Tourism is being seen as an energetic industry capable of stimulating economic growth and transforming Liaoning province, which was recently dominated by heavy industries such as steel processing, said Jiang Xiuyun, an accountant with a company that specializes in real estate investments in the province's Fushun city. Jiang made the comments during the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress, which concluded on Wednesday.

"We have to transfer our investment target and think of new potential projects because the provincial economy has been in depression and some outdated industries have been dying out," said Jiang, who is also a deputy to the NPC.

Jiang's company, Liaoning Roadsun Construction Development, decided to start investing in tourism and holiday resorts "because such industries can attract more residents to consume", she said.