A new action plan has been launched in Yunnan Province to enhance the quality and efficiency of business entities established by military veterans. Jointly issued by 15 departments, including the Provincial Department of Veterans Affairs, the "Yunnan Province Action Plan for Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Veteran-Led Business Entities" outlines 18 support measures across six key areas. These measures target enterprises, individual businesses, and specialized cooperatives founded by ex-service members.
Veterans are recognized as valuable assets and a crucial force in advancing China's modernization. The plan aims, over five years through 2030, to strengthen the innovative role and overall capacity of veteran-led businesses, enabling them to contribute more significantly to economic and social development while promoting high-quality employment and successful entrepreneurship for more veterans.
In other recent developments, Yunnan has continued to focus on expanding effective investment since the start of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. The provincial government is enhancing the scientific, specialized, and precise management of projects, vigorously promoting investment attraction, industrial investment, private investment, and project construction to improve the efficiency of government spending.
According to survey data from the National Statistics Bureau Yunnan Investigation Team, the province's Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.8% month-on-month and 0.9% year-on-year in February 2026. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 1.6% year-on-year, accelerating by 0.5 percentage points from the previous month.
Recently, the Yunnan Provincial Department of Finance published the "2026 Policy List for Beneficial Agriculture and Farmer Subsidy Funds via the 'One-Card' System," which includes 60 central and provincial-level programs covering areas such as subsistence allowances for disadvantaged groups and subsidies for persons with disabilities.
As of March 10, the China-Laos Railway had cumulatively transported over 18 million metric tons of cross-border goods.
Highlighting regional economic progress, Fengqing County in Lincang is building a new development framework for its Dianhong tea industry. Leveraging local resources and technological innovation, the county is modernizing and upgrading traditional tea production towards standardization and smart management. Focusing on 512,000 mu of tea plantations, efforts include developing organic and ecological tea gardens, promoting green pest control, and ensuring high-quality, safe tea products from the source.
Fengqing utilizes eight academician and expert workstations and 15 corporate technology centers to deepen cooperation with institutions like Western Yunnan University of Applied Sciences and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. The goal is to commercialize at least two scientific achievements annually and boost corporate R&D spending by 10% each year. The county is also diversifying beyond raw leaf tea into deep-processing and high-value products such as tea-based foods, beverages, and cultural items. By offering field classes and specialized training, it aims to cultivate over 1,000 new professional tea farmers yearly.
Currently, Fengqing's tea plantation area remains stable at 512,000 mu, with comprehensive tea industry output value reaching 10 billion yuan. This includes 488,700 mu of certified green raw material bases and 72,900 mu of organic tea gardens.
In other regional news, Kunming will host the 10th South Asia Expo in June, co-organized by the Yunnan Provincial Government and the Ministry of Commerce. In Yuxi, a recent "Spring Breeze Action" job fair featured 320 companies offering more than 8,800 positions in sectors like new energy, artificial intelligence, and biotech. Pu'er reported strong early-spring tea exports in the first two months of 2026, with 1.6 metric tons worth 3.932 million yuan shipped to countries including Germany, France, and Russia, representing increases of 3.3 times and 1.4 times year-on-year, respectively. In Dali, a special lithium battery project broke ground in the Economic and Technological Development Zone. With total investment exceeding 1 billion yuan, the 80-mu facility is expected to achieve an annual production capacity of 2 GWh upon completion in eight months, generating estimated annual revenue of 1.5 billion yuan and creating over 300 jobs.
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