A broad, lush view of Hohhot city in Inner Mongolia [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Hohhot – capital city of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region – ranked 13th domestically for its green city development, according to the recently released 2020 China Green City Index Top 50 Report.

A skyline panorama of Hohhot, verdant capital of Inner Mongolia [Photo/Hohhot news network]

The Report was jointly produced by the China Investment Association Innovation Investment and Financing Professional Committee, Xinhua News Agency's Globe magazine, the Renmin University of China Eco-Finance Research Center, as well as by third-party green development rating agencies.

The study evaluated the green index of each city in terms of 25 sub-indices for the 10 major categories of living comfort, green transportation, air quality, water governance, energy consumption, waste reuse, environmental noise, health education, economic development and financial management.