Ordos wins multiple national awards for business environment and high-quality development.[Photo/Wechat account of Nuan News]
At the 2025 Conference on Urban High-Quality Development International Cooperation of Cities held in Shenzhen, Ordos City was honored with two awards: "2025 High-Quality Development · Exemplary City for Business Environment" and "2025 High-Quality Development · City of Investment and Business Value."
Additionally, Juungar Banner and the Ordos Airport Logistics Park were recognized as "2025 High-Quality Development · Exemplary County (City) for Business Environment" and "2025 Demonstration Zone for High-Quality Development of Export-Oriented Economy," respectively.
Organized by Global Times, the conference has been held for three consecutive years, attracting over a hundred cities, key parks, and numerous global leading enterprises across China. It has become a significant platform promoting industry-city integration and international cooperation. Under the theme "Connecting the Future Intelligently · Cities Embark on a New Journey," this year's event focused on digital transformation and the cultivation of new quality productive forces, exploring pathways for urban high-quality development.
In recent years, Ordos has dedicated efforts to building its "Warm City, Five Assurances" business environment brand, committed to providing the most considerate policies, most efficient procedures, most secure investments, most attentive services, and most comfortable living experience. The city's business climate has consistently improved, ranking first in Inner Mongolia's comprehensive business environment assessment for five consecutive years. Ordos has also been recognized as a "China Investment Hotspot City," "City with the Strongest Sense of Entrepreneurial Happiness," and one of the "Top Ten Cities for Business Environment Quality."
The initiative "Empowering Development through the 'Warm City, Five Assurances' Business Environment" was included in the State Council's list of exemplary practices from nationwide inspections. In the 2025 "Evaluation of Business Environment by Ten Thousand Private Enterprises" conducted by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, Ordos ranked 5th in reputation among Chinese prefecture-level cities with GDP exceeding 500 billion yuan in 2023. The city has consistently been listed among China's "Top 100 High-Efficiency Local Governments," climbing to 31st nationally and 1st in northern China in 2025. Moreover, the visual identity system of the "Warm City, Five Assurances" brand won the Silver Award at the 2025 IAA London International Design Awards, making it the first business environment-related brand in China to receive this international design accolade.
