On this day, 72 years ago, on January 24, 1953 (December 10, 1952, the lunar calendar), Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province was established. Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province is located on the southwest border of China, bordering Laos and Myanmar, and close neighbors to Thailand and Vietnam, with a land area of 20,000 square kilometers. The capital of the autonomous prefecture is Jinghong City. In 1995, it was announced by the State Council as the country's first ecological state with balanced natural ecology.