Baotou: What does it mean in Mongolian?

Baotou, the homophonic pronunciation of the Mongolian "Baoketu", means a place with deer, and is called "Deer City".

It is an important basic industrial base in China and the global light rare earth industry center. It is known as the "Prairie Steel City" and the "Rare Earth Capital". Baotou is an important hub connecting North China and Northwest China. It is a key development area for China and Inner Mongolia to open to the outside world, and one of the railway transportation hub cities in mainland China.

Baotou Municipal People's Government was established on February 23, 1950; during the "First Five-Year Plan" period, 6 of the country's 156 key projects were located in Baotou, making it a key industrial city in the national layout. New China's first tank, first anti-aircraft gun, nuclear fuel for the first atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb were produced here, and one-third of the rails for China's high-speed railways were provided here.

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Baotou was approved by the State Council as one of the thirteen largest cities in the country as early as 1984. This place has a long history and profound cultural heritage. From the Ashan ruins to the flood and drought docks, from the grasslands outside the Great Wall to the industrial towns, farming culture, grassland culture, immigration culture, and industrial culture blend here.

The heroic deeds of the ‘Little Sisters of the Prairie Heroes’ spread from here to the north and south of the Yangtze River, and the integration of multiple cultures has created an inclusive and atmospheric city. "Baotou is rich in resources and has a complete industrial system. 58 kinds of minerals have been discovered, with proven iron ore reserves of 3.4 billion tons and rare earth industrial reserves of 43.5 million tons, ranking first in the world.

It is an important national special steel and equipment manufacturer and military manufacturing base, the world's largest rare earth raw material production and application R&D base, known as the "Rare Earth Capital" and "Prairie Steel City", and is one of the 20 most suitable cities for industrial development determined by the country.

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