The base became the first industrial park in Ningxia that has a total output value of more than 100 billion yuan, and became a main source of industrial economic growth for Ningxia.

Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base, covering a planned area of 3,500 square kilometers, is a major national base for large-scale coal, the "West-to-East Electricity Transmission" project and the coal-to-chemical industry, and is also a national demonstration zone for the circular economy.

The base started construction in 2003 and has currently developed three leading industries: coal, electricity and chemical. It has seen fast development in petrochemicals, nonferrous metals, energy savings and environmental protection, new energy vehicles, new materials, machining and equipment manufacturing, light industrial textiles, and production-related services.