[Explanation] In 2013, Yunnan Pu'er was entrusted by China with the important task of building a national green economy pilot demonstration zone and exploring a road for developing a green economy in underdeveloped frontier areas based on its own advantages.
After years of hard work, this border city bordering Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam has gradually become "green" and has become the largest ecological oasis on the Tropic of Cancer.
[Explanation] In the past ten years, Pu'er has delineated ecological protection red lines, strengthened ecological space management and control, strengthened ecological protection and pollution source control, handled the relationship between protection and development, and protected green waters and green mountains from the source.
[Explanation] Today, the forest coverage rate of Pu'er reaches 74.59%, 18 nature reserves have been established, the number of days with good ambient air quality has remained stable for more than 350 days, and biodiversity has become more and more abundant. Wild Asian elephants operating in the territory account for 6 of the national population into the above.
[Explanation] Recently, the reporter saw in Pu'er that a solid "green family background" has added confidence to economic development.
Pu'er gradually promotes the green transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and builds four green industrial bases of characteristic biology, clean energy, leisure and vacation, and modern forest industry.
[Explanation] Pu'er is one of the best areas for the development of biological medicine in China. The unique virgin forest resources are conducive to the protection and development of rare medicinal materials.
[Concurrent] Zhou Zhengfeng, head of Pu'er Songmao Diancao Liuwei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
We have a base of 5,000 mu in Songmao Valley, which mainly develops the under-forest economy. Without cutting down a single tree, we plant Chinese medicinal materials under the forest. Our medicinal materials include Dendrobium Dendrobium, Dragon's Blood Tree. These are imported from Laos and Myanmar, and the provenances in the wild environment are transplanted. They are then irrigated by natural mountain spring water, and they can reproduce naturally without using pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
[Explanation] Pu'er has a history of growing tea for thousands of years. The tea industry has developed in the direction of organic tea in recent years. The area of organic tea certification, the number of certified enterprises and the number of certificates currently ranks first in China.
Pu-erh is also the largest coffee producing area in China. The coffee beans produced on the land surrounded by forests are exported to the European Union, ASEAN, America and the Middle East.
[Explanation] In recent years, forest tourism has also emerged in Pu'er, and the integrated development of ecological resources and tourism industry has been achieved.
The reporter walked into the Sun River Forest Park located in the Sun River Provincial Nature Reserve in Yunnan. In the dense and deep virgin forest, tourists were observing wild animals such as gibbons and red pandas.
[Concurrent] Wei Zhengda, Marketing Manager of Pu'er Sun River Paradise Co., Ltd.
We have more than 800 kinds of animals and more than 2,100 kinds of plants, which can be said to be a paradise for animals and plants. Every year, we welcome about 300,000 friends from all over the country to come here to experience our rich plant and animal resources.
While we are using it, we are also protecting our natural resources. Every year, many teams come here to study and educate, conduct popular science, and let everyone know and understand nature.
[Explanation] Data shows that from 2016 to 2020, Pu'er's GDP grew by an average of 10.9% annually, and the growth rate of per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents was higher than the Chinese average.
[Explanation] China's experiments in Pu'er have proved that by transforming ecological advantages into ecological and economic advantages such as ecological agriculture, ecological industry, and ecological tourism, clear waters and lush mountains have become invaluable assets.
Du Xiaoxiaomiao Chao Luo Jie reports from Pu'er, Yunnan
Responsible editor: [Liu Pai]