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Recently, Nyingchi City of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has started to run the medical insurance system for urban and rural residents.
In 2018, more than 1,000 shepherds moved from Qiangtang grassland with an average altitude of about 5,000 meters in Rongma Township of Nagqu City to the Rongma relocation settlement, 30 kilometers west of Lhasa, thanks to the local policy on poverty alleviation.
Construction on the last pivotal tunnel for the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet railway was completed on Tuesday, marking huge progress for the mammoth project, according to the country’s top railway operator.
Local villagers in Zayu started harvesting spring tea in 12,000 mu (800 hectares) of tea gardens recently. The tea industry, developed since 2018, has become a new source of income for local villagers.
Tibet Art Museum officially broke ground on the site of the original Lhasa Cement Plant in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, with a total investment of 350 million yuan RMB and building area of 47,340 m².
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has recently opened its annual peach blossom tourism festival in the city of Nyingchi. However, this year’s festival sees much fewer tourists in the light pink sea.
Lhasa, capital of Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region, releases 563.47 tonnes of oxygen each year through its afforestation project, according to the city’s forestry and grassland bureau.
For the first time, a team of 28 Chinese scientists got data on the underwater topography of medium and large-sized lakes in Hoh Xil region in a recent thorough investigation.