Robert Adolf has been diving into his own increasingly bare pocket as he finances and works on a labor of love: China's ethnic diversity and charm.
More than 1,000 women from Zhijin county in southwestern China's Guizhou province who are proficient in embroidery and batik making have received training to better promote the local arts and earn more income since 2012.
Southwest China's Guizhou province recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of the launch of its online finance services platform of public resource trading for small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs.
Southwest China's Guizhou province held a second provincial project promotion event for the elderly care industry in Qiannan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture's Longli county on Dec 6.
Since the beginning of this year, Southwest China's Guizhou province has utilized Guizhou-born businesspeople, workers and high-level talents outside the province, as well as business associations, to carry out targeted investment attraction.
The China-Laos Railway officially opened for operation on Dec 3, making travel by rail between Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, and Xishuangbanna, Southwest China's Yunnan province, more convenient.
Assistance from Guangdong province is helping less-developed Guizhou province tackle weaknesses in education and medical services and contributing to the vitalization of rural areas.