When China Telecom's Inner Mongolia branch hosted a promotion fair on cloud computing in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on June 16, it attracted more than 36 Internet service exhibitors and did 16.2-million-yuan worth of trade.
Temperatures in Hulunbuir, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, hit a record high of 44.1 C on Wednesday, resulting in dozens of people seeking medical assistance for heatstroke.
When the curtain came down on the 26th National Book Expo, in the city of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, on July 30, it had seen transactions worth more than 4 billion yuan ($603 million), with more than 1.5 million books sold right on the spot.
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.