.

In December 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out when he attended the opening ceremony of the China-Laos railway through a video link, that it is necessary to "build a golden line to benefit the people of both countries." Statistics show that from December last year to June 2 this year, China-Laos railway In the past half year of railway operation, a total of 3.27 million passengers and 4.03 million tons of cargo have been sent, and both the quantity and quality of passenger and cargo transportation have increased, and the role of the international gold logistics channel has become increasingly prominent.

The first international freight train of the China-Laos Railway in the New Year (front) departed from Kunming to Vientiane, Laos (drone photo, taken on January 1).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao

　　Deeply tap the potential of trade cooperation, build a high-level cooperation platform, and improve the level of facilitation... The "Yunnan Province Action Plan for Accelerating the Integration of RCEP" issued in January this year introduced 21 measures in 5 aspects to promote the steady growth of foreign trade and improve the quality.

　　Promote great development with great opening up.

During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, Yunnan's economic aggregate achieved a historic breakthrough; in 2021, the regional GDP will be 2.71 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.3%.

Under the guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Caiyunzhinan is painting a new and better picture.

　　Video reporter: Liu Siyuan, Wang Anhaowei, Sun Min, Zhou Lei, He Chunhao