Economic Development and Industrial Development Zones In recent years, the city's GDP has reached 13.5 billion Chinese yuan, with the primary, secondary and tertiary industries accounting for 18.5%, 41.9%, and 39.6% of the total number, respectively. The main sector of the city is industrial, with the chemical, textile, building material, food, electronic, and engineering industries as the backbones. The city now has two development zones: the Ruyi economic and technological development zone and the Jinchuaan resources economic development zone. More than 500 "three formed ventures" - Sino-foreign joint ventures, Sino-foreign co-operative ventures, and wholly foreign owned enterprises - have been approved by the city and over US$50 million have been committed in foreign investments. It mainly focuses on those industries as clothing, textile products, non-metal minerals, service, electronics, telecommunications, machine-metal processing, and fur.

Convenient Transportation and Opening up to the Outside World The city's total length of road reaches 2,500 kilometers, the capacity of freight transport reache 26 million tons, and the city has developed 20 domestic and international flight routes. It offers direct flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong. In recent years, the city has continued to open itself to the outside world, attracting foreign investments, and expanding the scale and diversity of such investments.

Baotou City and Chifeng City Economy Environment Baotou City and Chifeng City are two of the most important cities in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Baotou is a large industrial city and is situated in the western part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It covers a total area of 27,691 square kilometers, including 133 square kilometers of urban area and 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 Rare Earth High and New Technology Industry Development Zone was established in 1990, approved by the State Council as the only one among the 52 other such areas characterized with the production of rare earth. A scientific-technological development service centre has also been built in the city and put into operation. More than 250 "three formed ventures" - Sino-foreign joint ventures, Sino-foreign co-operative ventures, and wholly foreign owned enterprises - were approved and put into operation in the city. There are more than 100 enterprises set up in Baotou development zone, making it a hot spot for overseas investment and also a new point of economic growth in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Chifeng, situated in central eastern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, covers more than 90,000 square kilometers with a combined population of 4.42 million. Chifeng is rich in natural resources, spanning over 995,000 hectares of cultivated areas, 5.73 million hectares of grassland, 1.5 million hectares of barren mountains and deserts, and 4.2 billion cubic meters of water resources. Farm and animal husbandry have become Chifeng's main industry. The city is home to more than 70 underground minerals - gold, silver, non-ferrous metals, coal, iron, crude oil, limestone, and marble, all of which are high-grade and enjoy large reserves. Chifeng is a treasure trove ready to be discovered. It has huge potentials for development and foreign investments. Its policies and measures are flexible. Interested investors are invited to explore all the possibilities Chifeng has to offer.