It took the Taiyuan Tianrui Commerce and Trade Co Ltd only half an hour from 9:00 to 9:30 am on May 19 to complete its direct financing of 3 million yuan ($458,400) on the Internet.
Hundreds of Shanxi's products in 11 categories were on display at the first leg of the 2016 Shanxi Brand Silk Road Tour that opened in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on May 10.
Shanxi province's economy was off to a good start in the first quarter of 2016 with the gross regional domestic product reaching 244.6 billion yuan ($37.67 billion).
Walking on the streets of Gujiao recently, my mind went back three years to my first visit to this industrial town, a satellite city northwest of Taiyuan.
The trade volume of North China's Shanxi province in 2015 amounted to 91.4 billion yuan ($13.95 billion), down by 8.4 percent year on year, according to Taiyuan customs.