In the first half of 2013, Ruili’s imports and exports totaled $1.4 billion, with exports making up $1 billion of that amount.6 According to official statistics, an estimated 30,000 Myanmarese either come through the border daily or take up a long-term presence in Ruili. This is roughly equivalent to 17% of the city’s total population of 180,627 in 2012. Not limited to Myanmar, over one-third of the urban population in Ruili is foreign, the highest proportion in the country.