Guizhou aims to maintain its rapid growth

Authorities in the poverty-stricken province of Guizhou vow that the region's gross domestic product will maintain its double-digit growth rate over the next three to five years.

As China's GDP growth slowed to 7.7 percent last year and is expected to slow even further this year, Guizhou's economy grew 12.7 percent in 2013. Zhao Kezhi, Party chief of Guizhou who is also a deputy to the National People's Congress, said during the annual NPC session on Thursday that the growth rate will be sustained.

Zhao said sectors that are developing rapidly in the province are manufacturing, information, tourism and modern agriculture.