The Tibet autonomous region has made historic achievements in education over the past seven decades, and the people of all ethnic groups in the region have enjoyed the best educational policies offered by the government, the regional educational authorities said on Thursday.
BEIJING -- Students in Tibet autonomous region and south Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region enjoy free education for 15 years, part of China's efforts to ensure ethnic minority groups' right to education, said a white paper released Thursday.
The Tibet autonomous region has made historic achievements in education sector over the past seven decades, and people of all ethnic groups in the region have enjoyed the best educational policies offered by the government, the region's educational authorities said on Thursday.
More than 1,000 workers cleaned up trash along a 200-kilometer section of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway in Qinghai province on Monday after reports of extensive litter along the highway captured people's attention on social media.
With an investment of 523 million yuan ($80 million), the Tibet autonomous region completed desertification control projects on more than 1,390 square kilometers of land during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), Tibet Daily reported.
Shagkor Yeshe Palden, an 83-year-old man living in Lhasa, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, makes Wechat calls every day with his two daughters and grandchildren in Switzerland, where he spent nearly 30 years.