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Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region has invested more than 4.27 billion yuan ($612 million) in the last three years on safe drinking water projects, according to the region’s water conservancy department.
Tibet has been part of China since ancient times and it enjoys development and religious freedom.
Photo taken on Oct. 29, 2019 shows the sunset scenery of Mount Xixabangma in Nyalam County, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.
China’s Tibet autonomous region has basically met the target of securing tap water supply to the region’s poverty-stricken residents.
Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region only had a small power station which produced about 90 kilowatts installed capacity of power before 1959, and the power utility was limited to a small number of nobility class.
The 1,300-year-old palace was built by Tibetan King Songtsa Gambo in the seventh century. The palace was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994.
Every year, workers and hundreds of local volunteers gather at the Potala Palace in Lhasa to give the ancient palace a facelift.
Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region is a major attraction for tourists from around the world, but it saw fewer visitors during winter, with tourism-related businesses remaining shut for months.