¡¡ The Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province has become a sister prefecture with Austin, the capital city of Texas in the US Texas and Yunnan became sister cities in the late 1980s.

¡¡ Austin is a political and cultural center of Texas in the south central part of the United States and is an electronics and high- tech industrial center.

¡¡ Xishuangbanna is well known for its tropical rain forests, wild animals and plants.

¡¡ There is great potential for Austin and Xishuangbanna to cooperate in tourism, agriculture, animal husbandry and environmental protection.