Guizhou to become nation's digital hub

Guizhou province has announced plans to introduce big data technology into more than 10,000 real economy-related companies by 2022, and bring more cloud computing businesses to the region.

The move is part of the Southwest China province's aims to become a big data and cloud computing hub.

Chen Shaobo, director of the Guizhou Provincial Development and Reform Commission, said the provincial government will ramp up efforts to integrate big data into the real economy for governmental, commercial and civilian use.