The Polyglot administrator team will start to organize weekly meetings there!!

Watch the video in French (Jonathan speaking) Click below :

Kunming city is the provincial capital of Yunnan Province, which has an area of 15.6 thousand square kilometers and a population of 3.6 million.

Kunming is situated at the high plateau of the eastern part of Yunnan Province. To the south is the biggest Dian Lake of Yunnan Province. It belongs to the subtropical plateau monsoon climatic zone the annual average temperature is 14.7°C and the yearly precipitation is 1024 mm. It is rich in phosphorus, salt mine and quartz and other such mineral resources as mirabilite, iron, bauxite, copper, coal, etc it is also rich in ground water and geothermal energy resources.

In the field of industries, priority is given to the development of machinery, metallurgy, textile and building materials, among which the industries of smelting nonferrous metals and tobacco processing form one of the main production basis of their kinds in China. The productions of machine tool, optical instruments and meters, electrical machinery, cigarette, phosphorus, phosphate fertilizer, the melting of lead, copper and zinc have captured an important share in the domestic market.
In agriculture, paddy rice, oil, flue-cured tobacco, sugar cane, fruits, sericulture and live pigs are produced in abundance. Fresh water fishery is cultivated in the Dian Lake.

Kunming City has a good transport service in traffic and has been linked with more than 30 cities, domestic and abroad, by air.

Kunming City is China's famous historic cultural city. Because it's evergreen everywhere like spring all the year round with flowers blooming everywhere, the city is known as 'City of Spring' or 'City of Flowers'. It is indeed a well-known site for sightseeing and a summer resort. The Dian Lake and the Stone Forest are the two State Major places of historic interest and scenic beauty. There are also such beautiful sites as 'Black Dragon Pond' and 'Tranquility Hot Spring'. You will also have the opportunity to savour such traditional local specialities as the Yunnan Ham, Cured Chicken, Long Across the Bridge Rice Noodle, Fragrant Tea Sending Forth Delicate Fragrance far and Near, Steam Pot Chicken and the Whole Chicken Banquet, etc.

  thanks GOKUNMING for helping promoting its meetings in Kunming 

Info created by vincent on Mar 09, 2008 @ 12:24

vincent on Apr 06, 2008 @ 16:48

Here are the videos taken during the last meeting in Kunming China. Good laugh!

vincent on Apr 03, 2008 @ 17:58

Hello Jonat,
I've informed the members (43) for tomorrow !
In the meeting, I have also added the other picture which shows the nearby restaurant (close to the meeting point)
REGISTER TO THE EVERY FRIDAY MEETING IN KUNMING!!
best regards,
vincent

kobbay on Apr 03, 2008 @ 16:37

Hi All,
the last meeting was very nice, with more people each time !
Hope to see a lot of Kunming people and Laowai tomorrow evening for the 4th edition of Polyglot meeting

See u - bye

vincent on Mar 29, 2008 @ 19:23

Alain and Jonat,

your new easy URL to your Kunming - China section is

www.polyglot-learn-language.com/china/kunming

How was the last meeting ??

regards,
v

vincent on Mar 25, 2008 @ 18:29

pat on Mar 18, 2008 @ 12:27

That is *HYPER*! Love the flyer and the business cards. Hang in there, Alain and Jonat, we're pulling for you =)

vincent on Mar 17, 2008 @ 17:54

Here are the pictures from the last GREAT meeting in KUNMING China

about 40 participants!!

vincent on Mar 16, 2008 @ 17:14

  thanks       for helping promoting its meetings in Kunming

 

vincent on Mar 09, 2008 @ 12:30

After Paris, Shanghai, Madrid, London, New-York ...
==>   REGISTER HERE  TO THE FIRST MEETING IN KUNMING !!