In the first half of 2021, the industrial fixed asset investment of Hohhot, capital of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, increased by 113.7 percent, ranking second in the autonomous region, Inner Mongolia Daily reported.

This year, the city plans to implement 63 industrial projects worth more than 100 million yuan ($15.47 million) each. Of these, 32 are ongoing projects and 31 are new projects. The total project investment will be 71.91 billion yuan.

During the six-month period, the construction of Yili Modern Smart Health Valley's 30,000-metric-ton milk powder project and 450,000-ton liquid milk project was accelerated.

In addition, construction of the Mengniu China Dairy Industrial Park project officially started.

The trial operations of a boiler at the Jiutai ethylene glycol project has been completed, and it is expected that some sections of the project will enter the trial production stage before November.