On January 27, 2025, Authorized Representative of the Government of Mongolia in Charge of Governing New Zuunmod City Batbayar Munkhuu provided updates on the progress of New Zuunmod City during a briefing with officials.

New Zuunmod satellite city is designated to implement the special functions of the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, and is projected to cover an area of 31,501 hectares. The key infrastructure of the satellite city will be built through public-private partnerships, including 128.5 kilometers of roads, a thermal power plant with a capacity to produce 250 MW of electricity and 465 MW of heat, and a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity to process 20,000 cubic meters of wastewater per day.

The General Development Plan for New Zuunmod City was approved by Resolution No. 143 of the Government of Mongolia in 2022. According to the Plan, the city will feature a free economic zone for trade, services, administration, transport logistics, manufacturing, an international airport, air cargo facilities, and resource management. Furthermore, the Plan includes the construction of university campuses, research and development centers, and wholesale and retail trade hubs.

Authorized Representative of the Government Batbayar Munkhuu stated, “A wastewater treatment plant, with a capacity to process 20,000 cubic meters of wastewater daily, will be built between New Zuunmod City and Zuunmod City. In the first phase, a treatment plant with a capacity of 3,000 cubic meters per day is currently being designed by the “Naran Rashaant” company, with 96 percent of the design work completed. In terms of communication infrastructure, “Mon Cable Systems” is constructing an underground fiber-optic cable network, including a 22-kilometer line with 96 cores and a 17-kilometer line with 48 cores. The construction work is approximately 50 percent complete. Furthermore, a comprehensive plan with the concept of “Zero Energy City” to develop the New Zuunmod City into a smart and sustainable city powered by renewable energy will be presented to the Government.”