Officials behind China's first big data pilot zone, being planned in Guizhou province expect it to attract huge number of talent from home and abroad for the cutting-edge industry.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection has rejected a large chemical project in Guizhou province, with an investment of 17 billion yuan ($2.6 billion) due to the risk of polluting the environment.
Guizhou and Gansu province are expanding the amount of land they have planted in potatoes in accordance with a Ministry of Agriculture plan which calls for around 6.7 million hectares of them by 2020.
Guiyang announced that it will host the world's first competition for pain-point seekers, aiming to find social pain points, at a press conference held in Beijing on March 1.