• The CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee was established in Shanxi.

  • Shanxi served as the major battlefield of the Hundred-Regiment Campaign.

  • The fundamental political system of China was established in Shanxi.

  • People in Shanxi carried out large-scale construction of farmland irrigation and water conservancy projects.

  • The final agreement for the Pingshuo Antaibao Open-pit Coal Mine in Shanxi, co-developed by China and the US, was signed in Beijing.

  • Shanxi's first development zone was established.

  • Shanxi's first highway opened to traffic.

  • China's first expo for energy and resources sectors was held in Taiyuan.

  • Shanxi's first international land port started operating.

  • All 58 poverty-stricken counties and districts in Shanxi were lifted out of poverty