In the first half of the year, the per capita disposable income of rural permanent residents in the area increased by 8.2 percent, reducing the number of families with a per capita net income of less than 10,000 yuan ($1,378).
In the first seven months of the year, 33 agreements for new projects were signed in Guian New Area, with a total contract value of 23.5 billion yuan ($3.24 billion), according to a press conference held on Sept 7.
The gross domestic product (GDP) of Guiyang City and Guian New Area in Guizhou province grew 5.7 percent year-on-year to 241.9 billion yuan ($32.92 billion) in the first half of this year, 1.3 percentage points higher than the province's H1 GDP growth.
From January to July, the added value of large-scale industries in Guiyang increased by 6.9 percent year-on-year.
Guiyang Customs recently announced 10 measures to support the high-quality development of Guian New Area. It aims to play the role of customs as a hub for domestic and international dual circulation and contribute to the open and high-quality economic development of Guian.
As of Aug 12, the output value generated by the industrial chain of forest-derived economy has exceeded 6.6 billion yuan ($918.40 million) in Guiyang City and Guian New Area.