China's Miss Tourism City Annual Championship Finals for 2013 got underway in Datong, on Oct 25, hosted by the Shanxi province Tourism Bureau, Shanxi provincial Tourism Culture Association, Datong municipal tourism bureau and Datong Radio and Television.
Work on a cooperative project involving the Datong Coal Mine Group and Tianzhen County, for a Modern Agricultural Park worth 1.5 billion yuan ($246.6 million) got off to a good start on Oct 26.
The 2nd National Chinese Medicine Development Seminar, in Pingyao county, Shanxi province, which ran Oct 26-27, was part of a move to develop a site for communication and cooperation of the traditional folk medicines.
Shanxi province's Economy and Information Committee reports that, for the first three quarters of 2013, the province’s software services saw rapid growth.
Great achievements have been accomplished according to statistics from the municipal Investment Promotion Bureau which show Datong has signed more than 100 investment projects, worth 149.61 billion yuan ($24.6 billion) since the end of August, far more than expected.
The county of Linyi, Shanxi province, an important apple production area in China, this year established itself in Heihe, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, for expanding its apple market into Russia.
There was an opening ceremony on Oct 23 celebrating Mianshan Mountain scenic area becoming the fourth National 5A-level Tourism Spot in Shanxi province along with Mount Wutai, Yungang Grottoes, and House of the Huangcheng Chancellor.
