Guiyang is a beautiful eco-city surrounded by lush forests, verdant mountainscapes, blue lakes and the Nanming river. The city has a year-round pleasant and temperate climate. Significant rainfall ensures a healthy and vibrant ecosystem for the city's flora and fauna. Almost 50 per cent of the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau in Southwest China is covered in healthy forests.
The city celebrates diversity and unique traditional customs with almost fifty ethnic minority groups like the Miao, Buyi and Dong people living in harmony.