Ningxia's resources boost development

The Ningxia Hui autonomous region is counting on its energy, agriculture and tourism resources to boost its future development prospects.

Ningxia is already one of the country's leading sources of coal with proven reserves of up to 31 billion tons. In terms of ore deposits, it ranks fifth in the Chinese mainland .

With 12 large and medium-sized power plants in the region, its installed electric power capacity has now reached 8.15-million kW. In terms of per capita coal production capacity, it ranks first in the country.