Qingzhen has a reserve of 390 million metric tons of bauxite resources. By promoting a new development strategy, it has transformed from a bauxite resource-rich area to an aluminum deep processing base.
The Guizhou Provincial People's Government has approved adjusting the location of Qingzhen Economic Development Zone.
Qingzhen is an intermediate zone of the Yangtze River Economic Zone led by the Yangtze River Delta Integration and of the Pearl River-Xijiang Economic Zone centered on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.