Qingshuihe County
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Qingshuihe County is a county of Inner Mongolia
, People's Republic of China, bordering Shanxi
province to the south and east. It is the southernmost county-level division of the regional capital of Hohhot
, which lies more than 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) to the north.
In 2005, the county council started development on a new city, 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) north of the existing town, closer to Hohhot. Chinese media reports said the scheme would have cost more than $6b yuan ($880m, £610m) in total, many times more than the county government's annual expenditure. The council expected either local, regional or national help to complete the project, but this was not approved. In 2007, money for the project ran out, and development stopped, leaving both a half-developed and unoccupied city, as well as a lack of finances and resource to maintain the existing town.
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...
, People's Republic of China, bordering Shanxi
Shanxi
' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....
province to the south and east. It is the southernmost county-level division of the regional capital of Hohhot
Hohhot
Hohhot , is a city in north-central China and the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, serving as the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre....
, which lies more than 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) to the north.
In 2005, the county council started development on a new city, 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) north of the existing town, closer to Hohhot. Chinese media reports said the scheme would have cost more than $6b yuan ($880m, £610m) in total, many times more than the county government's annual expenditure. The council expected either local, regional or national help to complete the project, but this was not approved. In 2007, money for the project ran out, and development stopped, leaving both a half-developed and unoccupied city, as well as a lack of finances and resource to maintain the existing town.