This zone was founded in 1990, on a 122-sq-km space with a construction area of 15.5 sq km, at a cost of 3.22 billion yuan. It got national high-tech industrial development zone approval from the State Council, in 1992 and is China's only zone with the "rare earth" designation and one of 24 major development zones in Inner Mongolia.
It has a Construction Area, Binhe New Area, and Xiwang Park, and 809 enterprises, with 205 large ones. Its leading industries are new energy equipment, non-ferrous metal processing, and high-technology. It had industrial added value output of 27.5 billion yuan, in 2009, and paid 2.7 billion yuan in taxes.
Key enterprises
Name |
Products |
Capacity |
East Hope Baotou Rare Earth Aluminum |
Aluminum ingots |
522,400 t |
Baotou Beifang Chuangye |
Railroad cars |
2,843 units |
Inner Mongolia North Heavy-Duty Truck Co |
Dump trucks, excavators |
342 units |
Baotou Huading Copper Development |
Sulfuric acid, blister copper |
30,000 t blister copper |
Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth (Group) Hi-Tech |
Rare earth concentrate, rare-earth compounds |
148,200 t
18,800 t |
Inner Mongolia Goldwind Science & Technology |
Wind turbine components |
571 parts |
Baotou Yili Dairy |
Milk |
186,200 t |
Baotou Xishui Cement |
Cement |
1.18 million t |
Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Hefa Rare Earth |
Rare-earth compounds |
13,500 t |
Inner Mongolia Chalkis Tomato Products |
Ketchup |
150,000 t |
Contact:
Wu Tieshan
Director general, Economic Development Bureau
Tel: 0472-591-2020