The city of Hulunbeir, Inner Mongolia held a Fourth Exposition of Organic Agricultural and Husbandry Products, on Aug 7, where a lot of visitors were stopping at one booth that was promoting bottled air at 68 yuan ($ 10.2) a liter, produced by the Global Outlook Biotechnology Co, of Hulunbeir.
On Aug 13, an international cultural tourism festival was hosted in Erenhot, with the purpose of promoting culture exchanges among Russia, Mongolia,and China.
On Aug 16, the 2nd Mongolian Medicine Expo, in conjunction with the Eurasian and Pacific Academic Forum on Mongolian Medicine, began in Tongliao.
Inner Mongolia announced that the regional science museum would be open free to local residents from Wednesday to Sunday as long as they show their ID cards.
In the first seven months of 2016, Hohhot in Inner Mongolia autonomous region recruited around 265 thousand herdsmen for new jobs, accomplishing 98 percent of the annual goal.
On Aug 13, a volunteer campaign on responsible and eco-friendly tourism called “blue ribbon” was launched in the wildlife park at Ordos.
Budget revenues of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region hit 122.74 billion yuan ($18.48 billion) in the first seven months of 2016, a year-on-year growth of 6.2 percent.
On Aug 4, the Fifth International Youth Culture and Art Exchanges opened in Beijing, and the Mongolian singer Ulantuya attended.
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.