Erenhot

Erenhot is a county-level city of the Xilin Gol League, in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, located in the Gobi Desert along the Sino-Mongolian border, across from the Mongolian town of Zamyn-Uud. The border town is a rail port city and the largest hub for cross border trade between Mongolia and China. Erenhot was built along with the Jining-Erenhot International Railway. Beijing-Ulan Bator-Moscow International Railway was put into operation in Jan., 1956 and Erenhot was authorized to set up in Jan. 1966. In Jan., 1985, Erenhot was upgraded to a prefecture-level city. State Department listed Erenhot as one of the 13 open city along the border.

Border Gate is a unique scenic spot in Erenhot city. The original border gate was built in 1984, which was replaced by the present one. Dinosaur Fossil Area in Erenhot-Dinosaur Fossil Area is highly reputed as the ‘hometown of dinosaur’ and ‘bomb of dinosaur’. Palaeontologist and geologist at home and abroad dug out over 10 kinds of dinosaur fossil in succession. Numerous intact dinosaur ossature instrument were excavated.