Investment attraction in Guiyang yields strong results in H1

Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, has shown strong economic growth this year, already completing more than half of its yearly targets, according to a meeting held on Aug 3.

The meeting summarized the current economic situation in Guiyang and explored ways to improve the business environment, facilitate real economy and attract more investment.

Following an action plan on investment breakthrough and a 2018-20 investment action guidebook, Guiyang has tackled the issue of attracting investment in a more comprehensive way and ranked first in investment attraction in Guizhou.

Statistics show that government officials at all levels in Guiyang have participated in 96 investment attraction activities outside the province, and the city has established business connections with 256 enterprises.

During the first six months of the year, the city has signed 95 projects and attracted 7.52 billion yuan ($1.09 billion), with the Guiyang Comprehensive Bonded Zone accounting for most of that number.

From January to June, the Guiyang High-Tech Development Zone attended the most investment activities and the Guizhou Shuanglong Airport Economic Zone established the most enterprises and signed the most agreements.