Hohhot sets bold economic target for 2027 with strong industrial momentum

Hohhot is pressing ahead with a five-year plan to surpass 500 billion yuan ($69.8 billion) in GDP by 2027.

In 2024, the city's GDP exceeded 410 billion yuan, with its ranking among China's top 100 cities rising from 99th in 2021 to 82nd in 2024. This remarkable growth reflects a transformation in Hohhot's industrial structure, driven by intelligent manufacturing and innovation.

The city has set clear industrial development goals: to build a "World Dairy Capital", develop the "China's Cloud Valley", and cultivate advanced manufacturing clusters.

At the Yili Future Intelligence & Health Valley, digital production lines produce up to 12,000 packages of dairy products per minute, with AI-powered quality inspection systems monitoring every step in real time – revitalizing the traditional dairy industry with cutting-edge technology.

Hohhot's dairy industrial cluster has been designated as a national advanced manufacturing cluster. The city also boasts a complete photovoltaic industrial chain – from silicon materials and monocrystalline silicon to cells, modules, and power stations. 

In the biomedical industry, the city has built a full-chain system from corn to starch, liquid sugar, APIs, and finished pharmaceuticals. The energy storage industry in the city features an integrated layout from materials to battery cells and stations, with promising developments in pumped storage and high-performance hydrogen storage.

As one of China's first pilot cities for large-scale Beidou satellite system applications, Hohhot is also embracing the low-altitude economy. The establishment of a research institute and innovation center in this field signals the city's growing strength in developing new quality productive forces.