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From April 2007 onwards, Simao, a city in South Yunan is renamed as Puerh.

Simao municipal government had pursued the name change for 4 years, and finally won the approval from the central government.

Tea merchants and planters in the city are cheered up by the rename; yet opponents point out that the city didn't hold public vote to justify such a costly change, and it might result in unfair competition between Simao (now Puerh) city and other Puerh tea producing cities in the province.

Take down the old sign board in front of the municipal government building

fix the new sign board

Simao (now Puerh) city, with an area near 45,000 square kilometers, is 550 kilo meters away from Yunnan's provincial capital Kunmin. Over half of the population in the city is said working in Puerh tea supply chain.