The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as Asia's "water tower", holds an estimated 10 trillion cubic meters of surface water storage, a resource scientists say is increasingly vital to water security for more than two billion people across the continent.
Over 40.33 billion yuan ($5.66 billion) has been invested in water conservancy projects in China's Xizang autonomous region during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, authorities said at a news conference on Tuesday.
The natural drinking water products produced from the Xizang autonomous region were recently placed on China's first list of key areas for the cultivation of traditional advantageous food production regions and local specialty food industries.
Covering a total area of 6973.44 hectares, Yani National Wetland Park is located at the confluence of the Yarlung Zangbo River and the Niyang River in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region.
Chinese scientists embarked on an expedition on Saturday to investigate the water resources and ecological environment in the headwater regions of the Yangtze and Lancang rivers.
The Xizang autonomous region remains one of the best places in the world in terms of ecological quality, according to its 2023 Environmental Bulletin, which was released on Wednesday.
LHASA - Chinese researchers announced last Thursday they have set up an observation network of water vapor transmission in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.