Global warming and the cross-border transport of air pollutants have accelerated the melting of glaciers in the Mt. Qomolangma region, but its retreat trend is relatively slow compared with other parts of the world, a Chinese scientist has said.
Five versions of the Four Treatises, an ancient medical book on traditional Tibetan medicine, have been inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register at a recent meeting held in Paris, the Hospital of Tibetan Medicine of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region announced on Thursday.
People's happiness is the greatest human right, and development is the key to realizing people's happiness, as stated by President Xi Jinping in a congratulatory letter to a forum on the development of Tibet.
The right to education is key to a person's overall development. For underdeveloped regions and minority groups, education plays an important role in fostering their development.
Chinese scientists recently discovered the fossils of the Himalayasaurus in the Tibet autonomous region, making it the second time they have found similar fossils on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau since the 1960s, China Central Television reported.
The regional library of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region had digitalized more than 20,000 folios of ancient texts as of last week since its latest round of ancient document digitalization was launched in 2022.
Having successfully conquered Mount Qomolangma five times in his life, Dechen Ngodrup, 36, was spotted once again at the Mountaineering Base Camp during this year's summit push, assuming a different role as he provided necessary assistance to his teammates.
Scholars from home and abroad lauded the significant progress made in various aspects in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region during a forum held on Tuesday in Beijing.
