Huaping Profile: Huaping County, which belongs to Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, is on the north bank of the middle section of the Jinsha River in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province. It is connected to Panzhihua City in Sichuan Province in the east, Chuxiong in the hinterland of the south, Lijiang in the west, and Wuhu in Ninglang County in the north. The terrain of Huaping County is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The county has an average elevation of 1,160 meters, which is a typical low-heat valley climate in the south subtropical zone. Huaping County administers 4 towns and 4 ethnic townships, with 2,200 square kilometers and 170,800 people (2012). In 2012, Huaping County's gross domestic product (GDP) was 383.671 million yuan, calculated at comparable prices, an increase of 11% over 2011. Huaping County has famous tourist attractions such as Longgong Cave and Xianren Cave.