Over the past decade, the Guizhou Inland Open Economy Pilot Zone is widely said to have achieved remarkable results and the trading patterns of Guiyang city and the nearby Guian New Area have been fundamentally reshaped.
The National Development and Reform Commission recently announced its list of national backbone cold chain logistics bases for 2022 and the Guiyang National Backbone Cold Chain Logistics Base was selected.
The total economic output of Guiyang City surged to 471.1 billion ($65.8 billion) last year, up from 163.4 billion yuan in 2012, with an average annual growth of 9.4 percent.
With a focus on new industrialization, Guiyang and Guian New Area in Southwest China's Guizhou province have promoted the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries over the past decade as part of the city's "strong provincial capital" strategy.
Guiyang recently formulated the "Work Plan of Guiyang and Guian New Area on Promoting the Resumption of Work, Production, and Market Activity to Boost the Economy".
The Guiyang development and reform commission held a special meeting on work safety, study of work safety during the National Day holiday on Oct 1-7 and the 20th National Congress of the CPC upcoming in the second half of the year.