Bao'an District received more than 1.06 million visitors, up 51.28% year on year. The total tourism revenue hit 750 million yuan (US$104.22 million), up 101.7% year on year, a third-party sample survey indicated.

Bao’an District’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 exceeded 520 billion yuan (US$72 billion), up 8.5% year on year, according to statistics released by the district’s statistics bureau Jan. 31.

Bao’an District opened 62 first stores of brands such as the Cosmetics Company Store and GEMO in 2023, according to Bao’an Daily.

The Fourth Session of the Seventh Bao’an District People’s Congress opened on the morning of Jan.24, gathering a total of 290 lawmakers, according to Bao’an Daily.

The Bao’an District Government and Renmin University of China (RUC) signed a cooperation contract during a ceremony held Tuesday morning.

Over 500 firms in the e-business field gathered for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) e-commerce high-quality development policy briefing conference held in Bao’an District on Jan. 7 to discuss future prospects of digital trade, Bao’an Daily reported.