Inner Mongolia to boost high-quality development with energy, agriculture

North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region will optimize and upgrade its traditional industries with its strengths in coal, rare earth elements, wind and solar energy and agriculture, to promote high-quality development, the nation's economic regulator said on Thursday.

The autonomous region will also ramp up efforts to boost foreign trade and improve the environment, it added.

Guo Lanfeng, a senior official from the National Development and Reform Commission, said during a news conference on Thursday that Inner Mongolia will further optimize its industrial structure and explore new paths for economic development in resource-rich areas.