China will construct a national big data center, President Xi Jinping said during a collective study session of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing.
As the capital of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot has recently made great strides in cloud computing construction and big data development, with the ambition to build China’s Cloud Valley in the future.
Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, was selected as one of the top 50 smart cities in China, the third time that the city has made it to the list, Baotou Daily reported on Sept 21.
Inner Mongolia built a big data center providing patent-related data for entrepreneurs starting businesses and for inventors creating new techs.
China Telecom's Inner Mongolia branch hosted a promotion fair on cloud computing in Hangzhou, on June 16, it attracted more than 36 Internet service exhibitors and did 16.2-million-yuan worth of trade.
A bullet train departed Hohhot East Railway Station for Ulanqab marking the start of high-speed rail services using Inner Mongolia’s first newly-laid high-speed railway on Aug 3.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the autonomous region, during which various celebrations are planned to showcase its prosperity and ethnic diversity.