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Inner Mongolia has set its sights on transforming Baotou into China’s premier hub for rare earth new materials and a global leader in rare earth applications, as outlined in a new regional development strategy released by local authorities.
The comprehensive plan, designed to promote the vision of a “Beautiful Inner Mongolia” from 2025 through 2035, was publicly shared on the government’s website yesterday. It emphasizes expanding unconventional natural gas exploration, regulating the extraction of valuable metals from tailings, and increasing the use of industrial waste.
By 2035, the region aims to optimize its mineral resource development structure and spatial arrangements to significantly enhance resource efficiency.
The strategy underscores the importance of advancing new energy initiatives and ensuring the sustainable protection and utilization of mineral resources to establish a crucial ecological security barrier in Northern China.
Development efforts will prioritize large-scale deployment of wind and solar energy, with plans to construct seven wind farms each capable of generating 10 million kilowatts in Baotou, Tongliao, Xilingol League, and other areas. Distributed photovoltaic and wind projects will also be promoted across border and desert regions.
In industrial innovation, Inner Mongolia intends to foster hydrogen production powered by renewable energy, develop a “wind-solar-hydrogen-storage” industry cluster, strengthen the sector of carbon-based materials, and create a national manufacturing base for new energy equipment along with a coordinated zone for high-energy-consuming industries and renewable energy development.
The region also aims to accelerate the replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy in industries such as ferroalloys, non-ferrous metals, and data centers. The target is to add over 300 million kilowatts of new energy capacity, with more than 40% of power consumption coming from renewable sources by 2030.
Regarding mineral resources, Inner Mongolia plans to promote eco-friendly exploration, intensive development, and large-scale utilization, along with implementing strategic initiatives to make breakthroughs in mineral exploration.
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