Baotou is the largest industral city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region, and it lies in the "Golden Triangle"; of Hetao Plain It's an
important industrial base for metallurgy, machinery, chemicals and
energy in China.It is also abundant in rare earth. The total area of
Baotou covers 27, 768 square kilometers, 160. 6 square kilometers
of which is urbanised.
¡¡Baotou is a city with 37 nationalities. The people of Mongolia, Han,
Man, Hui, Dawuer and Ewenke can all be found here. It has a
population of 2,335,600, among whom 1,407,600 are city dwellers.
¡¡Baotou is rich in mineral resources as it lies in the
YinShan-TianShan Mountain zone.There are 450mines of various
primary resources including metals,non-metals and energy .Baotou
and its surrounding area are abundant in coal and the coal,reserves
make up 25 percent of the nation's total.The Baiyunebo Mine has
iron deposits of more than 1.7 billion tons,It leads the nation in
rare-earth reserves. Rare earth deposits in Baotou make up 93
percent of the nation's total and 80.3 percent of the world's total.
¡¡Baotou has become well known since the New year's Day of
1923,when the Ping-Sui Railway was extended west to Baotou. On
July 3, 1927, geologist Ding Daoheng discovered the Baiyunebo
Mine and predicted that Baotou would be an iron-and-steel base in
China.Before the peaceful liberation on september 19,1949,Baotou
was a small trading town,with a population of less than 100,000
people,very few modern industries and crude municipal facilities.
¡¡Baotou enterd a completely new development stage after the
founding of the People' s Republic of China. Early in December
1949, Baotou City was recognised by the central government as
¡°one of the newly-built iron and steel centers in North china ¡±.
During the period of the first and second Five-Year Plans, with the
support from the Party Central Committee, the State Council and the
people of the whole nation,modern industrial enterprises of iron and
steel, rare earth, aluminium, machinery, electrical power and
chemicals were established. Baotou thus became a new industrial
base. Since the implementation of reform and opening-up
policies,especially in the past decade, Baotou has stepped into a
second high-speed development stage.
¡¡Nowadays,Baotou has not only become a solid foundation for the
national economy,but has also made outstanding progress in basic
municipal facilities and various social causes. Over the past ten
years,Baotou has been awarded a dozen honorable titles
including¡°Model City in Afforestation¡±;¡°Model City in
Sanitation¡±;¡°Model City in Children's Causes¡±;¡°Model City in the
Implementation of the Government Hou sing Project ¡± and ¡°Model
City in Supporting Servicemen¡±.
¡¡Therefor,looking back on 50 years' glorious history,Baotou citizens
feel gratified and proud to be able to keep in pace with the country's
development.
¡¡Before the Spring Festival of 1999,President Jiang Zemin
inspected Baotou and left an inscription:"Unite as a whole and use
your strengths to full advantage to build Baotou into a developed
economic city in the central and western parts of China".
¡¡This is the ardent expectation of the party and state government
for Baotou's future, and it also voices the aspirations of the citizens
here .The 21st Century will herald the rapid development in the
central and western parts of China .Baotou will play a key role
,because of its advantageous geographical situation ,rich resources
,powerful industrial bases ,and technological strength .Baotou has
determined to strive for the third highspeed development stage,and
to try hard to achieve the goal of constructing Baotou into a
developed economic city .To achieve the goal,we have made the
strategies of deepening reform and opening to the outside
world,paying more attention science,technology and education ,and
following the theory of Deng Xiaoping .In the meantime old and new
friends from our home and abroad are welcome to Baotou to invest
and establish factories,do business,and make economic and
technological cooperations.Let's work together to create a more
prosperous future for Baotou!
Region, and it lies in the "Golden Triangle"; of Hetao Plain It's an
important industrial base for metallurgy, machinery, chemicals and
energy in China.It is also abundant in rare earth. The total area of
Baotou covers 27, 768 square kilometers, 160. 6 square kilometers
of which is urbanised.
¡¡Baotou is a city with 37 nationalities. The people of Mongolia, Han,
Man, Hui, Dawuer and Ewenke can all be found here. It has a
population of 2,335,600, among whom 1,407,600 are city dwellers.
¡¡Baotou is rich in mineral resources as it lies in the
YinShan-TianShan Mountain zone.There are 450mines of various
primary resources including metals,non-metals and energy .Baotou
and its surrounding area are abundant in coal and the coal,reserves
make up 25 percent of the nation's total.The Baiyunebo Mine has
iron deposits of more than 1.7 billion tons,It leads the nation in
rare-earth reserves. Rare earth deposits in Baotou make up 93
percent of the nation's total and 80.3 percent of the world's total.
¡¡Baotou has become well known since the New year's Day of
1923,when the Ping-Sui Railway was extended west to Baotou. On
July 3, 1927, geologist Ding Daoheng discovered the Baiyunebo
Mine and predicted that Baotou would be an iron-and-steel base in
China.Before the peaceful liberation on september 19,1949,Baotou
was a small trading town,with a population of less than 100,000
people,very few modern industries and crude municipal facilities.
¡¡Baotou enterd a completely new development stage after the
founding of the People' s Republic of China. Early in December
1949, Baotou City was recognised by the central government as
¡°one of the newly-built iron and steel centers in North china ¡±.
During the period of the first and second Five-Year Plans, with the
support from the Party Central Committee, the State Council and the
people of the whole nation,modern industrial enterprises of iron and
steel, rare earth, aluminium, machinery, electrical power and
chemicals were established. Baotou thus became a new industrial
base. Since the implementation of reform and opening-up
policies,especially in the past decade, Baotou has stepped into a
second high-speed development stage.
¡¡Nowadays,Baotou has not only become a solid foundation for the
national economy,but has also made outstanding progress in basic
municipal facilities and various social causes. Over the past ten
years,Baotou has been awarded a dozen honorable titles
including¡°Model City in Afforestation¡±;¡°Model City in
Sanitation¡±;¡°Model City in Children's Causes¡±;¡°Model City in the
Implementation of the Government Hou sing Project ¡± and ¡°Model
City in Supporting Servicemen¡±.
¡¡Therefor,looking back on 50 years' glorious history,Baotou citizens
feel gratified and proud to be able to keep in pace with the country's
development.
¡¡Before the Spring Festival of 1999,President Jiang Zemin
inspected Baotou and left an inscription:"Unite as a whole and use
your strengths to full advantage to build Baotou into a developed
economic city in the central and western parts of China".
¡¡This is the ardent expectation of the party and state government
for Baotou's future, and it also voices the aspirations of the citizens
here .The 21st Century will herald the rapid development in the
central and western parts of China .Baotou will play a key role
,because of its advantageous geographical situation ,rich resources
,powerful industrial bases ,and technological strength .Baotou has
determined to strive for the third highspeed development stage,and
to try hard to achieve the goal of constructing Baotou into a
developed economic city .To achieve the goal,we have made the
strategies of deepening reform and opening to the outside
world,paying more attention science,technology and education ,and
following the theory of Deng Xiaoping .In the meantime old and new
friends from our home and abroad are welcome to Baotou to invest
and establish factories,do business,and make economic and
technological cooperations.Let's work together to create a more
prosperous future for Baotou!
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