Academics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering attended an event on transformation of the resource-based economy in Taiyuan, Oct 21.
A tourism and investment promotion event for Jinzhong city, Shanxi province was held in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Oct 16, with 17 projects worth over 38 billion yuan ($5.49 billion) signed on the spot.
The import and export trade value of Shanxi province amounted to 92.05 billion yuan ($13.30 billion) between January and August, according to Taiyuan Customs.
Craving something cold on a hot summer day? Vinegar-flavored ice-cream could be just the thing, at least according to an ice-cream store in Shanxi province.
The first China Glassware Expo opened in Qixian county, Shanxi province, on Oct 11, with more than 1,000 businesspeople and experts from across China in attendance.
The Shanxi portion of the 2018 National Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week opened in Shanxi Transformation and Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone on Oct 9.
Coal companies in Shanxi, a key coal producing province in China, have made remarkable progress in shifting from heavily polluting coal mining to clean and efficient use of the nonrenewable resources.
Stubble and straw left over at harvest time was used as fuel for cooking stoves and food for livestock in China's vast countryside for thousands of years. But as living conditions improved, the residue largely became useless and farmers simply started burning it, causing air pollution.
For many people, the name Changzhi is synonymous with coal. The city in northern China's Shanxi province has 90.6 billion metric tons of coal reserves, and the "black stuff" can be found under 61 percent of its land area.
