Built in 2009, Dugui Tala Industrial Park (独贵塔拉工业园区) focuses on the new coal chemical industry, with concentrations in coal-to-liquids, coal-to-gas, coal-to-methanol, fine chemicals, olefin, polyester and its downstream new functional synthetic material.

With a planning area of 300 sq km, the industrial park is one of the 22 key industrial concentration areas settled in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. It is also a prioritized industrial park to be fostered and built in the area, with an annual operating revenue surpassing 10 billion yuan ($1.45 billion).

In 2010, it was listed in the key industrial development plan for the economic belt along the Yellow River and the traffic artery in Inner Mongolia.

Divided into two areas, the first phase of the industrial park has a planning area of 80 sq km, with 45 sq km in the north and 35 sq km in the south.

With a constantly improving infrastructure, the industrial park has a remarkably strong capacity to undertake large projects. So far, it has invested a total of 4.3 billion yuan ($623.6 million) in infrastructural systems.

Water system: a 20-sq-km flood retarding basin has been established. The water supply projects in the south and north areas have also been completed, with an annual water supply of 36 million tons to both areas.

Road system: crisscrossed railways and highways connect both sides of the Yellow River and spread to the whole country, forming a three-dimensional transportation network.

Electricity system: the industrial park plans to build a series of transformer substations, one 500kV-level, three 220kV-level and three 110kV-level. At present, two finished 220kV-level and another two 110kV-level transformer substations can meet the requirements of large projects' construction.

Ecological system: the north area has an ecological forest plantation of 50,000 mu (3,333.3 hectares) and the south area of 20,000 mu (1,333.3 hectares).

In recent years, the industrial park has made remarkable achievements in investment promotion. To date, it has brought in four large-scale enterprises with a total investment of 200 billion yuan - namely, China Elion Resources Group, Inner Mongolia Yitai Group Co Ltd, Beijing Haohua Energy Co Ltd and Xinmeng Energy Investment Co Ltd.

The north area: Cooperating with Air Liquide Group and JuneYao Group, Elion Group constructs a large multifunctional coal chemical base, with diversified investment, integrated construction and professional management modes. It has a planning area of 18 sq km, with a total investment of around 65 billion yuan.

So far, two programs have been put into operation, namely, the first phase (2.6 million tons) of the annual 5.2 million tons carbon-based compound fertilizer project and the first phase (600,000 tons) of the annual 1.2 million tons ethylene glycol project. A total investment of 10 billion yuan has been fulfilled.

Beijing Haohua Energy Co Ltd is conducting a project involving 1.8 million tons of methyl alcohol (first phase of 400,000 tons) and 600,000 tons of olefin, with a total investment of 25 billion yuan. The annual 400,000 tons methyl alcohol project has achieved a total investment of 3.8 billion yuan. The project began production on Aug 20, 2015, and is now ranked within the pilot production stage.

Xinmeng Energy is implementing an 8 billion cu m coal-to-gas project, with a total investment of 50 billion yuan, 700 millions of which has currently been invested. Now, the lands have been leveled and the official approval of the water index is underway. 

The south area: Yitai Group is conducting a 3.6 million ton fine chemicals project, with a planning area of 16 sq km and a total investment of 70 billion yuan. The first phase of the program (1.2 million tons), with an investment of 19.2 billion yuan, has been completed with an accumulative investment of 13.5 billion yuan.

In the future, the industrial park will actively adapt to new economic normal, strengthen services for enterprises, embark on further investment promotion, security production and environmental protection, and focus on infrastructure and security system construction to foster the stable and healthy development of the park.