Baotou Rare Earth High-Tech Industrial Development Zone

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Updated: 2013-12-17

This zone was founded in 1990, on a 122-sq-km space with a construction area of 15.5 sq km, at a cost of 3.22 billion yuan. It got national high-tech industrial development zone approval from the State Council, in 1992 and is China's only zone with the "rare earth" designation and one of 24 major development zones in Inner Mongolia.

It has a Construction Area, Binhe New Area, and Xiwang Park, and 809 enterprises, with 205 large ones. Its leading industries are new energy equipment, non-ferrous metal processing, and high-technology. It had industrial added value output of 27.5 billion yuan, in 2009, and paid 2.7 billion yuan in taxes.

Key enterprises

Name	Products	Capacity
East Hope Baotou Rare Earth Aluminum	Aluminum ingots	522,400 t
Baotou Beifang Chuangye	Railroad cars	2,843 units
Inner Mongolia North Heavy-Duty Truck Co	Dump trucks, excavators	342 units
Baotou Huading Copper Development	Sulfuric acid, blister copper	30,000 t blister copper
Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth (Group) Hi-Tech	Rare earth concentrate, rare-earth compounds	148,200 t 18,800 t
Inner Mongolia Goldwind Science & Technology	Wind turbine components	571 parts
Baotou Yili Dairy	Milk	186,200 t
Baotou Xishui Cement	Cement	1.18 million t
Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Hefa Rare Earth	Rare-earth compounds	13,500 t
Inner Mongolia Chalkis Tomato Products	Ketchup	150,000 t

Contact:

Wu Tieshan

Director general, Economic Development Bureau

Tel: 0472-591-2020