Shanxi was once the money transfer service center of banking and exchange shops in ancient China, and the term "Shanxi Merchant" was once pronounced the same with wealth in ancient Chinese. The well-preserved city of Pingyao in Shanxi is reminiscent of the busy commercial activities at that time. Shanxi holds a proven coal reserve of 260 billion metric tons, which accounts for one third of China's total reserve. As the leading producer of coal in China, Shanxi produces about 300 million metric tones of coal annually. Shanxi has also established a traffic and transportation network with railway as the backbone and supplemented by highway and airway. The transportation network directly connects Shanxi to Hong Kong and 40 other cities of the country.

山西省地處我國中部地區，交通地理位置十分重要。目前已形成以鐵路、公路為主，航空為輔的交通運輸網絡，成為華北乃至全國的重要交通樞紐，可直通香港等全國40個城市。山西是厚重的黃河文化的主要代表之一，也是著名的革命老區。山西省旅游資源豐富，歷史古跡、風景名勝較多。