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| The construction and development of teaching facilities and public service systems guarantee the carrying out of teaching and research work in the University. During the construction period for the "211 Project" and the ninth "five-year plan period", the University accelerated its pace in having the university intranet developed, and as a result, all teaching, research and administrative units are connected through the University intranet line. Inner Mongolia University also the crunode in western Inner Mongolia for the education line of China. With the completion of the second stage construction, conditions in the university library have been much improved, and 5916 volumes of books and 1660 item(1290 kinds) of electronic publications have been added to the library collection, which has increased from 1.27 million volumes in 1996 to 1.36 million at present. Document retrieval and book title inquiry can be carried out through internet because the library is connected to the education line of China for shared documentary resources. Four milti-functional audio-visual classrooms and one computer assisting laboratory have been added to the audio-visual and computer assisting system, making the audio-visual center an important teaching center with modern means. The teaching facilities have also been greatly improved during the construction period for the "211 Project": The university gym, dormitory buildings for students, apartment buildings for staff, second construction stage of the university library, apartment building for international students, apartment building for young teachers, university hospital, students' canteen, covering an construction area of 108 thousand square meters in total, have been completed in the University headquarter. Thus, the total construction area of the University headquarter increased from 208 thousand square meters in 1996 to 289 thousand square meters at present, almost being twice the 154 thousand square meters in 1993 before construction for the "211 Project" began. With much attention paid to campus environment, a garden-like campus has begun to take shape As the College of Arts and College for Professional Training incorporates into Inner Mongolia University, there appears a larger space for development in the new century, which has laid a good foundation for the further construction and development for the "211 Project" and in the tenth "five-year plan period". |