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Kunming : location and weatherKunming is located in the southwest of China and is the provincial capital of Yunnan province. The abbreviation of Kunming is “Kun”. Kunming is also known as the “city of eternal spring” because of its perpetual spring-like weather and its annual average temperature of 15 ° C (The average temperature of June is 19° C) ((Kunming luyou 昆明旅遊, Retrieved from http://www.yntrip.net/big5/yunnan/kunming/qihou.htm , last accessed 23 April 2013))Kunming’s PopulationKunming has a population of 7.26 million.  Its resident population is 6.43 million. 64% of its resident population lives in Kunming city and 36% in the rural areas of Kunming. As for the age distribution of the resident population, 15.5% of the members of this population are under 14, 72.41% are between 15 and 59, 12.09% are between 60 and 65 and 8.37% are more than 65 years old. The United Nations considers a society to be ageing when 10% of its population is over the age of 60. So, according to this standard, Kunming is an aging society ((Kunming shi di liu ci quanguo renkou pucha zhuyao shuju gongbao昆明市第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报. Retrieved from http://yn.yunnan.cn/km/html/2011-05/26/content_1632518.htm , last accessed 23 April 2013)).Immigrants : numbers and originsThere are 1.98 million immigrants in Kunming from other provinces or from other cites in Yunnan province. Most of the immigrants from other provinces hail from Sichuan, Guizhou, Chongqing, and Hunan. The other major influx comes from other cities in Yunnan province, including Qujing, Zhaotong, Chuxiong, and Honghe ((Kunming shi di liu ci quanguo renkou pucha zhuyao shuju gongbao昆明市第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报. Retrieved from http://yn.yunnan.cn/km/html/2011-05/26/content_1632518.htm , last accessed 23 April 2013)).The urbanisation rate in KunmingIn 1953, the urbansation rate in Kunming was about 9.06%. In 2010, it had reached 34.72%. However, compared to the overall rate in China, which is 49.68%, Kunming’s urbanisation rate is relatively low ((Cong liu ci renkou pucha kan yunnan renkou chengzhen hua fazhan zhuangkuang六次人口普查看云南人口城镇化发展状况Retrieved from http://www.yxstats.gov.cn/xxxs.aspx?id=2013031909584078 , last accessed 13 April 2013)).The output value of primary to tertiary sector of Kunming Kunming’s GDP reached 301.114 billion yuan in 2012. Primary sector: In 2012, the growth of the primary sector represented 15.916 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 6.4%. Secondary sector: In 2012, the growth of the secondary sector represented 137.848 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 16.1%. Tertiary sector: the growth of the tertiary sector represented 147.35 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 13.0% ((昆明GDP突破3千亿大关 同比增长14.1% Kunming GDP tupo qian yi da guan tongbi zengzhang 14.1%. Retrieved from http://yn.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2013-01/29/c_132135024.htm, , last accessed 23 April 2013)).&#160;In our next article, we are going to discuss Kunming’s importance in economics and communications in the eastern Asian area.