Guizhou announced on the 13th Five-year Plan (2016-20) at the 12th Guizhou provincial People's Congress's 4th session, in the city of Guiyang, which calls for the province to have a well-off society through economic development, better incomes, poverty relief, social security, and environmental improvements in air quality and water resources.

Guizhou is expected to move ahead in big data and implement China's Internet Plus plan for economic and IT development, as well as in modern agriculture, mountain agriculture and light industry.

To improve people's livelihood, the plan calls not only for poverty allegation, but unified rural and urban development, eco-civilization, more infrastructure, transportation, water conservation, energy, health development, cultural undertakings and mountain tourism to change the face of cities in the near future.