Wanding

"Wanding" is Dai language, which means "the sun is at the top", so people like to call it "the place where the sun is at the top". Wanding is the national level port of the smallest border city in China, also known as the "pocket city" of the border. It is also one of the smallest cities in China and one of the three border open cities in Yunnan.

A hundred years ago, it was a wild land of jackals. A sheep's intestines path is the "Post Road" leading to foreign countries; a shabby cottage by the river of Wanding is the "post station" where the peddlers used to drink horses and rest.

From Wanding to Myanmar's border cities of Nankan, jiugu, Muse and Lashio, the travel procedures are simple: after two photos and fees are taken to China for travel and social intercourse, the Chinese travel agency will take them out of the country and give them to the guide of Myanmar's travel agency. When they return, the Myanmar's travel and social intercourse will give them to the Chinese travel agency.

Wanding port

synonym

Wanding (national port) generally refers to Wanding port

Wanding is located in the west of Yunnan Province, in the south of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, across the river from jiugu City, an important town in the north of Myanmar, and at the end of national highway 320. It is the throat of China to Myanmar and Southeast Asia, and a national first-class port.

brief introduction

Located in the west of Yunnan Province, in the south of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, and across a river from Myanmar's neighboring country, and across a river from jiugu City, an important town in the north of Myanmar, Wanding covers a total area of 103 square kilometers, with 28.646 kilometers of border line. It is located at the end of national highway 320. It is China's throat leading to Myanmar and Southeast Asia, and a national first-class port.

"Wanding" is a transliteration of Dai language, which means "the place where the sun is at the top". It has a total population of more than 20000, a land area of 95.34 square kilometers, and an urban population of only more than 5000. It is one of the smallest cities in China. Before the Second World War, Wanding was still a little-known village. During World War II, due to the Japanese blockade of all China's maritime channels, Wanding became the headquarters and material distribution center of the Sino US and British allied forces, and hundreds of thousands of Chinese Anti Japanese expeditionary forces also entered and left the country from here. There is a long history of free exchanges and friendly exchanges between Wanding and jiugu town in Myanmar.

scenic spot

Now, some Southeast Asian businessmen also gather in Wanding, making it a material distribution center for cosmetics, jewelry, handicrafts, agricultural and sideline products, jewelry and jade in the United States, Japan, France, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, and a very prosperous border trade street. To the south of Wanding, on the river at the junction of China and Myanmar, is the famous border bridge between the two countries, Wanding bridge. Built in 1938, the bridge is the only land access bridge between China and the world during World War II, so it is very famous. Now a spacious and solid reinforced concrete bridge has been built. Thousands of businessmen and border people from the two countries come and go from the bridge every day.

From Mangshi to Wanding, there are dozens of minibuses for tourists every day. The road condition is good and the scenery along the way is very beautiful.

history

As a gateway to the southwest of China, Wanding has always been a place for military strategists. In the Ming Dynasty, General Wang Ji made three expeditions to Luchuan and stationed troops in Manting; in the Qing Dynasty, general Mingrui made two expeditions to Burma and rode on the iron horse in Manting. After the July 7th incident, the Anti Japanese war broke out in an all-round way, and the vast majority of the coastal passages were blocked by the Japanese aggressors. For strategic needs, the national government invested money to build the Yunnan Burma Road. 200000 people in the border area were killed and killed, and the Yunnan Burma Road and Wanding bridge were built in eight months. In August 938, the Yunnan Burma Road was built and opened to traffic A number of Nanyang machinists imported a large number of international aid materials from Wanding to the domestic war front line. In order to completely occupy China, the Japanese sent troops to Myanmar to cut off the Yunnan Myanmar highway. In March 1942, more than 100000 Chinese Expeditionary troops left from Wanding to fight in Myanmar. After losing the battle, the Japanese invaders drove straight along the Yunnan Burma highway. On May 3, 1942, Wanding fell, Mangshi, Longling and Tengchong fell one after another.

In September 1944, the national government reorganized the expeditionary army, launched an all-round offensive against the Japanese aggressors who occupied western Yunnan, and successively recovered Tengchong and Longling.

On January 20, 1945, the Chinese army launched the final decisive battle with the Japanese army to recover the southwest of the motherland at heishanmen of Wanding. The Japanese army was defeated and Wanding was recovered. Because of this war, Wanding is famous at home and abroad.

On April 29, 1950, the five-star red flag was put on the Wanding bridge. Wanding has become an important window of new China's foreign exchanges, and Wanding bridge has become an important channel for friendly exchanges, trade and cultural exchanges between China and Myanmar. In 1952, as one of the first batch of national first-class ports announced by the State Council, Wanding bridge went down in history Premier Zhou Enlai and Burmese Prime Minister Wu Barry walked into Mangshi from Wanding bridge to attend the Sino Burmese border people's gathering, opening a new chapter of friendship between China and Myanmar from generation to generation.

In September 1960, the joint boundary survey meeting between China and Myanmar was held in Wanding to solve the boundary problem between China and Myanmar through consultation, which became a successful example of new China's friendly negotiation with neighboring countries to solve territorial disputes. After the reform and opening up, Wanding was identified as one of the areas open to the outside world.

Taking advantage of the spring breeze of opening up, Wanding takes the lead in developing foreign trade in the whole Prefecture. With its special geographical advantages, Wanding's border trade is extremely active. The total import and export value of border trade increases year by year, reaching as much as 1.1 billion yuan in 1989. China's mechanical and electrical products, textile needles, department stores and medicines are exported from Wanding to Myanmar in large quantities. Myanmar's agricultural and sideline products, seafood and timber are imported from Wanding port to China in large quantities.

In 1992, the state accelerated the pace of opening to the outside world and identified Wanding as one of the 14 open cities along the border. In June of the same year, with the approval of the State Council, a 5-square-kilometer border economic cooperation zone was established, which was endowed with a number of preferential policies and implemented comprehensive development in the zone.

Over the past 20 years, Wanding port has achieved a total import and export value of more than 4 billion yuan and a fiscal revenue of more than 300 million yuan. With the rapid development of border trade, Wanding port also has many functions, such as cracking down on drug smuggling and cutting off the introduction of epidemic diseases.

Over the years, the state has attached great importance to the construction and management of Wanding port, and more than 30 leaders of the party and the state have visited the port to inspect and guide the work. At present, there are customs, inspection and quarantine, frontier inspection stations and other joint inspection organizations at Wanding port. These joint inspection departments strengthen communication with the local Party committee and government, cooperate closely, strictly enforce the law, and provide warm services. They give full play to the function of Wanding port, safeguard the national sovereignty and national security, safeguard the development of Frontier economy and the people of all ethnic groups live and work in peace and contentment.

Address: Wanding Town, Ruili City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 98.064594830689

Latitude: 24.078643210223

Tour time: 2-3 hours

Traffic information: at the intersection of Ruili Lecheng street and Nanmao street, you can take a private bus for 15 yuan per person, or charter a car for about 200 yuan

Ticket information: Free

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