The provincial statistics bureau of Shanxi and national bureau of statistics have reported provincial year-on-year growth of 9 percent in the GDP in the first half of 2013, at 601.7 billion yuan ($98.1 billion), or 1.4 percent percentage points above the national average.
By the time the Shanxi Brands China Tour concluded in the city of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on July 24, the five-day event had seen 40 participating enterprises ending up with 1.72 million yuan ($0.28 million) worth of sales and signing 52.42 million yuan worth of contracts.
The main structure of "Etho", a solar-powered, energy-saving house jointly designed and built by 160 students from China's Peking University and the U.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is near completion as seen here on July 5.
The Shanxi provincial Guoxin Energy Development (Group) Co and Huaneng Power International signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province, on July 23.
Enterprises from Shanxi aim to increase their brand awareness at the Shanxi Brands China Tour which opened at the A3 Exhibition Area of the International Convention Center in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on July 19, and will end on July 23.
The Taiyuan Customs office has reported 46.1 billion yuan ($7.36 billion) worth of imports and exports in Shanxi province, in the first half year, which shows a growth of 25.4 percent year-on-year, after taxes are taken into consideration.
