GUIYANG, Jan. 24 -- Southwest China's Guizhou Province has set its regional gross domestic product (GDP) growth target at about 5.5 percent for 2024, according to the annual session of the provincial people's congress on Wednesday.

The added value of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in Guizhou will increase by about 3.5 percent, 6 percent and 5.5 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, the per capita disposable incomes of urban and rural residents in the province will rise around 6 percent and 8 percent, respectively.

In 2023, Guizhou's GDP surpassed 2.09 trillion yuan (about 294.15 billion U.S. dollars), up 4.9 percent year on year.