Guizhou province was China's first to introduce specific information infrastructure regulations a year ago and, as a result, has seen some breakthroughs in related services especially in Guiyang, the capital, where the focus is on big data to push the province to develop its larger information infrastructure.
The province reports spending on information infrastructures in the Jan – June period, including data centers and an Internet exchange center, meeting all expectations, with a 85.3-percent in spending to 6.19 billion yuan ($998 million), 71.6 percent of that on telecoms and broadcasting. Plans now call for 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) for further development this year.
Guizhou has a three-year plan information infrastructure building, and Guiyang has developed 2,236 AP hotspots across the city to provide free WiFi. There is also a plan for free local fixed-line phone calls and local rates for cross-city calls, within the year. The goal is also a 30-percent lower rate on broadband and data traffic and faster network operations.
The provincial communications department says that, this year, 2,200 villages will also be connected to the Internet and phones and cable TV will be available for over 1,000 remote areas. Meanwhile, in Guiyang, they are developing a national big data industrial zone for 1,200 new companies involved in big data.
