More than a millennium ago, salt traders based in Tsakha township, Ngari prefecture of Xizang autonomous region, would extract natural salt from local salt lakes and transport it by loading it onto yaks and sheep.
In a windswept stretch of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a community-led greening effort is transforming barren desert into productive pasture, providing herders with a more stable source of income.
The Xizang autonomous region is celebrating the key milestones in its modern history — its peaceful liberation nearly 74 years ago, the democratic reform nearly 66 years ago, and the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Xizang autonomous region — while it continues to make more remarkable achievements.
Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region plans to transmit 2 billion kWh of clean electricity to 16 other provincial-level regions in China this year, the regional power company said Friday.
Nestled in the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon, the world's deepest canyon, Medog County, once known for its remote location and poor transportation, has witnessed the remarkable rise of its tea industry.
The "10,000 Enterprises Vitalizing 10,000 Villages" program has implemented 360 business and public welfare projects in Xizang autonomous region, benefiting 215,000 farmers and herdsmen, said sources from the Xizang Autonomous Region Federation of Industry and Commerce.
A tourist route around Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, will be launched to offer countryside experiences, according to local tourism authorities.
Villagers in Kala, in the Tibet autonomous region, used to be annoyed when their peaceful lives were disturbed by trespassers hopping in to savor the quaint peach blossoms around their houses and farms.