Foreign trade

Signboards written in both Chinese and Russian at a street in the border city of Manzhouli, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/VCG]

The region's foreign trade hit 49.55 billion yuan in the first half of this year, a 44.1 percent jump from the same period last year, Inner Mongolia's Hohhot customs said.

During the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-15), Inner Mongolia's actual use of foreign capital reached $19.78 billion, a rise of 53.3 percent from the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10), according to people.com.cn.