Myanmar–China border

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The Myanmar–China border is an international boundary running through rugged, ethnically diverse highlands in Southeast Asia, serving as a key corridor for trade, migration, and strategic influence between the two countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
land border
adjacentChineseProvince Tibet Autonomous Region
Yunnan Province
surface form: Yunnan
adjacentMyanmarStateOrRegion Kachin State
Kayin State
Sagaing Region
Shan State
approximateLengthInKilometers 2185
approximateLengthInMiles 1358
borderAreaInhabitedBy Kachin people
Kokang people
Shan people
Wa people
various ethnic Chinese communities
countryBorder China
Myanmar
establishedByTreaty Sino-Burmese Boundary Treaty of 1960
surface form: Sino-Burmese Boundary Agreement of 1961

Sino-Burmese Boundary Treaty of 1960
hasBorderTradeRole important route for overland trade between China and Southeast Asia
major corridor for bilateral trade
hasClimate subtropical climate
tropical monsoon climate
hasEthnicDiversity high
hasMajorBorderCrossing Chinshwehaw–Qingshuihe border crossing
Kanpiketi–Yingjiang border crossing
Lweje–Zhangfeng border crossing
Muse–Ruili border crossing
Panghsang–Menglian informal crossing
hasMigrationRole key corridor for migration
hasSecurityIssue cross-border smuggling
drug trafficking
human trafficking
insurgent group activity
hasStrategicImportanceFor China
Myanmar
hasStrategicImportanceType economic influence
geopolitical influence
security influence
locatedInRegion East Asia
Southeast Asia
locatedOnContinent Asia
northernTerminusNear Hkakabo Razi region
tripoint with India
passesThroughTerrain forested areas
mountainous highlands
rugged terrain
relatedInfrastructure China–Myanmar transport corridor
surface form: China–Myanmar gas pipeline

China–Myanmar transport corridor
surface form: China–Myanmar oil pipeline

border trade zones in Yunnan
border trade zones in northern Myanmar
separatesCountry China
surface form: People's Republic of China

Myanmar
surface form: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
southernTerminusNear Tachileik
surface form: Mae Sai–Tachileik area

Tachileik
usedFor formal trade
informal cross-border trade
transit of natural resources
transport of manufactured goods
yearOfFinalDemarcation 1961

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Shan Hills borderRegionOf Myanmar–China border
Lashio regionServed Myanmar–China border
this entity surface form: China–Myanmar border trade region
Border Guard Police of Myanmar areaOfOperation Myanmar–China border
Dehong locatedIn Myanmar–China border
subject surface form: Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture
this entity surface form: China–Myanmar border region
Hkakabo Razi National Park near Myanmar–China border
Tai Yai borderRegion Myanmar–China border