云南省是中国资源最富集的省份之一，有植物一万多种，昆虫一万多种，脊椎动物1700多种，矿产储量大，矿种全。水源总量2222亿立方米，水能发电量9000多万千瓦。素有“植物王国”、“动物王国”、“生物基因库”美称。
Yunnan has some of the richest resources in China, with more than 10,000 species of plants and the same again for insects. We have more than 1,700 species of vertebrates and large quantities of a whole range of mineral deposits. We have water reserves of 222.2 billion cubic meters, with a hydroelectric power capacity of over 90 million kilowatts. We are known as the Kingdom of Plants, Kingdom of Animals, and Gene Bank.