Pu’er borders Vietnam, Laos, Burma, and its borderline stretches 486 kilometers. Lancang River, also known as “the Eastern Danube” flows through the area, and Pu’er boasts the national first-class port, Simao, the second-class port, Menglian, and 18 border crossings.

With the establishment of the China-ASEAN free trade zone, collaboration between the Lancang-Mekong River subzone, and the Kunming-Bangkok thoroughfare has greatly increased, and, together with the planned completion of the middle line of the Pan-Asia railroad, these factors mean that Pu’er is set to become a sort of golden gate of China’s opening up towards South Asia.

?A waterfall at Wuliang Mountain [Photo by Wu Yongkang]       A waterfall at Wuliang Mountain [Photo by Wu Yongkang]

  Tea Mountain in spring [Photo by Su Yun]

Pu’er city is located in the southwest of Yunnan province. The Lancang and Mekong rivers run through the city.

It’s adjacent to Burma, Laos and Vietnam and enjoys an exceptional ecological environment.