Driving Downtown Guiyang, Not The Poorest Province of China Any More | Guizhou, China
Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou Province in southern central China. It is on the mountainous Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with an altitude of 1,100 meters.
Guiyang is likely to be the first stop of your Guizhou tour, where you can enjoy its pleasant climate, visit some historical buildings, glance at the big data centers, and taste local snacks.
You may not stay for very long in the city, but it will leave a deep impression on you. Discover what’s in the city and start your Guizhou tour here.
Name: Guiyang
Location: the center of Guizhou Province, south central China
Urban population: 6.1 million
Languages: Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, minority languages
Excellent Economic Performance
An unlikely claim for Guiyang, since it has spent recent decades as the capital of China’s poorest province, is that it has excelled on the economic front.
But this is actually true. From 2007 to 2017, Guiyang’s GDP rose from 12 billion dollars to 50 billion dollars. In 2018