Inner Mongolia to host 2nd China Horse Culture Festival
The second China Horse Culture Festival and the inaugurating Inner Mongolia International Horse Culture Expo are scheduled to be held in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region from June to September.
The four-month festival includes 56 activities in eight categories, including opening and closing ceremonies, forums and lectures, racing tournaments, art performances, exhibitions, and publications.
The press conference for the second Inner Mongolia Horse Culture Expo is held in Beijing on April 17. [Photo/nm.people.cn]
During the festival, 32 horse races will be staged across the region, in Hohhot and Xilin Gol League, as well as in 11 other cities and leagues in Inner Mongolia.
The races will include 14 international and national competitions, such as the 2019 Belt and Road China Speed Horse Racing Open Tournament, five traditional competitions such as the Mongolian Horse Race of Champion, and 13 other competitions, among them the Inner Mongolia Speed Horse Grand Prix Finals, the Tour of 11 Leagues and Cities of Inner Mongolia, and the Inner Mongolia Junior Equestrian Exchange Activity.
The festival is devoted to mapping out the world horse industry landscape and China's horse industry strategy. Various activities are arranged to make it an international, comprehensive and dynamic festival, and to promote Inner Mongolia as a national horse culture demonstration area and Hohhot an iconic city of world horse culture.