North China
Doing Business in Hohhot
China's dairy capital - home to Mengniu and Yili (the world's largest dairy brands), with a growing big data and cloud computing cluster powered by cheap wind/solar energy.
Why Hohhot?
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Dairy capital (Mengniu, Yili HQ)
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Big data/cloud computing (wind/solar powered)
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Lowest electricity costs in northern China
Key Industries
Dairy/FoodBig DataCloud ComputingRenewable Energy
GDP
0.42 trillion RMB
FDI
0.5 billion USD
Setup time
30-45 days
Pros & Cons
✓ Advantages
- •Dairy industry leadership
- •Cheap renewable energy
- •Big data pilot
✗ Challenges
- •Geographic isolation
- •Small market
- •Limited talent pool