A smart city called Monkh Khan for 500,000 people and an international airport will be built on the territory of Karakorum, the government reported.
The Mongolian authorities will seize 189,000 hectares of land for special state use to build a new city on the site of the ancient capital of the Mongol Empire, Karakorum (Kharkhorin). The corresponding decree was published by the government of the country.
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In the last decade, Mongolia showed progress in e-governance, but there’s more yet to do.
Mongolia’s e-governance is a topic often overshadowed by the cyber activities of the country’s large neighbors — Russia and China. However, the coronavirus pandemic gave an advantage to the Mongolian government in implementing long-overdue digital governance practices. Mongolia’s implementation of e-governance services, known as “E-Mongolia,” will enhance public services, maximize efficiency, and most importantly, diminishing the deep-rooted bureaucracy and nepotism that have been impeding government services for some time.
The new ID card with embedded microchip will contain all personal data on the security chip and numbers and the database will be linked to agencies such as the Election Commission, Tax Department, Military Recruitment body etc.
The new card with biometric facial and fingerprint systems will allow Mongolian authorities to identify people with speed and accuracy, the First Deputy Premier Altankhuyag said.
In November, the cabinet approved the “National Satellite for Communications of Mongolia” project, the centrepiece of a collection of goals identified as part of a national vision to transform the economy into a knowledge-based economy by 2021.
Supported by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, all government contract bids will go through an e-shopping and e-bidding system which will be operational by the end of 2011.
Two government agencies have been selected to pilot an e-bidding scheme, but the programme is expected to be completed by the end of 2013, when all procurement will be conducted entirely online.