Lincang City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province, is located in southwestern Yunnan, neighboring Pu'er in the east, Dali Prefecture in the north, Baoshan in the west, and bordering with Myanmar in the southwest, situated between the Lancang River and the Nujiang River, and named for its proximity to the Lancang River, is a shortcut from Kunming to Yangon in Myanmar by land, with three state-level open ports, 19 trade corridors, 13 Border People's Mutual Exchange Points (BPMEPs), and five highways through Myanmar. As of 2022, Lincang City has 8 counties (districts) under its jurisdiction, and the city covers an area of 24,000 square kilometers. Lincang City is located in the southern extension of the Hengduan Mountain System Nushan Mountain Range, belonging to the longitudinal valley area in western Yunnan, subtropical low-latitude plateau mountain monsoon climate, rich in water resources, is the country's important hydropower energy bases, Yunnan's important sugar and wine production bases, in the world's center of the origin of the tea tree and tea culture, is the origin of Pu-erh Tea and Dian Hong Tea, large-leafed species of steamed green tea, China's largest production bases and Pu-erh Tea raw material production bases, China's largest Macadamia nuts Lincang is the birthplace of Pu'er tea, Yunnan black tea and large-leaf steamed green tea, China's largest black tea production base and Pu'er tea raw material base, and China's largest macadamia nut base. Lincang City is one of the birthplaces of Wa culture, inhabited by 23 ethnic groups, and has been awarded the honorary titles of China's Top Ten Green Cities, China's Hengchun Capital, and China's Best City to Live in, etc. In October 2020, it was awarded as the National Model City (County) of Double Embrace.In 2022, Lincang City accomplished the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of RMB100.24 billion, which is 4.7% more than that of the previous year in terms of the calculation of the caliber of the comparable price. 4.7%. As of 2022, the resident population of Lincang City was 2.24 million. In 2023, Lincang realized a GDP of 105.023 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8% over the previous year at constant prices.