Yunnan Transportation

Airlines

To visit Yunnan, travels must know about the transportation of it. As the transportation hub of Yunnan, Wujiaba International Airport of Kunming has opened 48 national lines and 6 international lines at present. There are flights to most of China's major cities including the famous tourist cities Beijing, Xian, Guilin and Shanghai. Domestic lines from Kunming to the scenic spots within the province are quite developed, now there are lines from Kunming to Simao, Xishuangbanna, Baoshan, Zhaotong, Dali, Mangshi, Lijiang and Zhongdian. International flights to Bangkok, Rangoon, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong are also available. In addition, eleven domestic air routes and two international routes from Jinghong have been opened.

Railways

The Yunnan region is connected with other part of China by railways. With Kunming as the center, there are Guikun line in the east (from Guiyang of Guizhou province in the east to Kunming in the west, covering 640km and 340km of which is within Yunnan); Chengkun line in the north (from Chengdu of Sichuan province in the north to Kunming in the south, covering 1,100km and 280km of which within Yunnan); Nankun line in the south (from Nanning of Guangxi province in the southeast to Kunming in the northwest, covering 900km and 243km within Yunnan). You will enjoy the charming scenery by train if you are not in hurry.

Expressways

7 National Roads (National Road 108, 213, 214, 320, 321, 323 and 326) and 61 provincial roads radiate from Kunming to major cities in Yunnan and other provinces or even abroad.

National Road 108

From Panzhihua of Sichuan into Yunnan, cross Yongren, Yuanmou and Wuding to Kunming, it covering 278km.

National Road 213

From Yibin of Sichuan to Yunnan, cross Zhaotong, Kunming, Yuxi and Simao to Xishuangbnna, it covering 1,581km. Now this road has been built to Simao and will soon to Jinghong. It will pass Laos and finally get to Bangkok of Thailand, which will become a most convenient passage to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).

National Road 214

National Road 214 crosses Yunnan from the south to the north, via Xishuangbanna, linchang, Dali, Lijiang, Diqing to Tibet, covering 1,418km. And expressway has been built from Dali to Lijiang.

National Road 320

National Road 320 cross Yunnan from the east to the west, via Qujing, Kunming, Chuxiong, Dali, Baoshan, Luxi to Ruili on the China-Myanmar border, covering 1.030km. And the part of Qujing-Kunking-Dali is expressway.