Qingshan district in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, maintained steady economic growth with the region’s GDP amounting to 43.41 billion yuan ($6.43 million) in the first half of 2017, ranking second in Baotou, reports Baotou Daily.

The figure represented year-on-year growth of 7.9 percent, ranking second in the city.

Also, the added value of enterprises above a designated scale in the district hit 37.44 billion yuan, year-on-year growth of 8.5 percent.