China's Guangxi sees GDP up 12% in H1

NANNING -- The gross domestic product of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region rose by 12 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2021, totaling nearly 1.18 trillion yuan (about $181.86 billion).

According to official data, the industrial output of the region's key enterprises increased by 17.4 percent in the first six months of this year, said Tang Xu, deputy director of the regional statistics bureau.

In the January-June period, the added value of Guangxi's high-tech manufacturing industry grew by 8.1 percent year-on-year, while the output of new energy vehicles increased by 11.6 times year-on-year.

Tang added that Guangxi would continue to deepen supply-side structural reform and further promote high-quality economic development in the future.