Smart preservation
LI MIN/CHINA DAILY Yunnan is pioneering a digital biodiversity conservation model based on big data To the outside world, Yunnan, an inland province, at a low latitude and high elevation in southwestern China, is well known as a tourist destination that is characterized by many ethnic cultures and its rich biodiversity. Occupying a mere 4.1 percent of China's total land area, Yunnan houses 171 rare and endangered plant species, constituting 44 percent of China's protected plants. Alongside this, out of 335 prioritized species of protected wild animals in the nation, Yunnan has 243, accounting for 72.5 percent of China's total, 15 percent of which are species endemic to Yunnan. From the ASEAN perspective, Yunnan provides a viable sinew of China-ASEAN cultural connectivity alongside the existing window of seaborne trade ties via Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
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