A big data industry promotion meeting will be held in Lyuliang on Aug 21 to help upgrade local traditional industries and stimulate emerging industries, according to a press conference on Aug 14.
Shanxi's import-export volume reached 52.53 billion yuan ($ 7.86 billion) in the first half of 2017, an increase of 10.4 percent year on year, ranking 24th in China, according to the Taiyuan Customs.
Shanxi held a project fair targeted at foreign experts in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, on Aug 7, to introduce advanced overseas technologies and boost the development of local companies.
Shanxi province established 58 work stations and introduced 70 academics during 2016, according to a senior official of the Shanxi Association for Science and Technology.
To attract more young people from Taiwan to seek jobs and start their own businesses in Shanxi, a provincial entrepreneurship and employment base for cross-Straits youth was established in Jinzhong on Aug 4.
Rural netizens in Shanxi province numbered 8.56 million in 2016, growing 28.2 percent year-on-year to reach 14.7 percent higher than the national average.
The Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology (SEE), an NGO committed to environmental protection, has recently established a project in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province.
