High-level opening to outside world promotes high-quality development of Guiyang

In 2018, Guiyang's economy developed rapidly. In the first half of 2018, Guiyang registered GDP of 164.834 billion yuan, up 11.1 percent year on year, ranking first among domestic provincial capitals for 22 consecutive quarters in terms of economic growth, 4.3 percent and 1.1 percent above the country and the province respectively…Now Guiyang is taking new-round high-level opening to the outside world as the only way to promote driving force conversion and promoting high-quality economic development. With focus on three key tasks: improving business environment, advancing industrial development and strengthening investment promotion, Guiyang is speeding up driving force conversion and striving to accomplish high-quality economic development.

This year, Guiyang has issued the Implementation Scheme of Guiyang's Three-year Action Plan for Industrial Quality Brand Improvement (2018-2020), the Measures for the Management of Guiyang's Industry and Information Industry Development Guidance Fund and other documents, to speed up enterprise transformation and upgrading. Particularly, since the beginning of "1,000-enterprise Renovation Project", with focus on de-capacity, de-stocking and de-leveraging, Guiyang has implemented the work method of "one policy for one enterprise", advanced the deep integration of big data with the real economy, innovatively pushed forward supply-side structural reforms in industrial fields, and promoted the transformation and stable growth of industries.

Besides, Guiyang will firmly implement the decisions of the central government and the provincial government to advance the reform of "delegating power, streamlining administration and optimizing services" and improve business environment, take advantage of big data development based on the pilot practice of national business environment construction, make great efforts on the pooling, sharing and application of government data, and advance reforms with great courage, to build a blessed business land and an investment highland.

With focus on building the core area and leading area of the open economic pilot zone, Guiyang will properly employ international and domestic markets and resources, flexibly use software and hardware platforms and carriers, and strive to enhance economic export orientation.

On the one hand, based on Big Data Expo, Eco Forum Global Annual Conference and other high-end events, Guiyang will integrate theories with practices; on the other hand, Guiyang will improve the pattern of four open platforms: Guiyang High-tech Industrial Development Area, Guiyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Guiyang Free Trade Zone and Guiyang Shuanglong Airport Economic Zone, constantly improve the industrial layout of "13 parks and 28 sub-parks, and intensify foreign exchanges and cooperation.

Guiyang will also grasp the opportunity from the implementation of "Belt and Road" initiative and expand investment promotion in developed domestic areas, Europe, Japan and South Korea.