Overview of Hohhot City
2 min readThe provincial capital of Huhhot lies at the center of Inner Mongolia on the Tumochuan Plain，about 670 km from Beijing.The city’s name means“green city”in Mongolian and with a population 2.4 million people，it is the cultural，financial and economic hub for the Region.It is China’s leading center for woolen textiles and has also developed industries in leather，sugar，machine making，steel and animal product processing.
Apart from the harsh climate the city is relatively pleasant with a mixture of modern and traditional architecture surrounded by grasslands.
It is also an important provincial transportation center linking Inner Mongolia with the outside.Air and rail links are available for travel to and from the region.
Climate
Huhhot is in the Northwestern continental climate，with no severe coldness in winter，nor scorching hotness in summer.The average temperature all the year is around 6 centigrade，and the annual rainfall about 350-500 milimeters.
Transportation
Road:Huhhot is one of the communication centers in Northwest China close to 3 national highways，among which No.110 is the main artery connecting Beijing，the capital city and the Great Northwest China Region.And Huhhot-Baotou expressway has been put into use already.Moreover，an expressway to Beijing is going to be built soon.
Railway:Huhhot is linked to the national railway networks by Beijing-Baotou and Beijing-Lanzhou lines.There are passenger trains directly to Beijing，Shanghai，Xi’an，Yinchuan，Lanzhou，Nanjing，and Ningbo，and international through trains to Ulan Bator and Moscow.
Airport:Huhhot Baita Airport is merely 5 kilometers away from HETDZ.At present，there are 48 civil routes to metropolises across the country，and 2 international routes to Ulan Bator，capital of Mongolia.Besides irregular chartered flights started to shuttle between Huhhot and Hong Kong，and between Huhhot and Tokyo via Shanghai.
Natural Resources
The area surrounding the Zone abounds in natural resources.Within the range of 200 square kilometers，there are tremendous reserves of metal and nonmetal resources.The nonmetals include coal，kaolin，rare earth，graphite，mica，and quartz；and the metals of over 100 kinds cover iron，cuprum，zincum，and so on.So far，there are 170 mines identified，and the reserve for rare earth ranks the first in the world.The area also possesses rich farm and livestock resources such as animal hide，fur，down，milk，meat，and grass，and it also possesses fine-quality natural herbs such as buckthorn，licorice，codonopsis pilosula，lily，and astragalus membranaceus.In addition，ground water here is in excellent quality.
Human Resources
In Huhhot there are 124 scientific research and design institutions of various categories，and 9 universities and colleges which account for 80 percent of higher education schools in the Autonomous Region.
Industrial Structure
In Huhhot，a relatively complete industrial structure has now taken shape with the following industries as the mainstay，namely，dairy product processing，biomedicine，electronic information，new type materials，green food，fine chemistry，machinery，and textile industry.And in it hi-tech production takes the leading position.
