As the new tourist boat illustrates on the shore of Erhai Lake, tourism has become the main industry of the Dali Bai Minority Region, Yunnan Province.

Since 1956, the central government has officially called this region the 'Dali Bai Nationality Autonomous Prefecture.

In the north of the long and narrow flatland between Canshan Mountains and Erhai, Xizhou Village lies in Daili Autonomous Prefecture of Bai Nationality, northwest of Yunan Province.

A statue of Expo 2010 mascot Haibao made its debut yesterday at Midu County in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.

Wang Ying, deputy to the NPC and vice-director of Yunnan Dali Health Bureau, has suggested the government encourage premarital health checks .