Baotou city is located in the hinterland of Bohai economic circle and the resource interchange of upper reaches of the Yellow River, the geographical position is east longitude 109 ° 15 '~110 ° 26', north latitude 40 ° 15 '~42 ° 43 ′ and altitude is 1067.2m. Baotou is an important part of national economic belt of Hohhot, Baotou, Yinchuan and Yulin and Inner Mongolia economic circle of Hohhot, Baotou and Erdos. It is more than 600km away from Beijing. With a total area of 27,768km2, the city has jurisdiction over 9 counties and one national rare-earth hi-tech industrial development zone.