Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, prefecture-level city. Inner Mongolia's largest industrial city, the State Council approved the determination of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, one of the important economic centers, Hubao-Eqiao urban agglomeration center of the city and China's important industrial bases, also known as Deer City, Grassland Steel City, China's Horse City, the world's rare earth capital, the world's green silicon capital, the city's jurisdiction over six districts, one county, two flags, with a total area of 27,768 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, Baotou City has a resident population of 2,740,400 people, and the urbanization rate of the resident population is 86.88%.
Baotou is located in the west of Inner Mongolia, the southern end of the Mongolian Plateau, bordering the Yellow River in the south, located in the Tumecheon Plain and the Hetao Plain, with the Yinshan Mountain Range crossing the central part of the city, and it is a key development area for opening up Inner Mongolia to the outside world. Is a larger city with local legislative power, is a comprehensive industrial city in China to metallurgy, rare earth, machinery industry, silicon industry, China's important industrial base and the global light rare earth industry center, known as the "Prairie Steel City", "Rare Earth Capital", "Green Silicon Capital".
Baotou is the communication between the northern steppe nomadic culture and the central plains of the agricultural culture of the transportation hub, Zhou Shenliang Wang nine years (306 years ago) built Jiuyuan City; Qin Shihuang twenty-six years (221 years ago) set up the Jiuyuan County; Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi nine years, Baotou built city walls, open the East, South, West, Northeast, Northwest five city gates, the formation of modern Baotou's city scale. 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, Baotou has been developed into a famous fur collection and distribution center and the water and water industry center of China. Between the 19th and early 20th centuries, Baotou has developed into a famous fur collection and distribution center in China, as well as a water and drought dock. Baotou has been honored with the UN Habitat Award, China Habitat Environment Example Award, National Forest City, National Garden City, National Hygienic City and China Excellent Tourist City.
In 2023, Baotou's GDP will be 426.39 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 10.2% at comparable prices.