The Tibet autonomous region invested heavily in traffic and transportation projects last year, steering nearly 36.7 billion yuan ($5.36 billion) to such projects with more than 16 billion yuan used for fixed-asset investment, according to the region's traffic and transportation department.
The Tibet autonomous region invested heavily in traffic and transportation projects last year, steering nearly 36.7 billion yuan ($5.36 billion) to such projects and applying more than 16 billion yuan toward fixed-asset investment, according to the region's Traffic and Transportation Department.
As of now, 662 townships and 4,382 administrative villages in Tibet are connected by hardened roads, accounting for 95 percent and 78.76 percent of the total respectively, according to the Transportation Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Celebrations marking Losar, or Tibetan New Year, are held at different times on the Tibetan plateau, depending on altitude and harvest time, but each area boasts unique traditions.
After a machine weaved a flat Tibetan carpet, workers started trimming the wool on the surface to make the pattern three-dimensional. The pattern then became vivid with cows and sheep grazing and water birds flying at the lakeside.
On March 5, China unveiled its main targets for 2023 in the government work report delivered at the opening of this year's session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing. Check out some of the highlights.
Yang Le, 41, is an associate researcher and deputy director of the Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology. Since graduating from university in 2004, Yang has been dedicated to the research and protection work of wild animals in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.