China's electricity consumption is expected to reach a record high in 2025, with total power use projected to exceed 10 trillion kilowatt-hours nationwide, according to the latest data released by the National Energy Administration. The figure, a global first, will surpass the combined consumption of the European Union, Russia, India and Japan.
A comprehensive education campaign was launched across the Communist Party of China (CPC) to reinforce the implementation of the central Party leadership's eight-point decision on improving conduct,
This aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 28, 2025 shows people skiing at a ski resort in Yutian County of north China's Hebei Province.
The first generating units of the China Huadian Corp's Yebatan Hydropower Station - China's highest-altitude arch dam power project currently under construction and the largest hydropower project on the Sichuan-Xizang section of the upper Jinsha River - officially began generating electricity on Saturday.
Yigong township in Bomi county, Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, is home to the region's first tea plantation — Yigong Tea Farm. Established in 1960, the tea farm is not only the world's highest-altitude large-scale organic tea farm but also a living repository of Tibetan tea with a history of more than 1,000 years.
Panchen Erdeni Chos-kyi rGyal-po, a leader of Tibetan Buddhism, flew back to Beijing on Tuesday after completing a six-month tour of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, during which he performed regular duties, Buddhist rituals and social activities.
The Valiguan Mountain area is located on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, known as the "Roof of the World", with an extremely harsh climate and a deserted area within a radius of ten kilometers. Here, a curve that records the respiration of the Earth's atmosphere has emerged, which is the globally renowned carbon dioxide change curve - the "Variguan curve".
The regional cultural heritage bureau presented the findings as part of updates from the national Archaeological China program, which has reported major progress in Xizang since 2021.
In Xizang, a group of young entrepreneurs are exploring a road of coffee localization. Zari Yondan ChomO is the first international coffee quality appraiser in the Xizang Autonomous Region and runs six Ningdu coffee shops in Lhasa. She blends Tibetan tradition with modern coffee culture to provide customers with a unique coffee experience.
Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a significant Paleolithic site at an unprecedented altitude on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, offering fresh insights into early human migration and adaptability, according to the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration.
China has made solid progress in ecology and environment protection during its 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), marked by sustained improvements in many ways.
A performance is staged at a certification ceremony for the Lhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2025. Verified by the World Record Certification Agency
The Lhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve in Lhasa, Xizang autonomous region, has officially been recognized by the World Record Certification Agency (WRCA) as the world's highest-altitude urban natural wetland, authorities announced on Saturday in Lhasa.
A converter station at an altitude of 3,720 meters completed a 168-hour trial run on Thursday, marking the launch of the first ultra-high voltage (UHV) power transmission project in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
In China, the world's largest electricity consumer, one in every three kilowatt-hours of electricity comes from green energy sources, powering daily life while reshaping the national and global energy and industrial landscapes.
Before dawn breaks over the no-man's land, a patrol team is already on the move to ensure protection of one of China's most remote and ecologically vital sanctuaries.
December 14th, also known as October 25th in the Tibetan calendar, is the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism's Butter Lamp Festival. In Gandan monastery, the ancestral temple of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Lhasa, Xizang Autonomous Region
After completing a herbal bath at a Tibetan hospital in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Tsewang Dondrup was preparing to undergo Horme therapy -- a traditional Tibetan treatment similar to moxibustion -- under his doctor's guidance.
This photo taken on July 16, 2025 shows a brown bear pictured at the Changtang National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
Over the past two years, more than 58,000 tourist resources have been identified in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, including over 31,000 newly discovered and recognized resources.
