On Oct 17, the Pioneer College of Inner Mongolia University (IMU) unveiled the founding of the Grasslands Silk Road Painting and Calligraphy Institute at the Inner Mongolia Art Museum.
Ejin Banner’s frontier force has patrolled and inspected the surrounding areas of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, where China’s Shenzhou-XI manned spacecraft blasted off on Oct 17.
On Oct 16, the 2016 China-Ejin International Desert Poplar Forest Half Marathon began in Ejin Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, during which 1,500 runners from 27 provinces in China and other foreign countries took part.
Young pupils gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s Long March and the 67th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Young Pioneers.
Inner Mongolia has invested over 70 million yuan ($10.4 million), granted from China’s central government and regional finance bureau, into the improvement of the rural environment this year.
During the National Day holiday, Inner Mongolia embraced around 8.54 million tourists, a year-on-year increase of 21.5 percent; a surge that resulted in 6.03 billion yuan ($896 million) of tourism revenue.
Cultivation of millet in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region has been on the rise ever since archaeologists presented evidence that the grain originated there.
A group of photos taken on Oct 5 show the desert poplar (populus euphratica) forest in Ejin Banner, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
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.