Bayin'guoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Korla city, referred to as pear city. Korla fragrant pear is not developed on a large scale except for planting in Korla city, Yuli county, Luntai county, Aksu small part of the area.

In other words, Korla fragrant pear is only adapted to the Tarim river, peacock river basin in a narrow area. Even these areas, also to Korla city produced the best quality of balsam pear.

Korla city is also famous for pear, so it is called "pear city".

Korla is a county-level city, the capital of Bayin'guoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and is known as the "City of Pears" because of its abundance of pears. Located in the center of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, the city has a total area of 7,116.9 square kilometers, with a total population of about 990,000, including 550,000 permanent residents and 300,000 mobile residents (statistics do not include the Production and Construction Corps). There are 23 nationalities, with ethnic minorities accounting for about 30% of the total population. Municipal People's Government in the new city south of the Peacock River, is the largest city in southern Xinjiang, Xinjiang is the second largest city after Urumqi, is the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Government to implement the "North Urumqi South Kukui" development of the object of the city, is the entry and exit from the southern border of the fortress, Xinjiang, the north and south of Xinjiang, the watershed of the border.

Korla is located in central Xinjiang, the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, the northeastern edge of the Tarim Basin, north of the Tianshan Mountains branch, south of the Taklamakan Desert, the beautiful Peacock River through the city. September 30, 1979, approved by the State Council to set up the city of Korla, is now the capital of the Bayinguoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang. The city is also known as "Pear City" because of the abundance of fragrant pears, and is known as the "town of melons and fruits". The city has a total area of 7116.9 square kilometers, with a total population of 480,000 (excluding the floating population), including 23 ethnic groups such as Han Chinese, Uyghurs, Mongols, Hui, etc., of which ethnic minorities accounted for 29.4%, and an agricultural population of 65,900 people. Jurisdiction of 9 townships, 2 towns, 5 state-owned agriculture and animal husbandry horticultural farms, 5 street offices, another 3 Bazhou directly under the agriculture and animal husbandry horticultural farms and agricultural division belongs to the second 3 agricultural farms. Within the city, there are the Second Agricultural Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the Korla Office of the South Xinjiang Railway, the Tarim Oilfield Company, the Tarim Petrochemical Engineering and Construction Command, and other units of the central government and the autonomous region.　Korla has a mild climate and fertile soil. Within its territory is the Tarim River, the longest inland river in China, with an annual runoff of 3.3 billion cubic meters. The Peacock River, the mother river of Korla, is 271 kilometers long within the city, with an average annual runoff of 1.18 billion cubic meters. Good water, soil, light and heat resources are very suitable for the growth of balsam pear, melon, cotton, tomato, safflower and other cash crops, forming a unique agricultural resource advantages. Balsam pear because of its high sugar content, rich flavor, tender flesh, crisp and juicy, easy to store and other properties, known as "the king of fruit", exported to Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States and other countries and regions. At present, Korla city balsam pear planting area of 355,000 acres, of which the result area of more than 100,000 acres. Unique geographic location has bred a unique charm of tourism resources. Since ancient times, Korla city is the Silk Road in the middle of the road throat place. At present, there are 14 national-level cultural relics protection sites, 40 secondary cultural relics protection sites and 240 cultural relics and monuments included in the national cultural relics archives around the city of Korla.

The famous Tiemen Pass in the mountainous canyon in the north of Korla attracts countless Chinese and foreign tourists to visit here every year. In terms of ethnic customs, there are mainly Mongolian "Naadam", Uyghur "Meixilaifu" and other folk culture and art, the mass base is very good, by the people of all ethnic groups love. Korla is very rich in mineral resources, with more than 50 kinds of mineral deposits such as coal, rhodochrosite, mica, vermiculite, graphite, iron and manganese.　Since its establishment, Korla has grasped the major historic opportunities such as the opening of the South Xinjiang Railway to Korla, the Tarim Oil Battle and the implementation of the Western Development of the country, and resolutely carried out the strategy of converting advantageous resources, the strategy of sustainable development, the strategy of science and education and the strategy of the development of the central city, with the aim of constructing a modernized regional central city, and strived to construct the central city economic circle radiating to the southern Xinjiang and realized a sound and rapid economic and social development. Korla has realized good and fast economic and social development. At present, Korla City has formed a comprehensive economic system with advantageous industries as the leader, with petroleum, textile, electric power, cement, minerals, paper making, building materials and other industries of an initial scale, fragrant pear, cotton, animal husbandry and other agricultural industries with obvious characteristics, as well as the coordinated development of construction, transportation, trade and tourism. The socialist market economic system has been initially established, the comprehensive strength has been significantly strengthened, and people's living standards have been significantly improved. 2008, the gross domestic product of Korla reached 43.083 billion yuan; the local financial revenue was 1.5 billion yuan (including 150 million yuan from the development zone); the local investment in fixed assets amounted to 4.268 billion yuan; the per capita net income of the farmers amounted to 6,661 yuan; and the average per capita disposable income of the townspeople amounted to 11,500 yuan. It ranked 39th in the seventh (2007) national ranking of basic competitiveness of county economies, rising for five consecutive years and standing steadily in the forefront of the west.　In recent years, Korla city in the material civilization of sustained rapid and healthy development at the same time, the construction of spiritual civilization has also achieved fruitful results, has won the national health city, national garden city, CCTV2006 China's top ten charming city, the national model city of double embrace, China Habitat Environment Model Prize, China's excellent tourist cities, national model city of environmental protection and other more than 20 national honorary titles.