New Engine Powering Guangxi’s Development
1 min readSituated at a strategic point of the Xijiang River, Guangxi is striving to build a 100-million-ton Golden Waterway that will propel economic development in the region. It will serve as a new economic engine powering Guangxi’s scientific, harmonious and leapfroggingdevelopment. A coordinated and balanced development pattern will significantly enhance Guangxi’s status in the Joint Construction of the Xijiang River Golden Waterway was drawn up with Guangdong Province at the end of 2008. Nanning, Guigang, Wuzhou, Yunfu, Zhaoging, Foshan and other major cities along the Xijiang River also reached theWuzhou Consensus committed to promoting development of the region. With deepening cooperation in planning and management from all involved parties, the river’s shipping capacity will undoubtedly see express growth, promoting resource exploitation of the western region as well as accelerating a westward industrial expansion.