CGTN published an article about the latest inspection trip by Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Southwest Chinese province of Guizhou. The article presents how Guizhou strives for high -quality economic growth and the revival of rural areas. In this context, it is shown that China is determined to strive for high -quality development that is crucial for his modernization process.
At this year’s two sessions – China’s annual legislative and political consulting meetings – high -quality development is a catchphrase.
The first local inspection trip of Chinese President Xi Jinping After the two conferences, once again showed that the country is determined to strive for high -quality development that is crucial for its modernization process.
From Monday to Tuesday, XI visited the Southwest Chinese province of Guizhou. He called on the province to capture high -quality development and to promote growth by further deepening the reforms and through extensive opening.
High quality development in Chinese modernization
During the visit, XI pointed out that high -quality development was an essential prerequisite for driving Chinese modernization. He asked Guizhou to strive for high -quality development by strengthening its economy, driving innovations and converting traditional branches of industry while at the same time ensuring the protection of its environment.
Guizhou, once regarded as the “poorest” province, made remarkable progress and freed over 9.2 million people from poverty by 2021 within a decade. In 2024, Guizhou GDP reached 2.27 trillion Yuan ($ 311.6 billion) and grew by 5.3 percent compared to the previous year, which is above the average growth rate of the country of five percent.
Guizhou is often referred to as China’s big-data hub and is the country’s first national, comprehensive big data pilot zone, where the big data industry is encouraged as a backbone of a high-quality social and economic development. At the moment, 47 large data centers are currently under construction or already in operation in the entire province.
Due to tireless efforts in environmental protection, the province, in which the largest stone desert area in China is located, had an increase in the forest area to 63 percent by the end of 2023. In 2024, the largest cities in Guizhou fulfilled excellent air quality standards on 99.1 percent of the days.
Trust in culture
Xi emphasized that Guizhou was rich in historical, red and ethnic culture, and called on the province to preserve traditional culture and to strengthen cultural self -confidence in order to promote economic and social development.
During his visit to the Dong-Dorf Zhaoxing in the Liping district on Monday, XI sat around a fireplace with the villagers and debated with them about the all-round re-enactment of rural areas at a drum tower, a building unique for the ethnic group of the Dong, which serves as a community meeting point.
XI emphasized that areas with a high proportion of ethnic minorities should protect their special culture and to bring them into its own through the holistic development of culture and tourism.
Tourism has developed into an important industry and flourished rural tourism, said Xi and wished the villagers that their lives further improved every day.
In recent years, the Dong-Dorf Zhaoxing has developed the tourism industry strongly by setting up more than 400 hotels, inns and restaurants. In addition, more than 60 traditional craft businesses were funded and employment and entrepreneurship enabled more than 2,000 people.
Last year, the village counted 1.027 million visitors, which corresponds to an increase of 63.4 percent. The income from tourism reached 1.02 billion Yuan, which corresponds to an increase of 63.8 percent. The collective economic income of the village reached 2.45 million Yuan, while the available per capita income of the villagers rose by 12.3 percent to around 41,600 Yuan.
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