In recent years, relying on the four advantages of resources, location, transportation and high technology, and in accordance with Scientific Outlook on Development's guiding ideology, Wulanmulun Town has mobilized all positive factors to make great strides on the road of supporting and serving the great cause of mining area construction and leading the people to become rich and well-off. There are 294 enterprises built and under construction in the town, including 24 wholly state-owned and joint-stock enterprises such as Shenhua Group Shendong Coal Branch, Shendong Tianlong Company, Shenhua Coal Direct Liquefaction Project, Wan Li Company's 20 million tons Buertai Mine, Ordos Airport and Guohua Power Plant. The economic construction and social undertakings of Wulan Mulun Town are in the forefront of the whole region, and it has successively won the honorary titles of "National Advanced Unit for Creating Civilized Villages and Towns", "Top Ten Star Civilized Towns in the Region" and "Advanced Unit for Building Small Towns in the Region".
By the end of 20 10, the town's GDP has reached 26 billion yuan, and the tax revenue has exceeded 6.5 billion yuan. The per capita disposable income of urban residents and the per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen reached 40,680 yuan and14,260 yuan respectively.