Hohhot issued its 15th Five-Year (2026-30) master plan, aligned it with 32 special plans, and established a reserve of 3,603 major projects.

During the 14th Five-Year (2021-25) period, six industrial clusters took shape – green agricultural and livestock product processing, new materials, new energy, biomedicine, next-generation information technology, and modern equipment manufacturing – with average annual output value growth above 25 percent.

Hohhot holds the World Dairy Capital designation; the Horinger data center cluster is a national hub for the East Data, West Computing project. Energy intensity fell 18.4 percent, exceeding the autonomous region's 12 percent target. Carbon intensity fell 14.1 percent, from 1.598 to 1.373 metric tons of CO₂ per 10,000 yuan ($1496.45).

In 2026, 1,232 key projects has resumed or started, completing 90.8 billion yuan in investment. Hohhot established a private economy service agency, issued business-climate policies, and used the Mengqitong platform to process corporate requests. Media visits covered BONC, Parallel Tech, Jinyu Baoling, and Zhongdian Energy Storage.

A total of 11 business-environment cases were released, including national-level tech-finance reform, construction-approval optimization, China-Europe freight trains, and innovative government services; national and local media covered them.

The urban construction in Hohhot keeps flourishing. [Photo/Hohhot Convergence Media]