The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents in Nanyang reached 8,293.3 yuan ($1,240.7) in the first half of 2017, up 9.3 percent year-on-year, it was announced by the Nanyang Municipal Statistics Bureau.
Laojieling in Xixia county was awarded as the first China Intermountain Summer Vacation Observation Point by China Tourism Academy and Public Meteorological Service Center of China Meteorological Administration on Aug 11.
Nanyang has strengthened its cooperation with financial institutions, such as China Life Insurance Co Ltd and China Guangfa Bank (CGB), it was announced at a symposium on Aug 4.
Xichuan No 1 High School, in Henan province, was listed as an admission base of Tsinghua University at an unveiling ceremony held on Aug 10.
The towns of Shifosi and Rangdong in Nanyang have been listed among the Ministry of Housing & Urban-Rural Development's second batch of China Characteristic Small Towns.
Located north of Danjiangkou Reservoir in Xichuan county, the "Small Three Gorges" stretch more than 20 kilometers
Retail sales of consumer goods in Nanyang reached 80.59 billion yuan ($12.1 billion) in the first half of the year, up 11.7 percent on the same period in 2016.
Nanyang issued more than 80,300 exit-entry visas in the first half of this year, becoming one of the top three cities in Henan province.