Residents make bed inside a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025.
Qinghai Lake, the largest inland saltwater lake in China, has been expanding in size continuously for the past 20 years. The latest satellite remote sensing found that the lake's water surface had reached 4650.08 square kilometers, a year-on-year increase of 28.1 square kilometers.
he China Children and Teenagers' Fund and the China Women's Development Foundation, both of which are under the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), have raised 13.75 million yuan (about 1.9 million U.S. dollars) in funds and supplies for earthquake relief in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning.
China's Qinghai-Xizang Plateau has made a breakthrough in mineral exploration. Since the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), more than 20 million tons of new copper resources have been added, with projected stockpiles reaching 150 million tons, according to a press release sent to the Global Times by the China Geological Survey on Monday.
All units of the Maerdang Hydropower Station, the highest-altitude facility of its kind on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, were connected to the grid in Qinghai Province on Tuesday.
Over the past three decades, numerous medical professionals from different regions across the country have come to Xizang, providing targeted, systematic and long-term assistance for the region while also building local capacities for self-sustaining development.
On that day, in the warm sun in winter of Lhasa, more than 6,000 citizens and tourists met in Norbu Lingka to enjoy the feast of different styles of music including ballads, rock, and folk music.
Recently, the dividend distributing ceremony was held in Zangbi Township, Lhari County, Nagqu City, the Xizang Autonomous Region. It was bustling with people and filled with a warm atmosphere, as bright smiles shone on the faces of the villagers.
The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, often referred to as the "roof of the world," was once considered so inaccessible that "only the mighty eagles of the plateau could fly over."
Transport infrastructure has played a significant role in driving socio-economic progress of Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, a Chinese expert said, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Qinghai-Xizang and Sichuan-Xizang highways on Wednesday.
In the early winter, just after the annual exterior wall painting project for the Potala Palace was completed, Tashi and his fellows, carrying paint buckets, carefully brushed fresh paint onto the palace's wooden window frames.
Residents have returned to their homes in Tajia Tibetan township, Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Haidong city, northwest China's Qinghai Province, following the repair, reinforcement, and reconstruction efforts that took place after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the area in December 2023.
he first phase of the Huaneng Nagu Photovoltaic Power Station, the world's highest-altitude solar power project, was officially linked to the state grid in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province,
Bome County is located in Nyingchi in the east of Xizang. Sichuan-Xizang Highway (China’s National Highway 318) passes through Bome from east to west. Due to the special geographical and climate conditions
Nagchu city, in the northern part of the Xizang autonomous region, is the origin of many major rivers in Asia, including the Yangtze, the Nujiang and the Lancang rivers, making it a core area for building a water ecological security barrier in Xizang and a strategic guarantee base for water resources in China.
On the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in China, drivers jokingly refer to a section of a highway as the "washboard road" or "a road of potholes" because it undulates like waves and driving a little faster will cause severe car bumps.
The China-Nepal cross-border railway project will be a game changer in the trans-Himalayan region connecting not only Nepal and China but also China and South Asia as a whole, Leela Mani Paudyal, a former Nepali ambassador to China, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.
With the aid of modern technologies, the ancient Potala Palace is being revitalized: a simple mouse click reveals detailed 3D models and mural intricacies, while over 1,000 sensors continuously monitor and record data, providing real-time insights into the palace's condition.
his photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024 shows the new Daman Village in Jilung Town of Xigaze in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
A recent report on Chinese human capital reveals that in 2022, the average age of China's working-age population was 39.72 years, and the average years of education reached 10.88 years.
Zhentang is a remote township bordering Nepal in Dinggye County in the city of Xigaze. Besieged by forests at the foot of Qomolangma deep in the Himalayas, the township has an average altitude of over 2,000 meters and is home to more than 2,600 Sherpa people.
The project began construction in July 2017 and was fully connected to the grid in September 2019, with a total installed capacity of 700,000 megawatts, of which 200,000 megawatts of photovoltaic projects,
China has achieved another breakthrough in wind power development at ultra-high altitudes, with the world's highest wind power project in Xizang Autonomous Region generating over 22 million kWh of electricity as of Tuesday.
Located in the southwest of Nyima County, Nagqu, the Xizang Autonomous Region, about 140 kilometers away from Nyima County, Tangra Yumco is one of the earliest inland lakes in China with magnificent natural landscape, abundant ecological resources, and huge tourism development potential.
