Yunnan is known as the kingdom of plants, the kingdom of animals and the treasure house of minerals, with numerous famous specialties, among which Chinese herbal medicines, tobacco leaves and jewelry are the most famous, mainly including: Panax notoginseng, Babao rice, Xichou qingxiang wood hookah, tea, blood activating drugs, dragon's blood, marble handicrafts, Tengchong jade, small coffee, "head and soul", fried beans, gastrodia elata, cordyceps and so on.

In addition to the flower and bird market in Kunming and the Yunnan Arts and Crafts Shopping Mall, the famous characteristic buying points, the ancient town of Sifang Street in Lijiang and Banna Olive Dam are all rich in traditional characteristics, and there are often some authentic folk handicrafts that people can't put down.