After 39 years of hard work, Yin has controlled 70,000 mu of sandy area. Jingbeitang is now covered with green vegetation and has become home to orchards and new houses.
The renewable energy substitution project of the Ordos Junzheng Energy Coal-fired Self-supply Power Plant, located in the High-tech Industrial Development Zone of Otog Banner, Ordos, is expected to be put into operation by the end of October.
Ordos' R&D funding has reached 5.32 billion yuan ($748.52 million) this year, ranking second in the region, with an increase of 910 million yuan compared to the previous year. The city's R&D funding grew by 20.6 percent, marking the third straight year of double digit increases and higher than its GDP growth rate.
On Sept 15, 2017, the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP13) came to a close in Ordos, and achieved strong results.
The Xi-wu Highway, which extends from Xini town in Hanggin Banner, Ordos city, to Wulashan town in Bayannuur city, was constructed in 1998. It is 115 kilometers long, with 100 km in Hanggin Banner and 50 km traversing the renowned Kubuqi Desert. That's why the highway is known as the "Desert-crossing Highway".
