Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, was selected to join the list of "2023 preferred summer tourism destinations" for its cool weather and abundant resources, according to the China Summer Tourism Development Report Conference held in Hubei on June 26.
Some 39 prefecture-level administrative regions were approved to build innovation-driven demonstration cities, including Guiyang.
Southwest China's Guizhou province recently issued opinions on the high-quality development of Guian New Area, which is expected to make Guian a key economic growth area in West China, a hub for the inland open economy, a demonstration area for ecological civilization, and a demonstration zone for the integrated development of rural and urban areas.
The city of Guiyang and Guian New Area in Southwest China's Guizhou province plan to relocate high-quality resources related to education, healthcare, transportation, talent attraction, road construction and industrial development to Guian New Area, according to the opinions on furthering the high-quality development in Guian issued by the Guizhou government.
Guiyang holds a cultural tourism promotional event in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, on June 27, aiming to publicize Guiyang's summer vacation cultural tourism products and boost the development of its tourism sector.
Over the first five months of this year, Guian New Area in Southwest China's Guizhou province reported 8.49 billion yuan of investment in place.
The 7th Summer Summit of World Congress of Chinese Medicine, titled "Inheritance, innovation and integrated development – promote the high-quality of Chinese medicine to the world", opened in Guiyang on June 25.
The Guian CEC Optics Valley Digital Industrial Park is expected to gather 20 computing power industrial enterprises generating an annual output value of about 30 billion yuan, which will greatly boost the development of the digital economy in Guiyang and Guian.
During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, which lasted from June 22 to 24, Guiyang and Guian New Area in Southwest China's Guizhou province launched various tourism products and activities at scenic spots to boost consumption and promote the integrated development of culture and tourism.
The National Health Commission, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance, and six other departments recently issued a notice announcing 81 pilot cities for the development of dense urban medical groups, including Guiyang in Southwest China's Guizhou province.