Situated on the southernmost of Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna is connected to Laos and Myanmar, adjacent to Thailand and Vietnam, like a bright pearl shining on the Southwest of China. It is not only a vital path to Southeast and South Asia, but is also a window for the opening up of Yunnan. All year long, it is warm and green. Since it’s near the Indian Ocean, owing to the monsoon from southwest of the Indian Ocean and Southeast of the Pacific, it is moist and rainy all the time. Therefore, it is teemed with lush forests and different plants, known as the Kingdom of Plants. On 8 October 1993, UNESCO formally listed Xishuangbanna National Natural Reserve into the International Biosphere Reserve. It is apparent that on the map, those places in the same latitude as Xishuangbanna are almost all covered by desolate desert or Gobi. Only in here, the 20,000 square kilometers of land is like a shining emerald on a crown. In this fertile land, there exists 1/4 and 1/6 of China’s animals and plants, thus the genuine Kingdom of Animals and Plants. 

Xishuangbanna Landscape includes Jinghong Municipal, Menghai and Mengla County Landscape, each containing several scenic spots. There are in total 19 landscapes and over 800 scenic spots and it covers a total area of 1,20253 square kilometers. In Xishuangbanna Landscape, since there are numerous animals and plants, it is also called the Kingdom of Tropical Animals. Many precious ancient and grotesque animals and plants that can only be found in Xishuangbanna have aroused the interest of both domestic and overseas tourists and scientists. The Landscape is principally composed of rich and enthralling tropical and subtropical rain forests, monsoon rain forests, valley rain forests, precious animals and colorful ethnic culture. Chen Yunhe, a famous poet, has visited this landscape many times and wrote a poem called Xishuangbanna, saying that the local people can speak both Dai language and Chinese mandarin and love to write their birthplace as Olive Dam alongside the Lancang River. On 8 October 1982, it was approved by the State Council to be listed in the first batch of National Key Landscapes. 

Xishuangbanna boasts many World and China Records, in particular those records with regard to birds, which are listed by the World Record Association.