China's Shandong Province, one of the country's major economic powerhouses, set a gross domestic product (GDP) growth target of over 5 percent for 2024, according to the second session of the 14th Shandong Provincial People's Congress.
Chongqing, an industrial powerhouse in China, is catching up with Guangdong province in terms of auto production as it was runner-up in 2023, and it aims to build a trillion-yuan ($139 billion) level world-class intelligent new energy vehicle industry cluster.
More measures to better facilitate payments and enhance cultural experiences are suggested to attract foreign tourists to Beijing as the city plans to deepen construction of an international consumption center, deputies and political advisers said.
In the wake of a fruitful year of achievements in many fields, Beijing Municipality has set economic targets for 2024, aiming for a year-on-year growth of approximately 5 percent in its regional gross domestic product (GDP), according to Beijing Mayor Yin Yong.
Beijing made strides in ecological progress in 2023, raising the city's forest coverage rate to 44.9 percent, said Beijing Mayor Yin Yong when delivering a government work report at the annual session of Beijing's legislative meeting on Sunday.
The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor reaches 490 ports in 120 countries and regions, according to the annual session of the people's congress of Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Sunday.
North China's Hebei province has seen its annual tourism revenue exceed 1 trillion yuan($139 billion) last year, significantly surpassing pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
The high-quality development of trade union work in the Xizang autonomous region will receive better legal protection, as the regional legislative body recently announced the Xizang Autonomous Region's Implementation Measures of the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China starting on Feb 1.