Do I need to apply for a safe passport if I have a residence permit in Xishuangbanna to go to the border area?

You can apply. Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture and prefecture-level administrative region under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province, located at the southernmost tip of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China (PRC). If you have a residence permit in Xishuangbanna, you need to apply for a security visa to go to the border areas. Residence permit is an attempt by some developed cities in China to draw lessons from the "green card" system of developed countries and formulate measures for skilled migration in China.