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MBCC “Doing Business with Mongolia seminar and Christmas Receptiom” Dec 10. 2024 London UK MBCCI London UK Goodman LLC

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Memory Battle Between Mongolia and China www.montsame.mn

Guinness World Record holder, twin memory athletes N. Munkhshur(IM) and N. Enkhshur(IM) have accepted the invitation to participate in the Chinese most watched game show “The Brain”(Super Brain) to compete with two Chinese memory athletes. This show aims to find people with exceptional brain power. The participants challenge each other with brain-power-based challenges.
The Chinese memory athletes have competed with and won against many foreign teams, including Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Korea, and Sweden.
In addition, Mongolian memory athlete E. Enkhmunkh(IM) participated in this show and won the first prize in 2016. Over 300 million people watched that episode.
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The Very First Virtual Concert of HU in Metaverse www.montsame.mn

“The Hu” hunnu rock band is going to host their virtual concert in Metaverse on March 30, which will be the first virtual rock concert in the world.
Since designing and organizing a virtual concert requires many technological advancements and specialists, Mongolian leading technical and financial companies the Tengerleg Media Group, Most Fintech, Grapecity, Diverse Solution, Idax, Metaforce, Ard Bit, Ard Art, and Mongol DFI will jointly organize this concert.
Metaforce, a company that implemented the “Metaland” project in Mongolia, is creating a virtual Ulaanbaatar city. Viewers with virtual avatars from around the world can feel the live experience and share their excitement on the platform. It is a perfect chance for the fans to interact with band members and other fans.
NFT tickets will be available online from February 13, at www.hu.rocks and www.metaland.mn. Purchase early bird tickets to get access to the Ticket sales.
 
 
 
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Monthly Average Household Income Increases by 12.4% www.montsame.mn

According to the National Statistics Office of Mongolia, in January 2023, the consumer price index at the national level increased by 1.2% from the previous month and by 12.3% from the same period of the last year. It includes:
Food and non-alcoholic beverages group - 14.0% increase in prices
Alcoholic beverages - 8.7% increase in prices
Clothing, cloth, and footwear group - 15.6% increase in prices.
Ten products that mainly caused the increase in consumer prices is explaining the 25.9 percent of the total inflation. It includes the price increase of bread, flour, and rice by 32.4 percent and gasoline by 15.5 percent.
Balance of Payment
In 2022, by preliminary results, the balance of payment was in deficit of USD 727.2 million and increased by USD 505.6 million compared to the previous year. In 2022, by preliminary results, the current account balance of payment was in deficit of USD 2.9 billion and increased by USD 767.3 (36.4%) million compared to the previous year.
This deficit in the current account was mainly due to the following reasons:
Increase in the deficit of USD 263.2 million in trade in goods and
Increase in the deficit of USD 661.6 million in the trade-in service.
Household Income and Expenditure
According to the Household Socio-Economic Survey result in the fourth quarter of 2022, the monthly average household income was MNT 1.8 million, which increased by MNT 204.1 (12.4%) thousand compared to the same period of the previous year.
In the fourth quarter of 2022, the average monthly real income (price changes adjusted) reached 1.2 million MNT, decreased by MNT 8.4 (0.7%) thousand compared to the same period of the previous year and decreased by MNT 20.4 (1.7%) thousand compared to the previous quarter.
The 0.7% decrease from the same period of the previous year mainly resulted from MNT 51.1 (15.7%) thousand decline in real income from pensions and allowances. The monthly average household monetary expenditure reached MNT 1.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, which increased by MNT 356.4 (25.3%) thousand compared to the same period of the previous year. The monthly average household real expenditure (price changes adjusted) in the fourth quarter of 2022 was MNT 1.2 million, increased by MNT 92.5 (8.6%) thousand compared to the same period of the previous year.
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Gender imbalance in Mongolian herding households www.news.mn

Herding in Mongolia is often seen as “male” activity, with men much more often defined as the “main herder” in household surveys. But over 80 percent of women in herding households report participating in animal husbandry activities, reporting about two-thirds as many minutes per day as men.
Mongolians usually demand their male offspring to help them with herding, while they send their daughters to school. Therefore, Mongolian women are generally better educated than Mongolian men, having an average of 11 years of schooling compared to 10 years for men. Rural women have relatively low levels of education (about a quarter of have completed high school), even if they have more education than rural men.
The resulting gender imbalance is clear. In 2021, 1.6 times more women than men were enrolled in Mongolia’s universities. After becoming highly educated and accustomed to city life, many are reluctant to return to the isolation, hard work and unpredictable income of a nomadic, rural life. Consequently, it has become harder for herder men to find wives, and researchers have begun raising concerns about the long-term impact of this bride shortage on Mongolia’s traditional values and agricultural sector.
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Booming business returns to China-Mongolia border areas www.xinhuanet.com

HOHHOT, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- With unbridled excitement, Ulantuya, who hails from Mongolia, indulged in a shopping spree at a bustling mall in Erenhot, a major city on the China-Mongolia border.
"There is a great variety of products here. I will surely take many of them home," said Ulantuya, surrounded by a swarm of Mongolian merchants and customers.
Border cities like Erenhot have seen booming business and greater people-to-people exchanges since cross-border travel resumed between China and its neighbors on Jan. 8, as part of the country's optimized COVID-19 response.
Zhang Yuan, who has been running a leather goods shop at the mall for 12 years, was delighted to have Mongolian merchants back. "As I reconnected with old friends, warm greetings were exchanged, and our handshakes lingered just a tad longer than usual," Zhang said.
Statistics from the commerce department of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region showed the Erenhot highway port has recorded a daily average of about 600 passenger trips since Jan. 8. The port also handled 1.42 million tonnes of cargo in January, up 98.2 percent year on year.
Ceke Port, located in Alxa League in Inner Mongolia, is an important cross-border channel for mineral products transportation.
At a worksite in Ceke, Mongolian containers brimming with coal were hoisted onto waiting trucks before being shipped to various corners of China.
According to the regional department of commerce, inbound and outbound cargo volume at Ceke Port increased by 105,000 tonnes in January compared with December.
In Ganqmod Port, the largest highway port on the China-Mongolia border, trucks loaded with copper powder, coal and other mineral products were seen lining up to enter China.
With an impressive five-fold surge in the volume of goods handled since the start of 2023, cross-border trade is off to a roaring start at the bustling port, said Hecheltu, deputy director of the management committee of the Ganqmod Port.
Boldoo, a truck driver from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, has transported mineral products between China and Mongolia for eight years, mainly via Ganqmod Port.
"The port has seen an increasing number of trucks coming from Mongolia over the past month," said Boldoo. "I now earn 6,000 yuan (about 876.6 U.S. dollars) a month by making two trips every week. My family's life has greatly improved since I began this job."
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Oldest fossil record of larval neuropterans found in Inner Mongolia www.phys.org

A team of paleontologists at the Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, working with a colleague from the State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, both in China, has identified the oldest known fossil record of larval neuropterans.
In their paper, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes the fossil, a giant dragon lacewing larvae unearthed at the dig site Daohugou Beds, in Inner Mongolia, China.
Lacewings are a type of type of insect with large, clear wings—some have wingspans of up to 65 mm. They live mostly in North America and Europe. Prior research has shown they used to populate large parts of Asia as well. They are currently classified as the oldest neuropterans, going back approximately 165 million years. In this new effort, the research team has identified what they believe to be the oldest found thus far
During a dig, an excavator known as Bai Bingyang found what the research team describes as the fossilized larval form of a lacewing insect. It was discovered in a layer of compressed tuffaceous siltstone along with other ancient insects. The fossil specimen differs from other lacewings—it has a long neck in addition to a large body—a size that suggested the larvae was quite successful at catching and eating prey.
Such insects, the researchers note, are known for their stylets, which are head protuberances that were used to stab and kill prey. In the fossil sample, the stylet was set atop an elongated cervix (neck), giving it a giraffe-like look. At 41.2 millimeters in length, the neck would have been long enough to allow the larvae to hide behind relatively tall plants or other objects as it peeked over the top, searching for unsuspecting prey.
In modern times, lacewings live in areas around mountain streams among moist left litter—the larvae live in the streams. Study of the fossil specimen uncovered in this new effort suggests that the larvae lived at the bottom of a shallow lake. The team has named the new species Palaeoneurorthus baii.
More information: Xuheng Du et al, Giant Jurassic dragon lacewing larvae with lacustrine palaeoecology represent the oldest fossil record of larval neuropterans, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.2500
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Mongolian star Ariunbold set to take FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2023 by storm www.fiba3x3.com

ULAANBAATAR (Mongolia) - After a breakout FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2022, Mongolian rising star Anand Ariunbold is set to take his highly entertaining game to new heights this year.
The 25-year-old stamped himself as one of the best players in Asia after averaging 7 pgg on the World Tour as the leader of Sansar MMC Energy and he was part of Mongolia's campaigns at the Crelan FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2022 and FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2022.
He stamped himself as the real deal by torching opponents in the Manila Masters, where he scored 30 points in 4 games.
The 6ft. 5in (1.96m) flame thrower poured in buckets with style marked by the lanky Ariunbold having the insane ability to twist his body in the air like an Olympic gymnast.
Such his ridiculous shot making ability, Ariunbold was voted by the fans as the Most Spectacular Player on the FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2022.
He beat out some of 3x3's best players such as Strahinja Stojacic (Ub Huishan NE) and Thibaut Vervoort (Antwerp) to underline his popularity among fans.
As he steadily rises in 3x3, the next challenge ahead of Ariunbold this year is to become recognized among the World Tour's elite.
To do that he needs to help Sansar get onto the World Tour more regularly having last year only qualified to the Masters in Manila and Cebu.
The time might also be right for Ariunbold to take the Mongolian torch from their talisman Delgernyam Davaasambuu, who led them in scoring at the World Cup and Asia Cup .
The 32-year-old has been a pioneer in the rise of 3x3 in Mongolia, where the one-hoop game is the most popular team sport in the East Asian landlocked country.
Davaasambuu, built like a bull to symbolize the country's hero Genghis Khan, also is the leader of Ulaanbaatar MMC Energy, who have long been Mongolia's best team and a regular on the World Tour.
But if Ariunbold goes up a level then Sansar might well become the new top dogs of Mongolia, who are becoming a breeding ground of talented 3x3 players due to the game's professional status there.
With the Asia Cup 2023 in Singapore set to launch the 3x3 season in March, we'll soon see whether Anand Ariunbold has taken the leap in his career.
One thing we do know is that he'll unleash a slew of crazy moves on the Enlio court much to the delight of his growing number of fans.
FIBA
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Mongolian star Ariunbold set to take FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2023 by storm www.fiba3x3.com

ULAANBAATAR (Mongolia) - After a breakout FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2022, Mongolian rising star Anand Ariunbold is set to take his highly entertaining game to new heights this year.
The 25-year-old stamped himself as one of the best players in Asia after averaging 7 pgg on the World Tour as the leader of Sansar MMC Energy and he was part of Mongolia's campaigns at the Crelan FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2022 and FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2022.
He stamped himself as the real deal by torching opponents in the Manila Masters, where he scored 30 points in 4 games.
The 6ft. 5in (1.96m) flame thrower poured in buckets with style marked by the lanky Ariunbold having the insane ability to twist his body in the air like an Olympic gymnast.
Such his ridiculous shot making ability, Ariunbold was voted by the fans as the Most Spectacular Player on the FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2022.
He beat out some of 3x3's best players such as Strahinja Stojacic (Ub Huishan NE) and Thibaut Vervoort (Antwerp) to underline his popularity among fans.
As he steadily rises in 3x3, the next challenge ahead of Ariunbold this year is to become recognized among the World Tour's elite.
To do that he needs to help Sansar get onto the World Tour more regularly having last year only qualified to the Masters in Manila and Cebu.
The time might also be right for Ariunbold to take the Mongolian torch from their talisman Delgernyam Davaasambuu, who led them in scoring at the World Cup and Asia Cup .
The 32-year-old has been a pioneer in the rise of 3x3 in Mongolia, where the one-hoop game is the most popular team sport in the East Asian landlocked country.
Davaasambuu, built like a bull to symbolize the country's hero Genghis Khan, also is the leader of Ulaanbaatar MMC Energy, who have long been Mongolia's best team and a regular on the World Tour.
But if Ariunbold goes up a level then Sansar might well become the new top dogs of Mongolia, who are becoming a breeding ground of talented 3x3 players due to the game's professional status there.
With the Asia Cup 2023 in Singapore set to launch the 3x3 season in March, we'll soon see whether Anand Ariunbold has taken the leap in his career.
One thing we do know is that he'll unleash a slew of crazy moves on the Enlio court much to the delight of his growing number of fans.
FIBA
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Przewalski's horses heading also to the east of Mongolia www.zoopraha.cz

Prague Zoo employees in cooperation with their Mongolian colleagues and partners have completed selection of the locality for the planned reintroduction of Przewalski’s horses to the east of Mongolia. After a long-lasting process, which included remote sensing methods as well as many visits to the selected localities and research into their botanical, zoological and parasitological characteristics, they chose the Valley of Monasteries (Sumiin khooloi). The area of 1,700 km2 lays mostly inside Numrug Strictly Protected Area (SPA).
Przewalski’s horses returned successfully to western and central Mongolia. The prepared project will focus at the east of the country.
“We became convinced that the Valley of Monasteries with its wide surroundings is the right locality,” the Prague Zoo director Miroslav Bobek said. “There is a rich grass vegetation, the valley has a suitable terrain profile, it is not significantly infested by ticks and the nearest herders travel tens of kilometres away. We could not find a better locality.”
The Valley of Monasteries should be the fourth area in Mongolia after Great Gobi SPA, Hustai National Park and Khomin Tal, where Przewalski’s horse would return. But it is the only one at the east of the country. After selection of the locality, the project Dornin Takhi (Wild Horse to the East) enters the implementation phase.
“We prepare everything in close cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and other relevant authorities,” says O. Ganbaatar, the Executive Director of NGO We Help Them to Survive Mongolia, which will implement the project together with Prague Zoo. “The interest in Mongolia is exceptionally high.”
After completing all the formalities, the project works will begin, preceding the construction of the base and acclimatisation enclosures at the confluence of the Hook River (Degee River) and Southern Monastery Stream (Uvur sumiin gorkhi). At the same time, further scientific research will continue in the area of interest. The first Przewalski’s horses from Europe and current Mongolia localities could be transported to the Valley of Monasteries in the summer of 2026.
The Valley of Monasteries with the winding Hook River (Degee River). Przewalski’s horses could inhabit this area at the east of Mongolia as early as in 2026. Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo
Organizations participating on the project Dornin Takhi:
We Help Them to Survive Mongolia NGO,
National University of Mongolia,
Mongolian Society of Mammalogy,
Mongolian University of Life Sciences,
Institute of Veterinary Medicine,
Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Cartography, Faculty of Science, Charles University,
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University.
You can support the project in particular by the donation of any amount to the collection account We Help Them to Survive (IBAN: CZ24 0100 0000 4368 0466 0247, SWIFT: KOMBCZPPXXX). Another option is by buying souvenirs at the e-shop of Prague Zoo at the section called We Help Them to Survive, or by sending any amount via touch screens located in the zoo area. And last but not least, of course, by visiting the Prague Zoo.
 
 
 
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The First e-Auction Trading of export coal www.montsame.mn

The Mongolian Stock Exchange successfully organized the first e-Auction trading of export coal of “Energy Resources” LLC today. Five lots, or a total of 32,000 tons of washed hard coking coal, have been traded during the auction.
The price has increased by 11.66 percent, reaching CNY 1340 during the auction.
Seven companies participated in today’s auction, out of which four companies submitted bids.
The next auction of the “Erdenes Tavantolgoi” JSC’s export coal will be held on February 17, 2023, at 11:00 am, and a total of 96,000 tons of hard coking coal will be traded.
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