Ximeng is Xilin Gol League, and the former is the abbreviation of the latter.
Xilin Gol League, whose organizational system is equivalent to the city, belongs to a level of prefecture-level cities. Just like China has provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government with different names, but the levels are the same. This league is equivalent to a prefecture-level city, but its name has the characteristics of Inner Mongolia.
If you are not clear about the concept of prefecture-level cities, I will explain it to you again. For example, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Wuxi and Suzhou are all prefecture-level cities. Then Changshu and Zhangjiagang, both county-level cities, are under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, a prefecture-level city. I believe that by now, you should understand the concept of prefecture-level cities.
The league government of Xilin Gol League is located in Xilinhot, which is the political and cultural center of Xilin Gol League. That is, the head of this alliance, the level is equivalent to the mayor, working in Xilinhot. Others, such as administration and justice, are also the leaders of Xilinhot as a whole Xilin Gol League.
Compared with western Inner Mongolia, the economy of Inner Mongolia has been relatively backward. Inner Mongolia's GDP has been the first in China for many years, especially Erdos in the west of Inner Mongolia, which is a new energy base in recent years. Ordos' GDP ranks first in the world. Some coal bosses you heard in the China newspaper came from the west of Inner Mongolia.
Finally, congratulations on your boyfriend's arrival in a good place. Xilin Gol League has excellent natural pasture, abundant aquatic plants and beautiful scenery, and is one of the grasslands of world civilization.
The so-called beautiful Inner Mongolia prairie you see in any media, books, newspapers and magazines basically refers to Xilin Gol prairie.
As an Inner Mongolian, I don't even want to see Xilin Gol being developed, and I don't want to talk about the economy. As long as I keep the style of Xilin Gol prairie, it is the most precious wealth. However, adapting to the tide of economic reform all over the country, Xilin Gol prairie was inevitably destroyed, which made people very sad.
In a word, your boyfriend went to a good place, but now the weather is cold and the green grassland turns yellow. If it's July and August in summer, I suggest you go and play. Because the so-called Inner Mongolia grassland is actually Xilin Gol League, Hulunbeier grassland has the style of grassland. Other places are highly urbanized.
The consumption here is still very low, basically similar to that of western cities. You asked which city the standard is similar to. You said that you have been to most cities in China, but you only emphasized that the consumption level is much lower than that of southeast coastal cities.