Shanxi province is briefly named as Jin, with Taiyuan as its provincial seat. Shanxi has a solid foundation and distinct advantages in industry. Often referred to as ‘the ocean of coal’, Shanxi is rich in coal deposit, and coal mining is its most important industry. Besides, metallurgy, electronics, chemical industry and machinery are the pillar industries of Shanxi. Main grain crops in Shanxi are wheat, maize and sorghum etc.

The total GDP for Shanxi in 2010 is expected to be 870 billion yuan.

山西省，簡稱晉，省會城市是太原。山西工業基礎雄厚，產業優勢突出。山西省礦產資源十分豐富，其中以煤、鋁土、鐵等為最。另外冶金、電力、化工、機械等是山西最大的支柱產業。

2010年山西生產總值預計8700億元。

Shanxi was once the money transfer service center of banking and exchange shops in ancient China, and the term "Shanxi Merchant" was once pronounced the same with wealth in ancient Chinese. The well-preserved city of Pingyao in Shanxi is reminiscent of the busy commercial activities at that time. Shanxi holds a proven coal reserve of 260 billion metric tons, which accounts for one third of China's total reserve. As the leading producer of coal in China, Shanxi produces about 300 million metric tones of coal annually. Shanxi has also established a traffic and transportation network with railway as the backbone and supplemented by highway and airway. The transportation network directly connects Shanxi to Hong Kong and 40 other cities of the country.

山西省地處我國中部地區，交通地理位置十分重要。目前已形成以鐵路、公路為主，航空為輔的交通運輸網絡，成為華北乃至全國的重要交通樞紐，可直通香港等全國40個城市。山西是厚重的黃河文化的主要代表之一，也是著名的革命老區。山西省旅游資源豐富，歷史古跡、風景名勝較多。