China's poorest province: Guizhou is on the rapid rise

[AndrewJin]

Enochlophobia?


Absolutely fantastic. Will go to China on holiday one of these days, starting with Hong Kong.

HK is a paradise for shopping, no much scenery to see!
I assume when you travel in HK, HK-Shenzhen HSR will be open...
Take a bullet train from HK to Guizhou Province!

This folk song is called "I am waiting for you in Guizhou"!

Provincial capital city Guiyang!

 

[AndrewJin]

Build ecological environment
Big investment in public parks in Qingzhen County

@Mista @AViet @Lure @Kaptaan @Götterdämmerung et al

 

[ahojunk]

The Guizhou government is very smart. Turning a disadvantage into an advantage with tourism.

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Journeys toward prosperity
2016-10-17 08:48 | China Daily | Editor:Li Yan

"Developing mountain tourism is direly needed for poverty-relief efforts, especially for places like Guizhou with abundant mountains," says Wei Xiaoan of the World Tourism Cities Federation.

Marketing relies heavily on mountains and programs focused on sightseeing, leisure, sports, education and health. Highlighting different destinations' unique characteristics is vital to the tourism boom, he believes.

"Don't underestimate mountain tourism," he says. "Take Guizhou－its tourism consists of ... mountains, ethnic diversity and rural scenery."

Karst peaks and sweeping gorges that shape the special topography of Guizhou compel a growing number of visitors. (Photo/China Daily and Xinhua)

Guizhou province's undulating topography has long sculpted its fight against poverty into an uphill battle in every sense－but the very mountains that had blocked prosperity are today generating it through tourism.

Indeed, the sheer karst peaks, sweeping gorges and gushing waterfalls that shape this swath of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in Southwest China have made transportation construction difficult. But their magnificent beauty compels a growing number of visitors.

About 11.5 million people－a third of Guizhou's population－lived below the poverty line by the end of 2011, official figures show. The number dropped to 4.9 million by the end of last year.

(Photo provided to China Daily)

That's largely because local authorities declared a war on poverty several years ago, unveiling an array of measures ranging from subsidies to startup supports. But tourism has proven one of the most effective weapons in its arsenal.

The State Council outlined goals for Guizhou's tourism in a 2012 guideline. These included building Guizhou into a globally famous tourist destination, a leisure resort and a "vital platform for cultural exchange".

Transportation has proven key. Guizhou spent 410 billion yuan ($68 billion) weaving all of its 88 county-level regions into a highway network according to the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15). It also opened high-speed rail lines that link the province to such major metropolises as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Ten airports in Guizhou serve all nine prefecture-level divisions.

(Photo provided to China Daily) Balloon Festival.

Transportation improvements lured 376 million tourists in 2015. They generated 351 billion yuan in revenue－96 billion yuan more than the previous year.

Tourism has become Guizhou's pillar industry, accounting for 9.2 percent of its GDP last year. The sector is expected to create over 500,000 jobs in Guizhou, pulling at least 1 million people out of poverty by 2020, Governor Sun Zhigang says. He made the remark at the 2016 International Conference of Mountain Tourism and Outdoor Sports in Xingyi in Guizhou's Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture late last month.

An ethnic Bouyei woman and a foreigner participate in the bamboo dance in Zhenfeng county in Guizhou's Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture. (Photo/China Daily and Xinhua)

Qianxinan is a hidden gem in southwestern Guizhou. It's home to 36 ethnic groups and rich biodiversity. Experts say Xingyi's natural offerings endow it with the potential to become a world-class destination like Queenstown in New Zealand and Champery in Switzerland.

"In tourism, being less-developed and inaccessible often increases a land's value. And mountains are the most valuable destinations," says Wang Zhigang, a strategy consultant for Qianxinan.

The prefecture is building facilities for downhill skiing, bungee jumping, rock climbing, rafting, hot-air ballooning and skydiving to accommodate growing demand from around the globe.

Local authorities have pledged to upgrade transportation and enhance accommodation capacity while protecting the environment in the coming years.

(Photo provided to China Daily) - Guizhou ethnic minorities.

A Bouyei woman plays the traditional instrument, the yueqin, in a performance. (Photo/China Daily and Xinhua)

 

[AndrewJin]

Guizhou province's undulating topography has long sculpted its fight against poverty into an uphill battle in every sense－but the very mountains that had blocked prosperity are today generating it through tourism.

True.
At Liuchong Gorge, tourist elevator and hiking lanes are ready for tourists.

Tourism has become Guizhou's pillar industry, accounting for 9.2 percent of its GDP last year. The sector is expected to create over 500,000 jobs in Guizhou, pulling at least 1 million people out of poverty by 2020, Governor Sun Zhigang says. He made the remark at the 2016 International Conference of Mountain Tourism and Outdoor Sports in Xingyi in Guizhou's Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture late last month.

Tourism agriculture and poverty deduction are "the Trinity".

Penglai Village of Niuchang Autonomous Township of Buyi
3 elements organically integrated

Indeed, the sheer karst peaks, sweeping gorges and gushing waterfalls that shape this swath of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in Southwest China have made transportation construction difficult. But their magnificent beauty compels a growing number of visitors.

Whatever, transport infra is built anyway....
Guizhou-Kunming section of the 2000km Shanghai-Kunming HSR is ready for inauguration in December.

Transportation has proven key. Guizhou spent 410 billion yuan ($68 billion) weaving all of its 88 county-level regions into a highway network according to the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15). It also opened high-speed rail lines that link the province to such major metropolises as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Ten airports in Guizhou serve all nine prefecture-level divisions.

That's largely because local authorities declared a war on poverty several years ago, unveiling an array of measures ranging from subsidies to startup supports. But tourism has proven one of the most effective weapons in its arsenal.

Transport infrastructure is the prerequisite.
But only by building transport infra can not effectively alleviate poverty.
Subsequent measures must be efficiently implemented, such as founding village-level SOE, introducing economical agricultural products, building countryside community, etc.

Tourist highway in Guizhou
All villages along are not just poverty-free, but rich

Qianxinan is a hidden gem in southwestern Guizhou. It's home to 36 ethnic groups and rich biodiversity. Experts say Xingyi's natural offerings endow it with the potential to become a world-class destination like Queenstown in New Zealand and Champery in Switzerland.

Village and township rebuilding in Qianxinan Prefecture, southwest Guizhou Province.
Township+ Economy
Migration for the purpose of poverty reduction
Village-industy experiment
Tourism and ethnic culture

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[onebyone]

One of China's Poorest Provinces Puts Nation on Track to Beat 6.5% Growth

About 2,000 kilometers from Beijing, one of China’s poorest provinces is pioneering a new development model -- one that has it leapfrogging right over the manufacturing base that’s been key to developing other parts of the country.

Guizhou posted the third-fastest growth among China’s 31 regional districts in the first half of the year, with a 10.5 percent pace. The southwestern province has focused on developing human and computing talent skilled at gathering and analyzing vast reams of information -- so-called big data.

A growing reputation for big-data resources has pulled in investment from firms including chipmaker Qualcomm Inc., iPhone maker Foxconn Technology Group and local telecommunications giants China Mobile and China Unicom. The ensuing infrastructure boom associated with the newcomers has in turn fueled the rise of the subtropical region of about 35 million people.


"Creating such growth clusters of industries not found elsewhere could be a promising strategy" for local governments, said Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian economic research at HSBC Holdings Plc in Hong Kong. "The risk, of course, is that several will rush headlong into the same niche -- fighting for space, and exhausting their efforts before the pay-offs arrive."

For now, Guizhou’s success is part of the reason China’s growth rate is still outpacing the Communist leadership’s minimum annual target of 6.5 percent. Gross domestic product data due Oct. 19 will show a 6.7 percent gain for the third quarter, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists.

Economic Transition
Other data on Wednesday is likely to reflect the nation’s transition away from investment-led growth. Industrial production is seen having risen 6.4 percent in September from a year earlier, compared with the near-10 percent average over the past five years. Retail sales, by contrast, are forecast to have expanded 10.7 percent last month.

Sustained success won’t come easy for Guizhou, which has per capita income of about half the national average. Building the infrastructure to help facilitate its push into big data is the easy part for a province with disadvantages that include relative poverty, a small talent pool and its landlocked, mountainous geography. It’s also competing in the big data sphere with established centers including Beijing and Shanghai and up-and-comers like Chongqing.


The risk for Guizhou is that competing provinces also rush headlong into big data, causing the industry to suffer from the kind of excess capacity that has plagued old growth industries from steel and cement to newer industries including solar and wind power.

"These kinds of technology industries really benefit from clustering and if they are dispersed throughout the country it’s going to be hard for them to benefit," said Andrew Polk, Beijing-based head of China research at Medley Global Advisors, which advises hedge funds and other institutional investors. "China’s fine at supporting the winners. What it also needs to do is identify losers and force them out of the market. If they can’t do that in the big data analytics space, they are just going to have the same problems."

Building Boom
On the ground in the capital Guiyang, signs of an emerging transformation are palpable. Work began last year on a 19.6 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) expansion of the city’s airport, while the city is littered with new construction projects, from apartment blocks, to offices and roads.

Guiyang’s economy expanded 11.6 percent last year, with infrastructure investment leaping 53.9 percent and spending on information transmission and info-tech services soaring 2.7 times from a year earlier, according to the government. The services sector contributed more than 57 percent of gross domestic product.

Revenues from big data in Guizhou in three key big data segments -- including data collection, smart devices and e-commerce --- surged almost 44 percent last year to 86.6 billion yuan, according to technology research firm International Data Corp. These revenues will jump to 394.8 billion yuan by 2020 for a compound annual growth rate of more than 35 percent from 2015 to 2020, says IDC.

Helping it to overcome its human capital and geographical disadvantages are officials at provincial and city level with strong track records and good connections, says Victor Shih, a professor at the University of California at San Diego who studies China’s politics and finance.

Track Record
Guizhou party secretary Chen Min’er worked closely with Xi Jinping in Zhejiang when the nation’s president was party secretary in the eastern coastal province. At Guiyang’s helm is party secretary Chen Gang, the man who previously steered the development of Beijing’s Zhongguancun, home to a raft of technology companies from PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd., to search engine operator Baidu Inc. and smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp.

Under Chen’s guidance, Zhongguancun became a national innovation hub that’s sometimes likened to Silicon Valley in the U.S. Earlier notable successes for Chen include overseeing the rise of Beijing’s 798 art district and the smooth operation of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

"Many of the high level government officials in Guiyang used to work in Beijing, where they were trained with good working habits and a broad vision," said Ma Peng, a Beijing-based analyst at IDC. "These officials have strong execution ability, not in the usual bureaucrat style. Guiyang has won strong support from the top leaders."

They are devising a practical plan to develop big data, starting with easier projects like building call centers and data storage centers in Guiyang before moving on to higher-tech ones, Ma said. The province invested 3.5 billion yuan on information infrastructure construction in the first half of this year and has call centers with 90,000 seats, the government says.

Luring Investment
Telecommunications companies China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom decided in 2013 to set up data centers in Guizhou with more than 2 million servers, according to the official China Daily. Qualcomm agreed a 1.85 billion yuan joint venture with the Guizhou government early this year to develop server chips for the Chinese market using Qualcomm designs and technology.

Whether Guizhou big data can ultimately lift the province out of poverty is a tough question, says IDC’s Ma. But like China more broadly, it has no choice but to shift away from investment-driven to innovation-driven industries as the nation’s labor force shrinks and wages rise, he says.

"Otherwise the country may face the risk of falling into a middle-income trap," he says, referring to the phenomenon of a country’s economic progress stalling when it fails to become more innovative. "Or become another Japan."

— With assistance by Yinan Zhao, David Ramli, and Kevin Hamlin

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-16/going-gung-ho-in-guizhou-shows-why-china-set-to-beat-6-5-growth

 

[AndrewJin]

Track Record
Guizhou party secretary Chen Min’er worked closely with Xi Jinping in Zhejiang when the nation’s president was party secretary in the eastern coastal province. At Guiyang’s helm is party secretary Chen Gang, the man who previously steered the development of Beijing’s Zhongguancun, home to a raft of technology companies from PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd., to search engine operator Baidu Inc. and smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp.

Under Chen’s guidance, Zhongguancun became a national innovation hub that’s sometimes likened to Silicon Valley in the U.S. Earlier notable successes for Chen include overseeing the rise of Beijing’s 798 art district and the smooth operation of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

"Many of the high level government officials in Guiyang used to work in Beijing, where they were trained with good working habits and a broad vision," said Ma Peng, a Beijing-based analyst at IDC. "These officials have strong execution ability, not in the usual bureaucrat style. Guiyang has won strong support from the top leaders."

They are devising a practical plan to develop big data, starting with easier projects like building call centers and data storage centers in Guiyang before moving on to higher-tech ones, Ma said. The province invested 3.5 billion yuan on information infrastructure construction in the first half of this year and has call centers with 90,000 seats, the government says.

It's vital to constantly move high-rank officers with recognised governance capability to the interior of China for at least one full term. This should be a prerequisite for any officers who want to be promoted to ranks higher than minister-level.

 

[AndrewJin]

Thailand Tourism Festival in Guiyang City

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China-Russia Youth "Peer-to-peer" Cultural Exchange Group
Guiyang City, Guizhou Province

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[AndrewJin]

Balinghe bridge in mist
雾中坝陵河大桥

http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Balinghe_Bridge

 

[AndrewJin]

Regional economy at Panxian County on the rapid rise
39 towns/townships are speeding up in the first year of 13th 5-year-plan
14% growth Q1-3 2016
Fixed-asset investment 22.4%
Tourist revenue growth 102%
Disposable income 13%

Major civil projects to begin operation h in 2016
1, Panxian County HSR Station and tourist centres
2, 20 sewage treatment plants
3, 1500 ton refrigerated storage centre for agricultural products
4, 9 new schools, expansion of the medical centre
5, Numerous urban roads, village roads, expressways, parks, etc
7, Free wifi at major towns
etc.

Panxian High-speed Rail station
Shanghai-Kunming HSR, to open in December 2016

Road to Panxian HSR Station is ready

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[powastick]

Regional economy at Panxian County on the rapid rise
39 towns/townships are speeding up in the first year of 13th 5-year-plan
14% growth Q1-3 2016
Fixed-asset investment 22.4%
Tourist revenue growth 102%
Disposable income 13%

Major civil projects to begin operation h in 2016
1, Panxian County HSR Station and tourist centres
2, 20 sewage treatment plants
3, 1500 ton refrigerated storage centre for agricultural products
4, 9 new schools, expansion of the medical centre
5, Numerous urban roads, village roads, expressways, parks, etc
7, Free wifi at major towns
etc.

Panxian High-speed Rail station
Shanghai-Kunming HSR, to open in December 2016
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Road to Panxian HSR Station is ready
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Which province is that?

 

[AndrewJin]

Which province is that?

According to the title of this thread, Guizhou Province
Panxian, under the administration of Liupanshui prefecture-level City.

 

[AndrewJin]

Ancient town Tucheng and Tucheng Expressway Bridge
Xishui County, Guizhou Province

Tucheng Town, Xishui County

A video about Xishui County in Guizhou Province
2:00-2:16 about Tucheng Town

 

[3Kingdoms]

That province is spotless clean! Good going

 

[AndrewJin]

That province is spotless clean! Good going

This province is also among the top3 fastest growing province in China.
Still quite underdeveloped though, needs another 1-2 decades.
Good news for her in this year, big data industry and high-end manufacturing base are on the crazy rise.
Now CT machines and drones are being produced there!
2000km Shanghai-Guiyang-Kunming High-speed Railway will be open next month, transversing some of the most geologically complicated regions in the world.

Another county in the region, close to Tucheng Town
Zunyi County

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[3Kingdoms]

Beautiful! I like classic Chinese bridges and palace architecture.