[green manufacturing has become an important means to improve quality and efficiency of rare earth industry] in recent years, through unremitting efforts, Baotou rare earth industry in Inner Mongolia has developed a green development road to solve the bottleneck of resources and environment with innovative development mode. it has achieved a win-win situation of both economic and environmental benefits. In 2021, the output value of Baotou rare earth industry reached 38 billion yuan, an increase of 74% over the same period last year, the local conversion rate of rare earth raw materials increased from 50% to nearly 80%, and the proportion of rare earth functional materials and applications increased from 37% to 53%.