China's southwestern industrial powerhouse Chongqing has set the GDP growth target at over 6 percent for 2023, according to the annual session of the municipal people's congress on Friday.
New leadership of Shanghai was elected during the first session of the 16th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress that concluded Sunday afternoon, according to the official sources.
North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has seen heartening progress in sand control over the past five years, according to the region's 2023 government work report released Thursday.
The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to achieve rapid economic growth in the next five years, according to the regional government's work report.
Beijing's annual GDP for 2022 is expected to show positive growth, and the city is targeting a year-on-year GDP increase of 4.5 percent in 2023, according to Yin Yong, acting mayor of the capital who spoke on Sunday at the first session of the 16th Beijing People's Congress.
Shanghai has empowered lawmakers in Pudong New Area so that they can optimize the business environment and promote further reform and innovation in frontier areas, the city's legislature said.
East China's Zhejiang province will achieve a minimum GDP growth rate of 5 percent in 2023, said Wang Hao, the provincial governor, on Thursday.
Promoting the further construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and a demonstration pilot zone for socialism with Chinese characteristics in Shenzhen will be key projects for Guangdong province over the next five years, according to a senior government official.