Inner Mongolia autonomous region has devoted itself to the import-export trade with Russia and Mongolia, which accounts for 46.7 percent of regional external trade.
On Aug 28, the Third Countryside Tourism Festival in Arun Banner and the Herdsman Tribe scenic spot in Greater Hinggan Mountains opened in Hulunbuir.
The Chinese Martial Arts-Sanshou Competition in conjunction with the China-Mongolia-Russia Sanshou Championship was hosted at the Hohhot Sports Center, on Aug 26.
In the past five years, prosecutors from Inner Mongolia autonomous region have cracked down 7,721 officials in 4,603 cases, netting 2.24 billion yuan ($335 million) back.
The Traditional Ethnic Sports Games began in Urad Middle Banner, Bayannur League, on Aug 25. Nearly 800 athletes make up seven delegations from across the region will participate in the four-day event.
Inner Mongolia's fixed-asset investment on industry reached 355.09 billion yuan ($53.33 billion), a 1.65 percent year-on-year drop, in the first seven months of 2016.
The First Asia Beach Soccer Tournament kicks off the final between Iran and Oman, and eventually Oman beaten by 3-6, Iran takes gold medal, in Ordos, on Aug 25.
In the first seven months of 2016, total retail sales of consumer goods reached 356.76 billion yuan ($53.79 billion) in Inner Mongolia, a year-on-year increase of 9.5 percent.
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.