A time tunnel effect is displayed at Guizhou province's big data demonstration center in Guiyang. [Photo/Xinhua]
2013 FOUNDATION
September: Zhongguancun Science Park, a demonstration base for technology innovation in Beijing, opens a branch in Guiyang.
October: China Telecom sets up an information park in Guian New Area.
December: China Unicom starts building a cloud computing base in Guian New Area, and China Mobile builds a data center.
2014 TAKE OFF
Feb 25: Guizhou issues a guideline on policies to accelerate the development of the big data industry.
May 1: Regulations on Information Infrastructure in Guizhou becomes operational.
May 28: Guizhou sets up a leading group for big data development.
Oct 15: The province develops a cloud platform, the first such service run by a provincial government.
2015 CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT
Feb 12: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approves construction of the Big Data Industrial Cluster Zone in Guiyang and Guian New Area.
April 14: China's first big data exchange is set up in Guiyang.
July 15: The Ministry of Science and Technology approves Guizhou's plan to set up the Guiyang Big Data Industrial Technology Innovation Pilot Area.
Aug 31: The State Council issues Guidelines on Promoting Big Data Development.
Nov 11: The Sixth Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee stresses that the big data industry will be a vital economic driver for the province.
File photo shows a visitor tours a display center of the National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Area in Southwest China's Guizhou province, May 22, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
2016 BOOM TIME
Jan 15: Guizhou issues Regulations for Promoting Big Data Development and Application in Guizhou. It is China's first local law on big data.
Feb 25: The National Development and Reform Commission, MIIT and the Cyberspace Administration of China approve construction of the National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Area in Guizhou.
May 24: MIIT grants Guizhou the title of Data Center Demonstration Base in South China.
August: Guizhou issues a guideline giving big data a leading role in provincial development.
Dec 28: A big data platform for public resources transactions is launched in Guizhou.
2017 BROADER IMPLEMENTATION
Feb 3: Guizhou sets up the Big Data Development Administration.
Feb 28: Apple hands over iCloud operations in China to Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry Development Co.
April: Guiyang issues the Data Sharing Regulation. July: Apple sets up an iCloud Data Center for Chinese users in Guizhou.
August: Huawei starts to build a data storage center in Guian New Area.
November: Guiyang says in a guideline that it plans to build the city into China's digital valley, the first time such a vision is made public.
December: The National Health Commission nominates Guizhou as the location for the second batch of pilot areas for medical big data centers.
Photo taken on Sept 6, 2019 shows a color Doppler ultrasound machine on display during an "Internet plus healthcare" exhibition of the fourth China-Arab States Expo in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
2018 INTEGRATION
July 13: The Open Lab of the China Mobile 5G Joint Innovation Center starts operations in Guizhou.
Sept 11: Guizhou completes compilation of an evaluation system for the integration of big data and economic entities.
Sept 13: The National Technical Standard Innovation Base for big data is established in Guizhou.
2019 PROGRESS
Feb 25: Guizhou and Tsinghua University in Beijing set up an education base.
June: Guizhou establishes a provincial 5G development leading group.
August: MIIT approves building a special channel for internet data in Guiyang and Guian New Area.
Dec 10: Guizhou starts operations of its first server mirroring node, the first in West China.
2020 FRUITFUL YEAR
May 13: Guizhou holds a big data-themed meeting and underlines further promotion of the big data strategy as key to economic development.
Nov 16: Guizhou plans to boost the electronic information industry, supported by big data, and develop it into a pillar industry.
