Big data has helped relieve local poverty as it has brought huge opportunities to impoverished areas and created jobs at the same time," said Jing Yaping, deputy director of the bureau responsible for Guizhou province's big data development.
Innovation and cutting-edge technology has fuelled economic growth across China with big data playing a crucial role.
Guizhou in Southwest China struggled with unemployment and poverty before big data created a big future for the province. Nestled in a mountainous region, it has been transformed in the past three years into an innovation hub as major global companies, such as Apple Inc, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Hyundai Motor Group, flocked to the area.
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