With the aim of becoming an inland pilot zone for the open economy, Guiyang accelerated the construction of airports, railways, expressways and waterways to show its transportation advantages in regional cooperation.
According to the investment promotions department of Southwest China's Guizhou province, from January to September this year Guizhou pulled in 4,907 projects with 450.86 billion yuan ($67.13 billion) of funds in place and attracted 828 key companies to come and locate there.
Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, recently issued an implementation plan to boost nighttime economy development and perfect the nighttime economy consumption system.
Southwest China's Guizhou province is utilizing China-Europe freight trains to boost its foreign trade economy.
Approved by the Administration for Market Regulation of Guizhou Province, a test institute for big data information security products was recently established in the Guiyang Economic and Technological Development Zone (GETDZ), in Guiyang city.
Southwest China's Guizhou province can now monitor poverty alleviation work using an online government data platform that collects and processes data from different administrative departments.
Look no further than Zunyi, Guizhou province, where during the first half of this year Xiazi town, the country's premier distribution and trading center known as China Chili City, sold 100,000 metric tons valued at 2 billion yuan ($288 million).