The image of grassland steel city can be dissected into three aspects: first, "grassland", that is, the basic background of urban construction is grassland landscape and horseback cultural landscape, and the characteristics of exotic customs are also obvious; The second is "steel", which shows the prominent position of steel industry in Baotou's national economy and industrial system; The third is the "city".
The Inner Mongolia Plateau is mainly a grassland landscape, and the cities on the grassland are basically developed in modern times, with Baotou being the largest. The concepts expressed by the three are unique in China. There are more than 20 cities in China, such as Tangshan, Handan and Anshan, and only Baotou can be called Grassland Steel City. Therefore, "Grassland Steel City" highlights the characteristics of Baotou city, reflects the rapid growth and construction achievements of emerging cities in modern grassland areas, and is also very successful as a city image for foreign exchange and publicity.
Baotou the yinshan mountains (bounded by Kundulun River) has Daqing Mountain and Wula Mountain, with an average elevation of 2,000 meters and the highest elevation of 2,324 meters. The city consists of three parts: the central mountainous area, the grassland in the northern mountainous area and the plain in the southern mountainous area. High in the middle, low in the north and south, high in the west and low in the east. The Yellow River flows through 2 14 km in Baotou City, and the highway and railway bridges fly north and south parallel to the Yellow River.