Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region hired 700,000 people to protect the environment in 2017, according to the regional environmental protection department.
The Human Rights Council on Friday held its general debate on all human rights, during which the scholar representing the China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS) noted that the learning and use of the spoken and written Tibetan languages are guaranteed by the law.
Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet autonomous region, has put into use 128 gas-electric hybrid buses since the beginning of this year, increasing the total number of new energy buses to 312 in an effort to develop a clean energy transportation system, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Four more books on the Epic of King Gesar have been published, as part of efforts to preserve the 1,000-year-old epic, according to researchers in Tibet autonomous region.
The Tibet autonomous region has adopted the toughest environmental protection measures in China to prevent pollution caused by the tourism industry, according to the head of the regional government.
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region has invested heavily in protecting its environment over the past five years, the regional government said Thursday.
Southwest China's Tibet will strive to make highways reach all townships and administrative villages by 2020 in a bid to boost rural development, said the regional transport authorities.v