From January to November, seven economic indicators of Guiyang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone (Guiyang HIDZ) in Guiyang -- capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province -- ranked at the forefront of the entire city, according to local media reports on Dec 25.
During the period, the added value of industries above designated size in the zone increased by 23.7 percent year-on-year, 8.7 percentage points higher than the annual target.
The fixed asset investment reached 10.58 billion yuan ($1.62 billion), up 30 percent and achieving 98 percent of the target, while investment in major projects and key projects reached 8.22 billion yuan -- up 79.5 percent and achieving 149.5 percent of the target.
Industrial investment in the zone hit 4.40 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 136.8 percent and 97.9 percent of the target.
Paid-in investment for newly introduced industrial projects reached 15.56 billion yuan, up 14.02 percent and 103.71 percent of the target, while income from the software and information technology services industry reached 7.19 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.14 percent, completing 98.5 percent of the annual target.
In other figures, during the period foreign trade totaled $439.8 million, up 25.74 percent on the previous year and 104.68 percent of the annual target.
Moving forward, the zone will continue to develop its industrial economy.
It will focus on the high-end consumption and high-end manufacturing industry to attract investment, help companies reach their investment targets, sign contracts as soon as possible -- and promote project signings, construction and the operations of contracted projects -- so as to achieve annual goals.