Investment on major projects in Guizhou reached 443.27 billion yuan ($62.74 billion) in the January-July period, 61.5 percent of this year's planned total, according to statistics from the Guizhou Provincial Development and Reform Commission released on Aug 12. A total of 534 newly started projects occupied 81.8 percent of the annual plan, and 88 projects had been completed.

Closing projects and continuing projects completed investment of 58.17 billion yuan and 281.61 billion yuan, accounting for 70.8 percent and 63.7 percent of their annual investment goal respectively. New projects and planned projects completed investment of 90.77 billion yuan and 12.72 billion yuan, accounting for 56.5 percent and 35.8 percent of their annual plan respectively.

The top three regions for the annual investment progress are Guiyang (80.6 percent), Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture (68.9 percent), and Liupanshui (67.8 percent).

In regards to different industries, the top three were the urban construction industry, the manufacturing industry, and the energy conservation and environmental protection industry, accounting for 70.4 percent, 68.4 percent, and 65.6 percent of their annual investment plans respectively.

Industrial projects completed investment of 47.77 billion yuan, which accounts for 63.9 percent of their annual investment plan. A total of 110 industrial projects started construction and 21 projects were put into operation.

The six important fields of the province, including the big data industry, the tourism industry, ecology, poverty alleviation, education, medical treatment, and infrastructure, completed investment of 322.75 billion yuan from January to July, accounting for 72.8 percent of the total investment of major projects.

A total of 184 over 5 billion yuan projects completed investment of 123.44 billion yuan, accounting for 27.9 percent of the total investment of major projects and 63.3 percent of their annual investment plan.

Zhao Yandi contributed to this story