By that time, the Ceke railway is expected to be carrying 30-million tons of freight annually, making it China's largest land port, and an example for others to follow.
Darhan Mumingan banner, in Inner Mongolia will be the site of the 4th China Nomadic Culture Tourism Festival, starting July 10, with cultural items, traditional Mongolian sports, tourism events, and commerce and trade.
The statistics bureau of Inner Mongolia reports steady growth in its economy during the January – March period of 2016, with added value output of industries increasing 8 percent, or 2.2 percentage points higher than for the national level.
An 8-day university football tournament got off to a good start at Inner Mongolia Normal University, on May 25, as the biggest gathering of its kind in Inner Mongolia, this time with almost three dozen teams from 19 colleges and universities across the region to partake.
Hohhot customs reports that Inner Mongolia's total imports and exports in the first four months of the year were 23.68 billion yuan ($3.61 billion), a year-on-year decrease of 5.6 percent, with the exports declining 2.1 percent, and imports declining 7.9 percent.
A concert "Sounds of Grasslands" brought by the Mongolian singer Buren Bayaer and his family presented a splendid performance at the music hall of Inner Mongolia Normal University, on May 20.
Sixty-four enterprises in Inner Mongolia brought 68 scientific and technical projects to the Beijing International Convention and Exhibition Center for the 19th China Beijing International High-tech Expo, on May 19.
The 2016 Grassland International Dance Carnival, an important activity of the third Erdos International Nadam Festival that lasts from March to the end of the year, will be held in the city of Erdos, Inner Mongolia, Aug 1-15.
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.