Ruili 瑞丽市 | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Hanyu pinyin | Ruìlì Shì |
| • Tai Nuea | ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥛᥣᥝᥰ |
| • Jingpho | Shuili Myu |
| • Burmese | ရွှေလီမြို့ |
 Ruili City Hall  Fortune Center Plaza  Border port of Ruili  Kyaung of Tëng Xäm Lóong | |
 Location of Ruili City in Dehong Prefecture within Yunnan province | |
  Ruili Location in Yunnan Show map of Yunnan Ruili Ruili (China) Show map of China | |
| Coordinates:24°01′05″N97°51′22″E / 24.018°N 97.856°E /24.018; 97.856 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Dehong |
| Municipal seat | Mengmao Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,020 km2 (390 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 777 m (2,549 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 267,638 |
| • Density | 262/km2 (680/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 678600 |
| Area code | 0692 |
| Website | www |
Ruili (simplified Chinese:瑞丽;traditional Chinese:瑞麗;pinyin:Ruìlì;Tai Nüa:ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥛᥣᥝᥰ;Shan:မိူင်းမၢဝ်း;Thai:เมืองมาว;Burmese:ရွှေလီ), calledMöng Mao inTai, is acounty-level city ofDehong Prefecture, in the west ofYunnan province, China. It is a major border crossing between China andMyanmar, with the town ofMuse located across theborder.
The city is named after theShweli River. 瑞ruì means "auspicious", and 丽lì means "beautiful". An older name of Ruili is Mengmao (勐卯), derived from theTai Nuea language "Mong Mao" (ᥝᥥᥒᥰ ᥛᥫᥒᥰ), meaning "foggy place".[2]
Ruili is on the border withMyanmar. 64% of the population of Ruili are members of five highland and lowland ethnic minorities, includingDai,Jingpo,Deang,Lisu, andAchang. It is an important location for trade with Myanmar, in both legal and illegal goods and services.Prostitution anddrug trade in the city are not uncommon.[3][4]
Ruili has a warmhumid subtropical climate (KöppenCwa), and is generally humid. Summer is long and there is virtually no "winter" as such. Instead, there is adry season (December through April) andwet season (May through October). A drier heat prevails from February till early May before the onset of the monsoon from the Indian Ocean. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 14.0 °C (57.2 °F) in January to 25.0 °C (77.0 °F) in June, while the annual mean is 21.0 °C (69.8 °F). Rainfall totals about 1,385 mm (55 in) annually, with nearly 70% of it occurring from June to September.
Bordered by monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest,Ruili Botanical Garden is just north of the City and covers 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of well-preserved native vegetation.
| Climate data for Ruili, elevation 763 m (2,503 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) | 31.3 (88.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 36.3 (97.3) | 36.4 (97.5) | 36.3 (97.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 34.4 (93.9) | 36.8 (98.2) | 32.9 (91.2) | 31.1 (88.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 36.8 (98.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.9 (84.0) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.6 (87.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 28.8 (83.8) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.9 (85.8) | 28.6 (83.5) | 26.0 (78.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 27.9 (82.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.4 (75.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 18.6 (65.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 21.0 (69.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) | 9.9 (49.8) | 13.2 (55.8) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 19.2 (66.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 16.7 (62.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) | 2.2 (36.0) | 5.5 (41.9) | 9.7 (49.5) | 13.6 (56.5) | 16.3 (61.3) | 16.5 (61.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 15.4 (59.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 5.2 (41.4) | 2.2 (36.0) | 1.4 (34.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 15.3 (0.60) | 13.8 (0.54) | 19.3 (0.76) | 53.4 (2.10) | 148.7 (5.85) | 260.9 (10.27) | 310.7 (12.23) | 250.4 (9.86) | 146.1 (5.75) | 117.8 (4.64) | 37.2 (1.46) | 11.1 (0.44) | 1,384.7 (54.5) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 10.0 | 17.2 | 24.0 | 26.6 | 23.2 | 17.2 | 13.7 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 149.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76 | 67 | 61 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 76 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 221.9 | 236.9 | 262.3 | 247.2 | 218.1 | 150.1 | 109.4 | 139.7 | 163.8 | 176.8 | 198.1 | 194.4 | 2,318.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 66 | 74 | 70 | 65 | 53 | 37 | 26 | 35 | 45 | 50 | 61 | 59 | 53 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] all-time extreme temperature[7]all-time Nov high[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[9] | |||||||||||||
Dehong is one of the three primarycoffee cultivating regions in Yunnan.[10] The main coffee planter and processor isHogood Coffee, which operates a contracting scheme with local farmers. Hogood contracts farmland fromsmallholders, on which it plants seedlings, and then re-contracts with farmers to purchase the coffee beans at harvest.[citation needed]
Because of its position near the border with Myanmar, Ruili is an important hub of cross-border trade, including the new oil and gas pipeline coming up fromKyaukphyu, which is being expanded as part of theBelt and Road Initiative's Maritime Silk Road.[11]
Ruili City has 1 subdistrict, 3 towns and 2 townships.[12]
Han Chinese and Dai mostly live in the valley. In the city, Jingpo and Deang live mostly in the outskirts in the surrounding hills. There is also a sizeable community of Burmese immigrants and their descendants (mostlyMuslims), numbering around 50,000 in the city, with their livelihoods centred around Zhubao Street (known locally as "Myanmar Town").[13]
Wanding Border Economic Cooperation Zone (WTBECZ) is a Chinese State Council-approved Industrial Park based in Wanding Town of Ruili City, founded in 1992, and was established to promote Sino–Burmese trade. The zone spans 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi) and is focused on developing trading, processing, agriculture resources, and tourism.[14]
Ruili Border Economic Cooperation Zone (RLBECZ) is a Chinese State Council-approved Industrial Park based in Ruili, founded in 1992, and was established to promote trade between China and Myanmar. The area's import and export trade include the processing industry, local agriculture, and biological resources, which are very promising. Sino-Myanmar business is growing fast. Myanmar is now one of Yunnan's biggest foreign trade partners. In 1999, Sino-Myanmar trade accounted for 77.4% of Yunnan's foreign trade. In the same year, exports for electromechanical equipment came up to US$55.28 million. Main exports here include fiber cloth, cotton yarn,ceresin wax, mechanical equipment, fruits, rice seeds, fiber yarn, and tobacco.[15]
TheDali–Ruili Railway, which will connect Ruili with China's national railway network, is under construction.
A feasibility study for astandard gauge line fromKunming,China toKyaukphyu port started in 2021.[16]
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