Guiyang's GDP highest among provincial capitals

Guizhou province's capital Guiyang has posted a 14 percent increase in gross domestic product in the first half to 100.78 billion yuan ($16.33 billion), a 0.8 percent year-on-year rise.

It's GDP rose by 0.5 percentage points than that in the first quarter, 3.2 percentage points higher than provincial level and 6.6 percentage points than national level, which makes it top among the nation's provincial capitals.

Guiyang's above-scale industrial added value is 30.49 billion yuan, increasing 11.8 percent year-on-year. The total fixed asset investments were 169.78 billion yuan, growing 17.2 percent year-on-year. The total retail sale of social consumer goods amounts to 40.64 billion yuan, increasing 13.3 percent year-on-year.

Meanwhile, its added value of service industry accounts for 55.3 percent of the city's GDP and the share is 0.9 percentage point higher than last year.

Infographic: China's economic performance in H1, 2014	Top 10 regions with highest GDP in China