Groundbreaking on the new $7 billion Samsung Electronics NAND flash memory plant Xi'an heralded western China's biggest foreign investment and Samsung's largest in the country.
Shaanxi's capital becoming more competitive against peers Chengdu and Chongqing.
Since its establishment in 1991, the high-tech zone in Northwest China's Shaanxi province has made big strides toward its goal of becoming world-class.
Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, is home to the largest overseas investment project in western China now that Samsung Electronics has kicked off construction on its $7-billion chip plant in the city's high-tech industries development zone earlier this month.