Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, policies on governing Tibet for a new era have taken shape, Xi said, stressing that the CPC leadership, the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the system of regional ethnic autonomy must be upheld to carry out work related to Tibet.
Xi underlined the need to fully implement the CPC's policies on governing Tibet for a new era and efforts must be made to build a new modern socialist Tibet that is united, prosperous, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stressed fully implementing the guidelines of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for governing Tibet in a new era and writing a new chapter of lasting stability and high-quality development for the plateau region.
Following are edited excerpts from Chinese President Xi Jinping's speeches on tackling climate change since 2021: Excerpt from Xi's speech at the 29th group study session of the Political Bureau of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee on April 30, 2021 . Excerpt from Xi's speech at the Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22, …
China's unswerving drive to rally national support for the Tibet Autonomous Region has helped transform ... Average life expectancy in Tibet has increased from a mere 35.5 years in 1951 to 72.19 years in 2021. Tibet is the first provincial-level region in China to provide 15 years of publicly funded education, from kindergartens to senior high ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspects the achievements made in comprehensively harnessing environmental problems and protecting biodiversity at the Qinghai Lake, in Gangcha County of Haibei Tibetan …
Stretching 1,956 km from Xining, capital of Qinghai Province, to Tibet's regional capital Lhasa, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway linking Tibet with the rest of the country opened in 2006. The Lhasa-Nyingchi railway, the region's first electrified railway, started official operation in June this year, with advanced Fuxing bullet trains running on it.
On October 24, on behalf of the local government of Tibet, he made a public statement accepting in full the 17-Article Agreement. - After the peaceful liberation of Tibet, the central government recognized the established status of the 14th Dalai Lama, treating him with great respect and encouraging him to contribute to the building of New China.
About Tibet Terrain Tibet, the place at the highest altitude of the world, is located in the west and south of Qinghai-Tibet ... land and 2,021,900mu or about 1,347km2 dry land) and 3,770,200mu (about 2,513km2) sowing area of crops. 5. Forest resources. The forestland area and forest area of Tibet are 17.98 million and 14.1 million
By Liu Ting · · Source: NO.22 JUNE 3, 2021 . André Lacroix (left) meets with Tashi Tsering on August 21, 2009 (COURTESY PHOTO) ... protected. These are indisputable facts, Belgian Tibetologist André Lacroix said in a recent interview with Beijing Review. Lacroix, a retired secondary school teacher, has been studying …
By late 2021, more than 400 serious diseases could be treated without patients leaving Tibet, and more than 2,400 moderate diseases could be treated without patients having to leave their city. Moreover, average life expectancy in Tibet had risen from 68.2 years in 2015 to 72.19 years.
Over the past 70 years, living standards in Tibet have improved dramatically; language, culture and religion in this autonomous region have been fully protected. These are indisputable facts, Belgian Tibetologist André Lacroix said in a recent interview with Beijing Review.
By late 2021, more than 400 serious diseases could be treated without patients leaving Tibet, and more than 2,400 moderate diseases could be treated without patients having to leave their city. Moreover, average life expectancy in Tibet had risen from 68.2 years in 2015 to 72.19 years. Oasis of vegetables
Record-breaking sediment core on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau pulled out for research A rock core that was drawn out on August 4, 2020, from Namtso Lake, China's third-largest salt lake, is expected to unveil Qinghai-Tibet Plateau's meteorological and environmental changes over the past 150,000 years.
Since 1951, Tibet has gradually built a comprehensive transport network composed of highways, railways and air routes. The Fuxing bullet train of the Lhasa-Nyingchi railway arrives in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 25, 2021. [Xinhua/Jigme Dorje]
· · Source: Xinhua News Agency . ... Tibet has eradicated extreme poverty with other parts of China for the first time in history. The average life expectancy hit 71.1 in 2020. The Chinese government has introduced many favorable policies in the region, ranging from infrastructure and industrial development to education ...
President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Tibet Autonomous Region from July 21 to 23 for the 70th anniversary of …
Edited excerpts of Xi's speeches on Tibet's development since 2016 follow: Conserving the ecology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the greatest contribution to the survival and development of the Chinese nation.-Excerpts from Xi's speech at the Seventh Central Symposium on Tibet Work held on August 28-29 in Beijing
LHASA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- For Tibet, 2021 has certainly been an important year. The autonomous region in southwest China marked the 70th anniversary of its peaceful liberation, celebrated the 100th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) along with the rest of the country, and held a regional CPC congress, a five …
A center for restoring ancient Tibetan books was inaugurated in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on July. 21, 2015. A 10-day ancient book restoration training workshop also opened on the same day, with 42 trainees from different monasteries and cultural relics protection departments across the region.
The GDP in Tibet soared past 190 billion yuan (about 29.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2020 from merely 130 million yuan in 1951, Wang noted. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), Tibet hosted close to 160 million tourist visits. Now 140 flights connect Tibet with the rest of the country and the world.
Members of a Chinese expedition team head for the summit of Mount Cho Oyu on Oct. 1, 2023.(Xinhua) LHASA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese expedition team has been conducting research around Mount Cho Oyu since the end of September and reached its summit on Oct. 1, obtaining abundant scientific results that are thought to be conducive to the …
LHASA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region plans to expand the planting area of highland barley to 2.2 million mu (146,667 hectares) this year to ensure a stable increase in the output of the long-established Tibetan grain on the "Roof of the World."
On May 23, 1951, the Agreement of the Central People's Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet (the 17-Article Agreement) was signed, officially proclaiming the peaceful liberation of Tibet. The year 2021 marks the 70th anniversary of the historic event.
The expedition team had already carried out two successful tests regarding artificial snow by 2021, at the No. 1 Lhasa River Valley Glacier (Kuoqionggangri Glacier), in order to protect the glacier park and slow down the glacial ablation caused by climate change. ... The second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research served the ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made clear how Tibet Autonomous Region should be governed in the new era at the two central symposiums on work in Tibet since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012.
The GDP in Tibet soared past 190 billion yuan (about $ 29.3 billion) in 2020 from merely 130 million yuan in 1951, Wang noted. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), Tibet hosted close to 160 million tourist visits. Now 140 flights connect Tibet with the rest of the country and the world.
The findings have been published in the journals Earth-Science Reviews, Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Pollution. The researchers found that microplastics are widely distributed in snow and ice, river water and surface soil in the remote cryospheric regions, with a significant impact of atmospheric long-range transport of ...
Book Review; Story of the Youth; HOME>Special Report. On Top of the World: 60 Years of Transformation in Tibet. 16:45:00 Source：China Pictorial Author： 【Close】 【Print】 【Big Middle Small】 The photo shows Tibetans reading a newspaper. After the peaceful liberation of Tibet, modern education took root in the …
The population of Tibetan antelopes, a species under first-class national protection in China, had increased from less than 20,000 in the 1990s to over 70,000 by 2021. Known as the "king of snow mountains," the snow leopard is under first-class national protection in China and is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for …
Tibetan antelope, pictured in Hoh Xil, Qinghai Province, in April 2021, were once threatened by illegal hunting but are now steadily increasing in number under top-tier national protection (XINHUA) A law to protect the fragile ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was adopted on April 26 at a standing committee session of the National …
Chinese researchers have figured out the main factors affecting carbon and nitrogen cycling on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, according to a research article published recently in the journal Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. ... 2021 shows a river near the Qinghai Lake in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Located in the northeastern …
Members of China's second comprehensive science expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau set up an automatic meteorological station on Mount Qomolangma on May 4, 2022 (XINHUA) ... we will share more new discoveries and progress with the international community," he told Beijing Review. Decoding changes . China's first …
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has made historic achievements and all-round progress in all undertakings since its peaceful liberation seven decades ago, a regional official said on May 22. Wu Yingjie, secretary of Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China, made the remarks at a news …
Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese institute has launched a dataset for hourly observations of integrated land-atmosphere interaction on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest high-elevation part of the cryosphere outside the polar regions, with vast areas of mountain glaciers, permafrost and seasonally frozen ground ...
2021/04/14 Xinhua. Chinese researchers have recently revealed the characteristics and source of the long-range transport of microplastics (MPs) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the Roof of the World. ... This boosts the understanding of the atmospheric transport of MPs to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and provides a new perspective on the ...
Decorations for the Spring Festival and the Tibetan New Year are seen in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 8, 2021. [Xinhua/Chogo] HISTORIC CHANGES. Thubten Gyaltsen, 81, clearly remembers his miserable days in old Tibet and has witnessed the great transformation of the region.
By Tao Zihui · · Source: NO.21 MAY 27, 2021 Tashi Lhamo live-streams from her home in Qonggyai County, Shannan City in Tibet Autonomous Region, on April 2 (XINHUA) Life in Tibet Autonomous Region is no longer remote in modern times, especially with the help of the smartphone.
Tibetan antelope, pictured in Hoh Xil, Qinghai Province, in April 2021, were once threatened by illegal hunting but are now steadily increasing in number under top-tier national protection (XINHUA) ... told Beijing Review. The protection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau began a long time before it was codified into law. Relevant State Council ...