Farmers from Chenggong district of Kunming city sell brand-name fresh Baozhu pears in a farm.

Tropical areas of Yunnan province were regarded as "the Land of the malaria" in the past, but by adopting first-class scientific technologies, the areas are exploited to be industrial clusters developing featured agriculture.

Yunnan with special geographical location and decent weather conditions is suitable for planting varieties of fruits. As the third biggest tropical region in China, Yunnan mainly cultivates bananas in counties of Jinping(金平），Jinghong(景洪），Mengla(勐腊），Yuanyang(元阳），Hekou(河口），plants wine grapes in counties of Mile（弥勒），Mengzi(蒙自），and grows lemons in cities of Mangshi（芒市）, Ruili（瑞丽）, waxberries in Shiping（石屏) county, loquats in Longchuan（陇川) county and dragon fruits in Yuanjiang（元江) county.

Other places of Yunnan province famous for varieties of fruits include:

　　Yuanjiang(元江） Mangoes

　　Lijiang（丽江） Snow peaches

　　Mengzi(蒙自） Loquats

　　Dali（大理） Carved plums

　　　Chuxiong（楚雄） Juglans regia(Persian walnuts)

　　　Xishuangbanna（西双版纳） Olives

　　　　　　Chenggong（呈贡） Baozhu pears

Songming（嵩明） Raspberries

　　　Zhaotong（昭通） Apples

　 (Editors: Cathy Chen, Lynn)