China has set up temporary settlements to relocate about 14,000 Myanmar residents who have fled to Yunnan Province following armed conflicts in the Kokang region of Myanmar since early February.

China has also provided food, medical and quarantine services to Myanmar residents, the information office of Yunnan's Lincang government said in a statement.

"Myanmar residents have made more than 60,000 cross-border trips for safety reasons since the armed conflicts broke out," according to the statement. It said the Lincang government had tightened border management.