“It is a holy place in my bosom.”

--Da Wei (Chinese name) from Egypt

Da Wei, a young Egyptian man well-known by his Chinese name, speaks Chinese as fluently as any native. Last year, he cruised all the way to the final round of the “Chinese Bridge — Sino-African Friendship Knowledge Competition.” He won an award against stiff competition.

Da Wei said Inner Mongolia is very special to him, as in his home country both his best Chinese friend and his most reliable Chinese teacher are both from the autonomous region.

“My Chinese teacher said that Inner Mongolia is a fantastic place, where the local residents are too hospitable to allow their guests to feel even a touch homesick.”

He said that Inner Mongolia, a holy place in his bosom, is at the top of his travel list.

“Inner Mongolia is taken as one of the most important ‘green lungs’ in China.”

--Hu Yishan from Malaysia

Hu Yishan, chief advisor at the Malaysian Pacific Research Center, has been to Inner Mongolia many times, visiting famous cities and tourist scenic spots like Ordos, Erenhot, Hohhot, Khorchin, the Hulunbeir Prairie and Arxan.

“The autonomous region is easy on my eyes: rolling hills, green prairies with no end in sight, and a crystal blue sky,” Hu said, noting it is one of the most important “green lungs” in China.

“Russians love traveling to Inner Mongolia, where they go into a shopping frenzy.”

--Andrey Ostrovsky from Russia

Andrey Ostrovsky, deputy director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, said people in Inner Mongolia enjoy a very convenient life with a strong, prosperous economy, recalling his visit to the region in 2016.

“Chinese and Russian people have maintained close contact, and lots of Russians love travelling to Inner Mongolia, where they go into a shopping frenzy,” Ostrovsky said, noting the autonomous region’s Manzhouli, a city on the Russian border, is China’s largest land border port.

Sinologist Yuri Tavrovsky, a professor at Russia's Peoples Friendship University, had inspection tours to Manzhouli twice. He visited Hohhot in May this year. “Both places made a deep impression on me, although I stayed there for a short period. Manzhouli is permeated with Russian style, while the architecture in Hohhot truly reflected the features of ethnic Mongolia.”