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INNER MONGOLIA AUT. REG. - Huhhot in the central part of Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region and to the south of Daqing Mountain, Huhhot
has been since ancient times a place for exchange of economy and culture
between Han nationality and national minorities in north China. The old
city was built in the Ming Dynasty and the new one was built in the northeast
by the Qing Dynasty. There are many lamaseries in Huhhot, which include
the famous Dazhao, Xilituzhao and Wusutuzhao. It has total urban areas
of 75.4 square kilometers, and an urban population of 700,000. Its resources
are coal, graphite, marble stone, kaolin, gold, lead, zinc, and fur, meat,
milk and medicine.
Economic Development and Industrial Development Zone
The main
sector of the city is industry, with chemical, textile, building materials,
food, electronics, and engineering as the backbones. The city now has
two development zones: Ruyi economic and technological development zone
and Jinchuaan resources economic development zone. More than 500 of
foreign funded enterprises, were established and under operated in the
city. They are mainly focus on those industries, such as clothing, textile
products, non-metal minerals, service, electronics, telecommunications,
processing and fur industries.
Convenient Transportation
The city total length of road in effect
is 2,500 kilometers, the capacity of freight transport reached 26 million
tons. The air transportation, the city has 20 domestic and international
lines. It has been linked with Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen
and Hong Kong.
Baotou and Chifeng Economy Environment
Baotou City and Chifeng
City are the major progress cities of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region. Baotou is the largest industrial city and situated in the western
part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It covers a total area of
27,691 square kilometers, with a population of 1.3 million. Baotou is
rich in natural resources, with 2,154 hectares of grassland, 303 hectares
of cultivated land, 32 hectares of forests, an iron ore deposit of 1.3
billion tons, a coal deposit 649 million tons, a rare metals deposit
of 88.7719 million tons, a rare earth deposit of 87 million tons, a
niobium deposit of 2.5 million tons, a gold deposit of 32.95 tons and
a non-metal mineral deposit of 181.25 million tons. Baotou boasts 36
major industries, with those of metallurgy, mechanical and electrical
equipment, chemistry, textiles, rare earth and electric power as the
pillar industries. The Baotou Eare Earth High and New Technology Industry
Development Zone was established in 1990. It is characterized with the
production of rare earth. A scientific- technological development service
center also in the city has been built and put into operation. There
are more than 150 enterprises had been set up in Baotou Rare Earth High
and New Techonology Industry Development Zone, it is becoming a hot
spot for overseas investment and also a new point of economic growths
in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Chifeng situated in central
east Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the city covers more than 90,000
square kilometers with a population of 4.42 million. The city's under
ground mineral has more than 70 proven minerals - gold, silver, non-ferrous
metals, coal, iron, crude oil, limestone, and marble, all high grade
and large reserves.
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