environment (He et al., 2017; Wang and Zhao, 
2016)There are many methods of ecological 
environment evaluation, which can be divided into 
qualitative and quantitative evaluation. Quantitative 
evaluation includes vulnerability calculation 
method, distance calculation method, ecological 
footprint method and comprehensive index method 
(Guo and 
Li, 2007; Rees, 1992; Bi and Hong, 2001). At 
present, the comprehensive index method is widely 
used and it refers to the reasonable evaluation of the 
research area by selecting the appropriate evaluation 
index and evaluation model. There are great 
differences in the selection of the index system or 
the weight distribution of the same index in the 
understanding of the ecological environment or the 
purpose of the study, which leads to differences in 
the evaluation results of the same ecological 
environment. As a result, different evaluations 
cannot be directly compared. Adopting standardized 
method, such as Technical Criterion for Ecosystem 
Status Evaluation (HJ192-2015), can enhance the 
comparability between results from various 
researches. HJ192-2015 uses the comprehensive 
index (Ecological index, EI) to describe the overall 
state of the regional ecological environment. It 
provides for the evaluation index system of 
ecological environment status and the calculation 
method of each index, which is suitable for 
evaluating the status and changes of the ecological 
environment of the county, provincial and ecological 
areas. However, the indexes are difficult to obtain 
and the data acquisition cycle is long. Besides, the 
data sources are mostly obtained based on the 
administrative area, which is difficult to meet the 
requirements of the timeliness and refinement of the 
evaluation unit. GIS and RS technology are used to 
evaluate the ecological environment condition, to 
process the remote sensing image data of the 
evaluation area and extract the index data of the 
evaluation, greatly saving the time and energy of the 
data collection and management, improving the 
timeliness of the evaluation results, increasing the 
visibility of the results, and providing technical 
support for the ecological environment evaluation. 
Many researchers use remote sensing data to 
evaluate ecological environment. For example, 
researches are carried out on ecological environment 
evaluation in the Quanzhou Bay area, Kunming 
Chenggong District, Yanhe watershed and Longkou, 
respectively (He et al.,
 2017; Li et al., 2016; Wang 
and 
Zhao, 2016; Gan et al., 2016). With the growing 
maturity of remote sensing (RS), the EI index can be 
relatively easy to obtain and the result can be well 
visualized (Song and 
Xue, 2016; Li et al., 2007; 
Gupta et al., 2012; Yan, 2017). 
In this paper, Tiangong-2 MWI image, as a new 
domestic remote sensing data source, is used for the 
ecological environment evaluation in Kunming. 
Referring to Technical Criterion for Ecosystem 
Status Evaluation (HJ192-2015) (Rees, 
1992), and 
combining the characteristics of Kunming's eco-
environment, the evaluation factors are extracted 
with RS and EI is calculated to evaluate of the 
ecological environment condition in Kunming. This 
paper quantitatively analyses and evaluates the 
ecological environment in Kunming, which can 
provide the basis for the scientific ecological 
protection and restoration of this city, as well as 
promote the "The Belt and Road Initiative" 
ecological construction. 
2  MATERIALS AND METHODS  
2.1 Study Area 
Kunming (102°10 'E~103°40' E, 24°23 'N~26°22' 
N) is located in the central area of the lake basin 
group in the central Yunnan Province, which is in 
the central part of Yungui Plateau in Southwest 
China. Kunming is south to Dian Lake and is 
surrounded by mountains on three sides. It is 
dominated by Plateau hilly landforms (
Tang,  2017; 
Yang
 et al., 2001). 
 Kunming is a frontier and portal of China facing 
Southeastern Asia, Southern Asia, the Middle East, 
southern Europe and Africa. As an important city 
along the Belt and Road, Kunming has a unique 
geographical advantage, connecting to the coastal 
areas through Guizhou Province on the East, to India 
and Pakistan through Myanmar on the west, to the 
Central Plains of the China through Sichuan 
Province and Chongqing on the north, and to 
Thailand and Cambodia through Vietnam and Laos 
on the south. 
Kunming is dominated by low north latitude 
subtropical-plateau monsoon climate, with the 
average annual temperature of 14.7 Celsius degree 
and the average annual precipitation of 1011.2mm 
(Zhao
 et al., 2013). It has jurisdiction over 7 
municipal districts, 1 county-level city, 3 counties 
and 3 autonomous counties. Its permanent 
population is 6.728 million. There are three main 
lakes, which is the Dian Lake, the Yangzonghai 
Lake and the Qingshuihai Lake. Kunming’s 
vegetation type is the Evergreen broad-leaved forest