Health Town project launched in Lijiang

Cui Maohu, chief of Lijiang municipal committee of the CPC, speaks at the launching ceremony in Lijiang, Yunnan province on May 9. [Photo/news.cn]

Ma stated that by taking advantage of Lijiang's rich industrial resources and integrating Kangmei Pharmaceutical Co's superior resources on the "intelligent plus" massive health industry platform, the project will be solidly grounded and bear fruit.

They will help Lijiang become "a healthy lifestyle destination" with a well-developed health industry, clear health culture and complete health services, as well as a demonstration city for the development of national health industry with local characteristics, Ma added.

Lijiang is a renowned tourist city with a reputation of "hometown of clouds and medicine" and "the capital of tourism". It has a number of high-quality tourist and ecological resources such as Yulong Snow Mountain and the Old Town of Lijiang. It has outstanding advantages in the development of massive health industry.

In recent years, Lijiang has closely focused on the new positioning and new requirements on the development of Yunnan. It actively integrates into the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, speeds up the construction of the Jinsha River Economic Corridor and fully implements the strategy of village rejuvenation, making Lijiang a world-class featured town, a world-class tourist destination, an important ecological security barrier for the country and a showcase of national unity and progress.