Yunnan, a province of the People's Republic of China,called "Yun" or "Dian" for short, is located in the far southwest frontier of China. Yunnan refers to "the place south of the colorful clouds", or "the place south of Yunling (cloudy ridge) Mountain".The capital of the province is Kunming.
The "Pan Pearl River Delta Regional Co-operation Framework Agreement" laid a firm foundation for future co-operation in the area of infrastructure, industries and investment, commerce and trade, tourism, agriculture, labour, education and culture, information system, environmental protection and health and quarantine.