Eight Tibetan children with congenital heart disease have received free medical treatment at Union Hospital, an affiliate of Tongji Medical College at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Central China's Hubei province, in recent weeks.
In a ceremony of high honor on Tuesday, the 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, was accredited with the Kachen degree, the top academic degree recognizing mastery of the Tibetan Buddhist sutra. It is the equivalent of a doctorate in the modern educational system.
Karsang Sadrin was born and raised in Shigatse, the second-largest city in the Tibet autonomous region. Her hometown is a major scenic attraction, as it is close to the northern approaches to Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest.
Four new national level wildlife observation stations have been approved in the Tibet autonomous region this year by the Ministry of Science and Technology, local media reported recently.
The central authorities will continue to support the Tibet autonomous region in expanding opening-up and foreign cooperation, and will assist the region in deepening Belt and Road cooperation with neighboring countries, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday.
The Tibet autonomous region has distributed free nutrition packages to its 89,000 children between 6 and 36 months old, a move to improve nutrition in impoverished families, local media reported.
"Tibetan women take part in work in the political, economic and cultural fields, and their exemplary achievements can be seen in all walks of life," said Penpa Lhamo, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee and head of the South Asia Institute of the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences.