Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County is located in the southwest of Central Yunnan, at the eastern foot of the middle section of Ailaoshan Mountains and the southwest of Yuxi City, 180 kilometers from Kunming City and 90 kilometers from Yuxi City. The county covers an area of 4,223 square kilometers, and governs 124 village (neighborhood) committees of 6 townships, 4 towns and 2 sub-districts, and 1,468 village (neighborhood) groups. The registered population is 292,000 people, among which the Yi and Dai ethnic groups account for 65.4% of the total population of the county. It is the largest settlement of the Huayaodai ethnic group in China and is known as "the Hometown of Huayaodai". Xinping also enjoys the reputation of “the Hometown of Chu Oranges”, “World Center for the Distribution of Hippocrested Gibbon” and “China's Natural Oxygen Bar". Xinping County is rich in minerals, hydro-energy, biological and tourist resources, with proven reserves of 540 million tons of iron ore, 1.475 million tons of copper and 1.9 billion cubic meters of water resources. The county's forest coverage rate is 64.6%. Mopan Mountain Forest Park has been rated as a National 4A Tourist Attraction, and the Ailaoshan Mountains National Nature Reserve has been listed as the UN’s "Man and Biosphere" Forest Ecosystem Positioning Observation Station and the International Migratory Bird Protection Base. Xinping has been awarded “National Sanitary County”, “National Modern Agriculture Demonstration Zone”, “National All-for-One Tourism Demonstration Establishment Unit”, “National Science Popularization Demonstration County”, “Sports Tourism High-quality Scenic Spot of China”, “National Garden County”, “Provincial Civilization County”, “National Advanced Model Collective for Ethnic Unity and Progress”, “China's Most Beautiful County for Leisure, Holiday and Tourism” and “National Model Unit of Afforestation” awards. Xinping has been recognized as a “Beautiful County of Yunnan Province” by the Yunnan Provincial People’s Government. It has been listed as one of the "Top 10 Counties" for county economic development in the whole province. In 2019, Xinping’s GDP reached RMB 19.72 billion. The local fiscal revenue was RMB 2.06 billion, including RMB 1.30 billion of the general public budget revenue. The local fiscal expenditure is RMB 3.74 billion, the general public budget expenditure of which is RMB 3.65 billion. The investment in fixed assets above the designated scale is RMB 6.37 billion. The per capita disposable income of urban residents was RMB 40,494, and that of rural residents was RMB 14,807. The retail sales of consumer goods totaled RMB 3.05 billion.
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