On December 12, the government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region signed a framework agreement on special energy cooperation. On the same day, Sun Shaocheng, secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region CPC Committee, and Wang Lixia, deputy secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional CPC Committee and chairman of the autonomous region, met with Liang Yanshun, secretary of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region CPC Committee, and Zhang