Carrying the meaning of "the Green City" in the Mongolian language, Hohhot is the capital and the administrative, economic and cultural center in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Hohhot has under its administration 4 districts,4 counties,1 banner and 1 national level Economic and Technological Development Zone. It has a total land area of 17224 km2 including an urban one of 2054 km2 and a population of 2.58 million including an urban one of 1.5 million. It is an area inhabited by the 36 ethnic groups including the Mongolians as the main body, the Han as the majority, the Hui, Manchu, Korean, Daur, and Oroqen ethnic groups.

Hohhot is one of the famous historical and cultural cities of China and one of the origins of the Chinese civilization. Here, we have written records of over 2000 years ago, the relics of "Dayao Culture" indicating human activities of 500000 years ago, the Ancient City of Yunzhong of the period of Warring States, Zhaojun's Mausoleum evidencing the marriage between the princess of the Western Dynasty and the chief of the Xiongnu, Huayan Scripture Tower of the Liao Dynasty, and the Dazhao Temple, Xilituzhao Temple and 5-pagoda Temple of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and other famous historical sites. All this is a true record of the long history of Hohhot.

Enjoying a superior geographical location and the best of communication facilities, Hohhot serves as an important passage and a hub city linking Beijing, the capital of china, with the northwest of our motherland. We have a crisscrossing network of highways with a railway traversing the urban area. At Hohhot Airport, we have over 40air routes to the various major domestic cities and 2 direct ones leading to Mongolia and Russia.

Hohhot has over 40 kinds of minerals with rich deposits including coal, oil copper iron, zinc and gold in its urban and adjacent areas. We are proud of our fertile land and rich produce, which offers a unique advantage for the development of farming and animal husbandry. The city is rich in wheat, maize, naked oat, buckwheat, potato, sugar beet and flax. Our dairy industry is particularly outstanding in development and we rank the top in China in terms of the total quantity of milk, milk products, and the quantity of fresh milk available to each urban resident. As a result, the city is renowned as the Home Town of Milk of China by China Dairy Association and our milk products are distributed in all the major domestic markets. Meanwhile, we have cultivation bases of such quality medical herbs as wolfberry, Astragalus mongholicus, dangshen and licorice.

As an important industrial city in Inner Mongolia, Hohhot sticks to the path of new type of industrialization in the development of its industrial economy. At present, we have brought into being the 5 major groups of industries-dairy, electric power, electronic information biological and drug preparation, and metallurgical and chemical industries. A large number of mainstay enterprises such as YiLi,Mengniu, Datang Pharmacy, Tuoketuo Power Plant and Huameng Jinhe Group have seen fast expansion. The varied industrial estates are in vigorous development. All that has greatly promoted the local economy in Hohhot.

The urban construction of Hohhot changes for the better day by day, thus greatly improving the city's bearing capacity and sustainable development. Regarding the construction of a modernized capital city as the general goal, we have realized a readjustment of administrative districts, transformation of the old urban area, and expansion of the new urban area, and putting in great efforts in ecological improvement and environmental protection. We are working to make the city more beautiful day by day with remarkable impact and the living environment has seen further improvement. Today, Hohhot has become a civilized city full of vitality and modernization drive.

The constant progress in the city's construction has given direct impetus to the fast development of the tertiary industry. Such traditional service sectors as trading, restaurant business, and communication and transport have seen further expansion. Such new service sectors as finance, information consulting, real estate development and tourism have seen fast development. Meanwhile, we have achieved overall progress in the social undertakings of science and technology, education, culture, public health and sports.

Regarding development as the top priority, Hohhot has formulated the opening-up strategy of linking its south with the north, complementary advantages between the east and the west, mutual benefit, and quickening the development in order to meet the needs of the times. You will find in Hohhot a beautiful natural environment, strong economic foundation, convenient communication facilities, perfect service function and various potential advantages in resources. We sincerely welcome you here for sightseeing, research, and investment in cooperation with us.

Hohhot History: General Introduction

Article from Hohhot City Government

Hohhot

Hohhot History: General Introduction

Article from Hohhot City Government

Hohhot has the monsoon climate. The low rainfall is unequally distributed in the whole year. The winter is relatively long and cold and the temperature difference between day and night is quite large. Usually, there will be spring drought and winter storms striking this area. As a result, visitors had better avoid spring and winter seasons. Comparatively speaking, the best traveling time is form April to October when the grassland is green and the climate is temperate. What’s more, there will be Nadam Fair from July to September and visitors can enjoy the ethical customs here.

Hohhot is the transport hub in central and western China regions which not only connects the north-west provinces and autonomous regions, but also links China with Mongolia, Russia and Eastern European countries. Hohhot Baita International Airport has opened 70 international and domestic routes. It has direct flights to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities. There are 19 state-owned railway lines, 12 extensions, 5 local rail transits. There are 23 taxi companies with over 5000 taxi vehicles in urban area. The total number of buses is more than 1600 with 71 bus lines. The transport industry in Hohhot has developed rapidly. The density of road network reached 21.77 kilometers per 100 square kilometers.