(1)外文名称: Yunnan Province
    (2)中文名称: 云南省（英文版）
    (3)内容:
    Yunnan Province, on the southern border of southwest China, has an area exceeding 394,000 square kilometers and a population of 38.85 million (1993), among whom are the minority ethnic groups including the Yis, Bais, Hanis, Zhuangs, Dais, Miaos, Lisus, Huis, Lahus, Vas, Naxis, Yaos, Tibetans, Jingpos, Blangs, Achangs, Nus, Primis, Jinos, De'angs, Mongolians and Derungs.
    Yunnan's major crops are rice, maize, wheat, tuber crops, peas and beans, rape seed, peanuts, tobacco, tea, cotton, sugar-cane, and fruits.
    Yunnan has more than 70 types of mineral resources including phosphorus, lead, zinc, tin, copper, etc. Gejiu is China's leading tin producer, known as the "tin capital" with a long  tin-mining history.
   Yunnan has more than 1,700 kilometers of railways, mainly the Guiyang-Kunming, Chengdu-Kunming, Kunming-Hekou and Mengzi-Baoxiu railways, and a highway network of 44,000 kilometers. The Jinsha, Nanpan, Yuanjiang and Lancang rivers are navigable.
   Yunnan is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese Nation. The
Yuanmou man lived there 1.7 million years ago. During the bronze age people in Yunnan were able to produce bronze drums.
    In the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.), Shuang Qiao, a general of the State of Chu in central China, led an army into Yunnan and brought advanced culture and techniques to the region.
   Emperors of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) set up a local prefecture and appointed local officials.
    A slavery society known as the State of Nanzhao arose during the Tang Dynasty (518-907), and a feudal regime named Dali was established in the following Song Dynasty (960-1279).
   From the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) through the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911), Yunnan was under the direct control of the central government, and the cultural and economic exchanges between Yunnan and other parts of the country were more frequent than before.