Kunming remains a major educational and cultural center in the southwest region of China, with universities, medical and teacher-training colleges, technical schools, and scientific research institutes.

The city has more than 300 scientific research institutions employing 450,000 scientists and technicians. Included were 68,500 people with middle-level and senior professional titles. In 1995, the city achieved 60 research findings, of which one reached the "advanced international standard", 17 "advanced domestic standard" and 21 "advanced provincial standard".

• Yunnan University (founded 1923), member of GMSARN
• Kunming University of Science and Technology, member of GMSARN
• Yunnan Normal University
• Yunnan Normal University Business School
• Yunnan University of Finance and Economics
• Yunnan Agricultural University
• Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Kunming Medical University
• Kunming University
• Kunming Teacher's College
• Southwest Forestry University
• Yunnan Arts University
• Kunming Metallurgy College
• Kunming Vocational and Technical College of Industry
• Kunming Sailing University
• Yunnan Einsun Software College
• Yunnan Police College
• Yunnan Medical College
• Yunnan Vocational and Technical College of Energy Resources
• Yunnan Vocational and Technical College of Science and Technology Information
• Yunnan Vocational College of Land Resources
• Yunnan Vocational and Technical College of Agriculture
• Yunnan Vocational and Technical College of Communications
• Yunnan Vocational College of Culture and Arts
• Yunnan College of Business Management
• Yunnan Vocational College of Mechanical and Electrical Technology
• Yunnan Forestry Technical College
• Yunnan Vocational College of Tropical Crops
• Yunnan Vocational College of Judicial Officer
• Yunnan Einsun Computer School

Natural resources
Mineral resources include phosphorus, salt, magnesium, titanium, coal, quartz sand, clay, silica, copper. Phosphorus and salt mines are the most plentiful. Proven reserves of phosphorus mine is 2,277 million tons. Kunyang Phosphorus Mine is one of the three major phosphorus mines in the country. Rock salt reserves are 1,222 million tons and mirabilite reserves are 1,908 million tons. Dongchuan is a major copper production base.

Geothermal resources are widely distributed.

Proven reserves of Coal bed gas is about 500 billion cubic meters, equal to 720 million tons of standard coal.

Wi-Fi
Kunming plans to be blanketed with Wi-Fi connectivity by the end of 2009 with the "Kunming Wi-Fi Metropolitan Area Network project". It would deploy more than 3 thousand access points in Kunming to provide the convenience and reliability of Non Stop Wireless networking.

The first phase will enable Wi-Fi access along Kunming's main ring roads, important scenic spots, the central business district and some residential areas. Phases two and three will extend coverage to the entire Kunming prefecture area.

Solar Energy
In July 2008, Kunming began to implement a program to transform the city's solar energy industry into a US$8.8 billion industrial base in China by 2013. Kunming receives an annual average sunshine of more than 2,400 hours. It has the potential to generate 1500 kilowatt-hours of electricity from solar energy.

The government plans to put in place policies (low-interest loans, tax exemption and other concessions or subsidies) and a fund to encourage private sector participation in the city's solar energy-based infrastructure development. The fund, which will be included in the municipal government's annual budget, will particularly finance LED for public lighting, solar photovoltaic projects, and the propagation of energy saving projects.

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The Kunming Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was established in 1957. It was formerly known as Kunming Office of CAS and was extended into a branch in 1958 and renamed as Yunnan Branch of CAS.

In 1962, Yunnan Branch was combined with Sichuan Branch and Guizhou Branch to establish Southwest China Branch of CAS in Chengdu. In October 1978, Kunming Branch was reestablished at the approval of the State Council.

As a working department of CAS, Kunming Branch now administrates five research institutes: Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Xishuanbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Yunnan Observatory and Institute of Geochemistry in Guiyang. At present, it has a total staff of 1,160, of which 808 are professional researchers, 7 academicians, 343 senior researchers.

There are also 447 Ph.D. degree students and 530 master degree students. The retired staff is 1,090. The Branch has set up 3 national key open labs, 2 CAS key open labs, 5 key labs set up by CAS and local province, 3 engineering centers, 5 doctoral sites, 5 post doctoral stations and national famous plant herbariums and halls of wildlife specimen and had a series of updated research instruments and apparatus, computer networks and biodiversity information systems. The Branch has become an advanced comprehensive science research base in astronomy, geology and biology.

The administrative organ of Kunming Branch is organized by three functional departments (General Office, Office of Personnel and Office of Sci-tech Cooperation) and a supporting department (Network Center). The major tasks are: to construct the leadership of the five institutes and cadres reserve; to organize and facilitate the cooperation between CAS and Yunnan Province and Guizhou Province; to coordinate projects and poverty alleviation; to undertake the coordination and administration of the knowledge creation base of "Conservation and Research Development of Southwest China Biological Resources and Biodiversity". Kunming Branch has established international exchange platforms with south-east Asia countries. In 2005, a delegation from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology was invited to visit Kunming Branch and reached a cooperation intention with Kunming Branch in staff exchange, co-educate graduate students, research program cooperation, scientific data exchange and set up labs jointly. Kunming Branch has organized the affiliated institutes to apply for the foreign aid training program from the state.

At present, Kunming Branch is preparing the establishment of the "Biodiversity National Lab" with Yunnan Province.

Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunming Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunming Primate Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

China was one of the earliest countries that established a national educational system that was unmatched in its completeness.
According to legend, Chinas educational system was initiated during the Wudi period. The educational system during the Wudi period was known as Cheng Jung. A system of elementary school and college already existed during Emperor Shuns time.
Education, one of the fundamental Chinese traditions entered to a new era of deep transformation with arouses of new P.R.C. As a vital tool of centralization and unification, it faces several fundamental technical problems.
It will not affect only the future development of young P.R.C, but also questions the legitimacy of communist dictatorship and its avocation as whole.

The creation of a new education system

•FundingIn order to expand the school with the conception of schooling for all, from children of kindergarten to alienate peasants, teachers and wherewithal are needed.
•Six years of primary school.
•Three years of junior middle school, three years of senior middle school.•Six years of university.
•Varieties of technical and vocation schools are invented.
•New text book with a heavy soviet influence.
•Popularization of Putonghua and introduction of simplified characters.As a result of this tremendous effect, according to the P.R.C government’s source, in 1985 numbers of children in kindergarten rises to 30 million, primary schools rises to 86 million, and secondary school rises to 10 million.

•Intellectuals are sent away to the countryside and factories in order to accomplish and participate to the national primary objective. In addition, it reduces intellectual’s arrogance and their cultural gap with lower educated people. Schools are closed few days a week and students are required to work in school factories.
•Kids are given preferential admission to higher learning institution. The academic standards declined markedly. As the result of failure of Great leap forward, the education system returns to its pre-1957 standard. Key schools are established.

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