Looks like it grows in the north of Yunnan, and boy, this is an impressive mountain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%A2%85%E9%87%8C%E9%9B%...

> The mountains are highest in the north where they reach more than 5,000 m

> alpine regions in China?

Alpine ecosystems are an ecological category, named after the Alps, but not restricted to it. In the same way as we say that California has a Mediterranean climate.

China has the highest number of peaks over 20k, by far.

Alpine has multiple meanings. Some of them are generically relating to tall mountains, or for plants living above the timber line.

There's also Japanese Alps. Alpine has become a type.