China News Service:

Since last year, many regions in China have experienced a cultural tourism boom. Inner Mongolia, with its vast land and numerous scenic spots, offers the stunning and captivating beauty of the prairie. What measures has Inner Mongolia taken to develop its cultural and tourism resources and improve service quality to attract more tourists? Thank you.

Wang Lixia:

Mr. Yang Jin will answer this question.

Yang Jin:

Thank you for your question. As you mentioned, Inner Mongolia is a vast region with many scenic spots. When you travel here, you can experience prairies, forests, rivers and lakes, wetlands, and deserts. Inner Mongolia is the top choice for self-driving tours, one of the best places for camping trips, a must-visit for vacations, and an excellent health tourism destination.

Choosing Inner Mongolia as the top destination for self-drive trips is well-deserved because we have created 12 high-quality routes, including the picturesque G331 National Highway and the 1,000-kilometer grassland scenic avenue. Driving your own car, you can see the grasslands, walk through forests, visit wetlands, and drive across deserts. You can enjoy the magnificent scenery of the Hulun Buir Grassland, the Greater Khingan Range forests, the Ergune Wetland, and the Badain Jaran Desert. We are also enhancing the self-drive experience by improving expressway traffic capacity, building high-quality recreational vehicle parks, and increasing charging stations for new energy vehicles. This year, we collaborated with Amap to establish a self-drive tourism platform called "One-Click Service for Touring Around Inner Mongolia," providing more convenient travel planning and route design for self-drive tourists

When it comes to the best places for camping trips, Inner Mongolia offers grassland pastures, mountain forests, desert oases, rivers, lakes, and canyons. These locations are ideal camping sites and popular Instagram-worthy spots for tourists. The Ulan Hada Volcano Geopark in Ulanqab is known as a natural "volcanic museum." The complete volcano group is set within the vast grassland, and the unique landforms make visitors feel like they are on the Moon or Mars. Camping here allows people to explore the mysterious volcanoes during the day and stargaze at night.

For vacation spots, the Ulgai Prairie features a vast expanse of green grass, and the meandering stream in the beautiful Jiuquwan scenic area is enchanting. The Xiangshawan (Sounding Sand) Desert in Erdos is magnificent, with fascinating views of galloping horses. Arxan Mountain, newly included in the national register of tourist resorts, offers beautiful scenery year-round: azaleas cover the mountains in spring, green hills stretch across the landscape in summer, trees display red leaves in autumn, and snow creates a dreamy winter scene. With a vegetation coverage rate of 95% and over 98% of days with good air quality, Arxan Mountain is a well-deserved natural oxygen bar.

For health and wellness travel, Inner Mongolia is the perfect summer retreat to escape the heat. We have developed a new migratory bird-style healthcare model by combining resources such as spa services, sand therapy, green dietary therapy, and traditional Mongolian medicine and healthcare. In July, the average temperature in Hexigten Banner is only 21.3 degrees Celsius. The Arshatu "glacial stone forest" is stunning and unique, and the warm hot springs of Reshuitang town provide an excellent place to refresh the body and mind, attracting many tourists from home and abroad.

Summer has arrived, and we would like to extend a sincere invitation to friends nationwide. We have prepared beautiful views, delicious food, and fine wines for you in the most amazing season on the grassland. Come and have a "date with the prairie." Thank you!

National Business Daily:

We understand that Inner Mongolia has introduced various policies and measures to promote the development of the private economy, such as setting up service windows and a service hotline for private enterprises. What plans and specific initiatives will be taken next to support the development of private enterprises? Thank you. 

Wang Lixia:

I would like to invite Mr. Gong to answer this question.

Gong Mingzhu:

Thank you for your question. Last year, non-governmental investment in Inner Mongolia increased by 14.2% year on year, ranking top in China. The private economy contributed to 54% of the region's total tax revenue and over 90% of new employment. The private sector has become a new growth driver for economic development in Inner Mongolia. Promoting development of the private sector requires systematic efforts. In order to coordinate the strengths of all parties and make every effort to provide all-round service and support for the development of the private economy, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region has established the Private Economy Development Commission, the Party Committee of Key Private Enterprises, and the Service Bureau for Private Economy Development, creating a sound environment for private enterprises.

We aim to provide more considerate services to help private enterprises solve practical problems. We have established a comprehensive service platform for private enterprises and set up service windows for key private enterprises. All departments related to services for enterprises at the levels of autonomous region, league/city and banner/county have joined this platform to process and resolve the concerns of enterprises, enabling enterprises to have easy access to getting their concerns solved. The platform has set up a window for enterprises to report their issues and receive prompt resolutions. The saying, "If enterprises encounter difficulties, they can seek help from the comprehensive service platform" has been spread widely among enterprises in Inner Mongolia.

We aim to improve efficiency in terms of handling matters so as to free enterprises from the difficulties of accessing government services, and allowing their problems to be solved in one visit. We have simplified the procedures and integrated highly relevant and frequently occurring issues during the whole process from starting a business to exiting the market, developing a full-life cycle service system for enterprises. At the same time, we have launched 13 one-stop government service packages, including enterprise information changes and credit repair.

We aim to enhance our support to ensure the implementation of preferential policies and enable enterprises to enjoy these policies directly and quickly. We will soon introduce the Opinions On Supporting High-Quality Development of the Private Sector, shifting from generalized broad-brush policies to targeted measures based on specific conditions, and focus on solving issues of greatest concern to private enterprises, including restrictions on market access and financing difficulties. At the same time, through the launch of projects to promote integrity and credibility, we have rewarded enterprises that have credibility and good faith with more benefits and introduced easy-access loans to private enterprises based on credibility assessment.

The business environment in Inner Mongolia is improving. We welcome more enterprises to invest and do business in Inner Mongolia. Thank you.