Tsering Drolma said she is very pleased with the central government subsidy she receives that covers all her school costs — including tuition, accommodation and basic study materials — and it is a big help for a rural herding family like hers.
Retail sales of consumer goods in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region achieved a year-on-year increase of 21.1 percent in 2023, ranking first in China, local authorities said at a press conference on Friday.
On Saturday, annual spring farming ceremonies unfolded across agricultural areas of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, blending tradition with modern agricultural practices.
On Friday, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense said that the southern part of Xizang is an inherent part of China's territory, stressing that China "never acknowledges and firmly opposes" the so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally established by India.
Artists perform in a new season of the historical opera "Princess Wencheng" in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 12, 2024. "Princess Wencheng" was first staged in Lhasa in 2013.
Champa, 29, hails from Zho'nyin town, Nyima county, Nagqu city of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, which is a pastoral area deep in the Changtang Grassland with an altitude of more than 4,700 meters.
China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group Co., Ltd. handled a total of over 1.95 million passengers, up 80.37 percent year on year, during the recently-concluded 2024 Spring Festival travel rush, said the group.
