Baotou rising as 'hub for modern energy'

Major city in Inner Mongolia rich in rare earths now boosting green growth

Baotou, a prominent city to the west of regional capital Hohhot, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is stepping up efforts to further its new energy development, in pursuit of green and low-carbon growth.

About an hour's flight from Beijing, the city is a major industrial hub also famous for rich mineral resources and is known as a "rare earth capital".

Baotou's proven reserves of rare earths account for 83.4 percent of China's total, and 37.8 percent of the world, data from the city government showed.