Once constrained by the droughts in Xihaigu, the relocated residents of Minning township in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region have reshaped their destiny. This large-scale relocation, initiated in 1997 under the Fujian–Ningxia pairing-off cooperation framework led by Xi Jinping, transformed access to Yellow River water into a catalyst for prosperity.

Today, powered by abundant green energy and advanced computing infrastructure, Minning is rapidly emerging as a new frontier of the digital economy, marking its evolution from a barren Gobi landscape into a "cloud-based" digital hub.