Guizhou targets 5.5% GDP growth for 2024 at provincial people's congress

Xinhua Updated: 2024-01-26

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This aerial photo taken on July 6, 2023 shows a photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Ertang town of Weining Yi, Hui and Miao autonomous county, Southwest China's Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua]

GUIYANG - Southwest China's Guizhou province has set its regional gross domestic product (GDP) growth target at about 5.5 percent for 2024, according to the annual session of the provincial people's congress on Wednesday.

The added value of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in Guizhou will increase by about 3.5 percent, 6 percent and 5.5 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, the per capita disposable incomes of urban and rural residents in the province will rise around 6 percent and 8 percent, respectively.

In 2023, Guizhou's GDP surpassed 2.09 trillion yuan ($294.15 billion), up 4.9 percent year-on-year.

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