"the sun shining overhead"), formerly romanized as Wanting, is a frontier town in Ruili City, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.
[3] But the Japanese troops occupied Wanding in 1942 during World War II, it became depressed, until recovered by the Chinese Expeditionary Force on 19 January 1945.
Soong Tse-ven, the premier of the Republic of China attended the ceremony.
[7]: 184 The reason is complicated, which includes the route change of China National Highway 320, the competition from the neighboring city Ruili, the national border trade policy adjustment, and the 1997 Asian financial crisis, etc.
[9]: 47 These three combined to a new town of Wanding in 2005, and it was the only township-level division under the economic development zone.