The eighth-annual China International Logistics Week was held on May 6~8 in Kunming. The China International Transportation and Logistics Expo was a major component of the three-day event. Covering more than 30,000 square meters, the expo displayed a large variety of products, technologies and services from globally renowned transportation and logistics businesses. The expo, first held in 1995, is the largest and oldest of its kind in China and Asia as a whole. It has previously been held in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Nanjing. The logistics week also included a global logistics forum and the China logistics industry awards ceremony. A seminar on Kunming’s gateway strategy and the Pan-Asian logistics summit forum were also held. Yunnan shares a border more than 4,000 kilometers long with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar. It also offers the gateway as an overland shortcut to the Indian Ocean. Kunming, the hub of Yunnan’s land and air transportation network, is also a logistics and financial center serving the region’s booming cross-border trade.