Editing Guizhou (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:1 xijiang panorama.jpg|thumb|centre|600px|Xijiang, a [[Miao people|Miao]] settlement in Eastern Guizhou]]
[[File:1 bapa dong village 2015.jpg|thumb|centre|600px|Bapa Dong, a [[Dong people|Dong]] village in Eastern Guizhou]]
[[File:1 zhenyuan panorama 2015.jpg|thumb|centre|600px|[[Zhenyuan County, Guizhou|Zhenyuan]], a county in Eastern Guizhou]]
As of the mid-19th century, Guizhou exported [[Mercury (element)|mercury]], gold, iron, lead, tobacco, incense and drugs.<ref name=Roberts1>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Edmund|title=Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat|year=1837|publisher=Harper & Brothers|location=New York|page=123|url=https://www.wdl.org/en/item/7317/view/1/123/}}</ref>

Its natural industry includes timber and forestry.<ref name="autogenerated6">{{cite web|url=http://info.hktdc.com/mktprof/china/guizhou.htm|title=Market Profiles on Chinese Cities and Provinces : Guizhou Province|publisher=[[Hong Kong Trade Development Council]] (HKTD)/Guizhou Statistical Yearbook 2008|date=January 2009|access-date=2010-11-27}}</ref> Guizhou is also the third largest producer of tobacco in China, and home to the well-known brand Guizhou Tobacco.<ref name="thechinaperspective.com">{{Cite web |url=http://thechinaperspective.com/topics/province/guizhou-province/ |title=China Economy @ China Perspective |access-date=2011-11-01 |archive-date=2015-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208121019/http://thechinaperspective.com/topics/province/guizhou-province/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other important industries in the province include energy ([[electricity generation]]) - a large portion of which is exported to Guangdong and other provinces<ref name="thechinaperspective.com"/> - and mining, especially in coal, [[limestone]], [[arsenic]], [[gypsum]], and [[oil shale]].<ref name="autogenerated6"/> Guizhou's total output of coal was 118 million tons in 2008, a 7% growth from the previous year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200512/24/eng20051224_230502.html|title=Coal output in SW China province tops 100 mln tons|publisher=[[People's Daily Online]]|date=2005-12-24|access-date=2008-07-06}}</ref> Guizhou's export of power to [[Guangdong]] equaled 12% of Guangdong's total power consumption. Over the next 5 years Guizhou hopes to increase this by as much as 50%.<ref>[http://www.thechinaperspective.com/topics/province/guizhou-province/ The China Perspective | Guizhou Economic Facts and Data]</ref>

Historically, Guizhou was a poorer province with lagging development.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=61}} It was a major recipient of China's investment in industrial capacity during the [[Third Front (China)|Third Front]] campaign.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Lan |first=Xiaohuan |title=How China Works: An Introduction to China's State-led Economic Development |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |year=2024 |isbn=978-981-97-0079-0 |translator-last=Topp |translator-first=Gary |doi=10.1007/978-981-97-0080-6}}</ref>{{Rp|page=298}}

The digital economy has grown significantly since 2015 and as of at least 2023 continues to develop Guizhou's growing reputation as a [[Big Data Guizhou|center for big data]] in China.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=61}}