Glorious Dreams of a Desert City

• 作者: Han Li Gao Yan
• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 经济
• 关键词: 鄂尔多斯市 城市经济 产业结构 城市发展
• 年，卷（期）: 2007,（7）
• 页码范围: 44-45
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: F299.27

摘要

<正>Years ago, Barbara Freese, American environmental attorney and writer, boarded a Beijing train bound for the heart of the old continent of Asia. As it approached the Ordos Desert in Inner Mongolia, she observed how the landscape changed from green farmland and mountains to bare boundless sands, with sporadic flocks of sheep and lone herders. This barren ground with its rocky knolls, dotted with small patches of grass and shrubs, seemed to offer few life resources for humankind and higher creatures. But Barbara was surprised to see factory buildings flashing past along the railway line every now and then. She later discovered that as the region was covered with dense forest millions of years ago it has abundant coal deposits that fuel its industry. Ordos (formerly Ih Ju League) first became known in and outside of China through the local Erdos (Ordos) company's catchy slogan, 'Erdos cashmere warms the whole globe,' which made the brand a household name. The city has lucrative resources in addition to its famous goat fleece, including tourism, energy and chemical industry. Ordos, Baotou and Hohhot constitute an economic golden triangle in the region.