Bayankhongor governor to attend Central Asia forum

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A delegation from China’s Gansu is visiting south-western Bayankhongor province these days. The delegation met with Province Governor D.Jargalsaikhan on Sunday and presented him an invitation for a ‘China-Central Asia cooperation forum’ to take place in Lanzhou city, the largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. The delegation is expected to hold a series of meeting with the local administration during their two-day visit in Bayankhongor province. Gansu is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest of the country. It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east. The Yellow River passes through the southern part of the province. Gansu has a population of 26 million (2009). The capital is Lanzhou, located in the southeast part of the province.