Environment Stories

from GoKunming

Interview: Jian Haiyun
Like every city in China right now, Kunming is a massive construction zone. And just as in those other cities, one of the main questions on people's minds here is where the city is headed. Jian Haiyun (简海云) is one of the few people in Kunming who has a good idea of what Kunming should look like in the near future. As deputy director of the Kunming Urban Planning and Design Institute (KUPDI) - a state-owned consultancy that works on urban improvement in Kunming, Yunnan and even Myanmar and Vietnam - Jian has spent the last decade working on projects aimed at making Kunming more liveable, a recent example being the revitalization of the Jinzhi River, which snakes through downtown. GoKunming recently spoke with the Kunming native at his office: More >

Hybrid taxis to debut in Kunming in September
Kunming has issued 50 new taxi licenses specifically for hybrid cars – not enough to address the current citywide taxi shortage, but perhaps a sign that the government is looking to shift to less-polluting forms of public transit in the future. More >

Getting away: Solitude Hill
Sometimes everyone needs a bit of solitude. More >