Ordos is located in the southwest of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, bordering the ancient Great Wall and Shanxi, Shaanxi and Ningxia provinces in the south, surrounded by the Yellow River in the west, north and east, and constitutes the most dynamic "Golden Triangle" in Inner Mongolia with Hohhot and Baotou. Ordos is hilly and mountainous in the east, wavy plateau in the west, Mu Us and Kubuqi deserts in the middle and Yellow River alluvial plain in the north, in which deserts, mountains and plateaus each account for 48% of the total area. The average altitude is between1000-170-350 mm, the annual average temperature is 5.3-8.7 degrees Celsius, and the annual precipitation is small and concentrated, which is170-350 mm, belonging to a typical temperate continental climate.
Although Ordos has rugged terrain and complex landforms, the traffic is very convenient. There are three main railway lines in and around Beijing-Baotou, Baolan and Baoxi, and two expressways (109, 2 10) pass through the city. Ordos Airport has formed a convenient regional aviation network with five surrounding civil aviation airports. The city has a total area of 87,000 square kilometers and a total population of 6.5438+0.54 million, including 6.5438+0.7 million Mongolians. The city consists of seven banners and one district (Ejinhoro Banner, Dalat Banner, Jinhang Banner, Zhungeer Banner, Wushen Banner, Otog Banner, Dongsheng District), and it is a prefecture-level city with Mongolian as the main body and Han as the majority. Kangbashi New District, where the municipal government is located, started construction in May 2004 and was officially put into use on July 3, 2006. It is the city's political, cultural, financial, scientific research and education center and technology industry base.
Ordos has a long history and is one of the birthplaces of human civilization. As early as 37,000 years ago, "Hetao people" thrived on this vast land, creating a famous "Hetao culture". 3,500 years ago, the dawn of nomadic people in China first appeared here, forming a famous "Zhu Kaigou culture". It is an important symbol of the northern nomadic people from barbarism to civilization. From 2800 BC to 2300 BC, represented by bronzes decorated with various animal patterns, the famous "Ordos Bronze Culture" was formed. /kloc-In the middle of the 0/5th century, the Mongolian Ordos tribe guarding Genghis Khan's mausoleum moved from the Mongolian plateau to Ordos area. A long history and unique geographical location have given birth to a unique, simple and elegant national culture. Ordos is a sea of songs, with melodious long tunes and fresh and cheerful short tunes. Popular folk songs such as Senjidema are famous all over the world. Especially the Manchu-Han banquet with strong local flavor is widely circulated in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Mongolia and other places. Zhungeer Banner in our city was named as "National Hometown of Manchu-Han Banquet Art" by the Ministry of Culture. Ordos is the hometown of dance, and the famous chopsticks dance and bowl dance have become the treasures of our national art ... Ordos is the most intact area of Mongolian traditional etiquette: Genghis Khan sacrifice and Erdos wedding have been listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list. Some Mongolian classical epic masterpieces with great cultural and historical value, such as The Origin of Mongolia and The Golden History of Mongolia, were also born in Ordos. . Ordos region has a glorious revolutionary historical tradition. In modern times, a massive "Dugui Dragon" movement broke out here, which set off the "Ordos Storm". At present, Ordos culture, with its profound cultural background and regional characteristics, enjoys a good reputation all over the country and goes to the world.
Ordos is rich in natural resources. Now it is natural gas (kaolin) spitting (coal). Alba white cashmere is famous for its long and thin fibers, and is known as "fiber diamond" and "soft gold". The annual output of Albas white cashmere in the city is more than 700,000 kilograms, and the annual output of cashmere sweaters is more than 8.9 million pieces. Products are exported to all parts of the world. The proven coal reserves in Ordos are/kloc-0.496 million tons, accounting for about one-sixth of the national proven reserves and one-half of the total reserves in the autonomous region. Its advantages are low ash, low sulfur, low phosphorus and high calorific value, and it is recognized by experts at home and abroad as a rare "clean coal" in the world. At present, the developed coalfields mainly include Zhungeer, Dongsheng, Wan Li Chuan and Xizhuozishan. In 2007, the total output of coal in our city was 60. Kaolin reserves 6.5 billion tons, and its quality is the best among hard kaolin in China. The proven natural gas reserves in Ordos are 878.8 billion cubic meters, accounting for about one-third of the national proven reserves. Sulige gas field, a world-famous world-class comprehensive gas field, is located in Uxin Banner of our city, with proven reserves of 533.6 billion cubic meters. In addition, there are huge reserves of natural alkali, salt, mirabilite, gypsum, limestone and purple clay. Abundant resources make Ordos an important energy production base of the country. In addition to energy, Ordos has experienced many vicissitudes, leaving many precious tourism resources with distinctive regional and ethnic characteristics. There are a generation of famous tourist attractions here, such as Genghis Khan Mausoleum, the desert charm-"Yinken" ringing sand, infinite scenery, sand oasis-Engebei tourist area and so on. In addition, there are Zhungeerzhao, Qixing Lake, the ancient Great Wall, the Road of Qin Dynasty, the Alzhai Grottoes in Dunhuang, the Yellow River Grand Canyon and the grassland tourist area. 35 scenic spots (spots) in the city for 4 years.
Erdos City, riding the east wind of western development, relying on the advantages of resources, scientifically grasping the law of development, put forward the strategic thought of "three interactions" and centralized development. In recent years, Ordos City has put forward and is implementing "Nine Major Projects".
On the one hand, it puts forward the development idea of building a "big green city and a strong animal husbandry city", taking the lead in implementing grazing prohibition and rotation in the whole region, persistently reducing farmers and herdsmen, transferring farmers and herdsmen, getting rich farmers and herdsmen, getting rid of the trouble of deterioration-governance-further deterioration-re-governance in ecological construction, and creating a win-win situation of production development, life improvement and ecological restoration; In terms of secondary production, efforts should be made to build a national energy industrial base, take a new industrialization road of "high starting point, high technology, high efficiency, high industrial chain, high added value, high energy conservation and environmental protection", and strive to build an industrial pattern of big coal, big coal-fired power, big chemical industry and big cycle. At present, the new energy industrial base has begun to take shape; In the tertiary industry, we will fully implement three major projects: shaping the city image, improving the quality of citizens and building national culture, vigorously promote the development of tourism culture, and strive to build a new urbanization pattern of great tourism, great culture and great transportation. In recent years, Ordos City has vigorously carried forward the Ordos spirit of "overcoming self, promoting civilization and realizing leap", made great efforts to build a new pattern of urbanization development of industrial towns along the Yangtze River with "Dongsheng-kangbashi-Azhen" as the center, and strived to build a more powerful, dynamic, attractive, civilized and harmonious modern Ordos, which has made our city's political, economic, cultural and social undertakings flourish. In 2007, the city's GDP11509 million yuan, up 25.8% year-on-year, ranking second in the region, and the per capita GDP reached 65.438+0 million US dollars, ranking first in the region. Fiscal revenue reached 20.08 billion yuan, an increase of 37.7%, ranking first in the region. Per capita disposable income of urban residents 16226 yuan; The per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen reached 6 123 yuan. Investment in fixed assets was 88.6 billion yuan, up by 39.8%. In the evaluation results of the National Bureau of Statistics, our city's comprehensive economic strength ranks 28th among the top 100 cities in China. This string of real figures is a witness to the "sound and rapid" economic and social development of Ordos, and it is also a sign that Ordos' economic strength and development level have entered a new stage.