Kaiyuan, Yunnan, China uses Asia/Shanghai, currently CST (UTC+08:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Kaiyuan is a city in China, with a population of about 299,000. Unlike many places, it does not observe daylight saving time.
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Kaiyuan lies in the Honghe prefecture of southern Yunnan, in hilly country in the south of the province. It is a modest industrial and transport town on the old French-built narrow-gauge railway toward Vietnam.
The town is a staging point, and the region around it is the draw. The Yuanyang rice terraces, a World Heritage site where Hani communities have carved terraces down entire mountainsides over centuries, lie to the south and are among the most spectacular agricultural landscapes anywhere, best at dawn when the flooded terraces catch the light.
Buses and taxis cover the town, and reaching Yuanyang takes a few hours by road. High-speed rail now serves the corridor toward Kunming.
The terraces are flooded and most photogenic from around November to March, which is the main season. Summers are warm and wet, and the altitude keeps the climate mild year-round.
China uses the CNY, calling code +86.
China uses the renminbi, quoted in yuan, and Mandarin is standard with Hani and Yi languages spoken in the region. Mobile payment is near-universal.
