Gateway Project to improve trade, infrastructure

A meeting was held in Ruili, Southwest China's Yunnan on Monday, to advocate its officials to accelerate its progress of building the province into China's southwest gateway.

China's central government announced that it was making Yunnan a national gateway, as part of its overall strategy, on May 6.

This Gateway Project is expected to last 10 years: five years for the first phrase, and the second phrase to run from 2016 to 2020.