A meeting was held in Ruili, Southwest China's Yunnan on Monday, to advocate its officials to accelerate its progress of building the province into China's southwest gateway.
Yunnan has seen new opportunities for improving both its economy and its society that a provincial project has become part of a national strategy.
The capital of Yunnan province will build itself into a gateway city for China's opening up to the Southwest before 2015, according to the Party secretary.