The turning point came in November 2016 when Wuxiang county was included in the list of national comprehensive demonstration counties for rural e-commerce.
Shanxi province organized 16 local companies to exhibit some 220 kinds of products at the 24th China Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair that opened in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, on July 5.
Shanxi exhibits attracted many businesspeople to the 10th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Technology Conference and Fair in Shenyang with nine projects worth 231.2 million yuan ($34.84 million) agreed during the event held from June 27 to 29.
A total of 10.1 billion cubic meters of water, which would fill one fourth of the Three Gorges Reservoir and be worth 103.46 billion yuan ($15.59 billion), has been conserved by forests in Shanxi province.
