Hohhot · Full chronicle and history

On November 7, the job fair at Inner Mongolia Normal University was packed with people. A large number of job-seeking students held their resumes high to submit them, and the venue was completely jammed. A female netizen claimed that the same HR representative told her they didn't want women, and then told a male student they didn't want men.

On November 2, police in Saihan District, Hohhot, reported that a netizen surnamed Wang had been administratively detained for posting false information regarding the Shengle International Airport on social media and disrupting public order. The police did not disclose the specific content of his remarks, leading netizens to question and demand to know what exactly he had said.

On October 29, workers at the standard factory building project of the New Energy Industrial Park in Hohhot Jinshan High-tech Zone, contracted by Shanxi Electric Power Construction No. 3 Co., Ltd., were unpaid. Multiple workers used vehicles to blockade the project gate to demand their wages.

On October 20, the School of Economics and Management of Inner Mongolia University invited Officer Wang of the Hohhot Public Security Bureau to give an anti-circumvention lecture to faculty and student representatives, demanding that private circumventing of the Great Firewall and the dissemination of circumvention channels be eliminated. The lecture claimed that exposure to harmful foreign ideologies endangers national security, and warned that violators would face school disciplinary action, administrative penalties, and even criminal liability.

On August 26, 2026, Zhao, an owner of an unfinished building at the Evergrande Cultural Tourism City in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, who had participated in rights defense, fell suddenly ill and was taken to hospital after being placed under administrative detention by police, and died after rescue efforts failed.

On August 14, 2026, reports circulated online that inside the MixC mall in Yuquan District, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, a man openly smashed and vandalized the shop involved and set it on fire, causing panic among shoppers.

In August 2026, several students at the Modern Information Technology School in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia reported that poor sanitation in the school canteen caused widespread diarrhea. After posting online to warn incoming students, they were threatened by school staff.

On July 14, 2026, the Hohhot Federation of Literary and Art Circles in Inner Mongolia announced that the first-prize entry "Saleyuanlin" in the open photography bimonthly competition, which had previously drawn public questioning, was indeed AI-generated; officials revoked its award qualification and suspended the competition for rectification.