2021-07-30 07:06:05 GMT2021-07-30 15:06:05(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Central China has registered sustained economic growth in the first half of this year, with the total gross domestic product (GDP) of the six central provinces exceeding 11.75 trillion yuan (about 1.82 trillion U.S. dollars). China's central region includes the provinces of Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan. The region's permanent resident population, at nearly 365 million, accounts for more than a quarter of China's total. Recently, China issued a guideline on promoting the high-quality development of the country's central region in the new era, detailing measures to boost the region's economic growth, scientific and technological innovation, green development and opening-up.