We are pleased to announce that the 12th Urban Language Seminar (ULS 12) will take place in Hohhot, China. The Urban Language Seminars are yearly symposia organized by the network on Industrialization, Language Contact and Identity Formation in China and Europe (ILCI). This year ULS 12 will be hosted by Inner Mongolia University and co-organized by the China Centre for Linguistic and Strategic Studies (CCLASS), Nanjing University.