Chinese scientists have successfully developed an integrated green control strategy to combat canker disease affecting poplar trees in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Yanshiping Passenger Station, situated at a staggering altitude of 4,721 meters in Amdo county of the Xizang autonomous region, saw its first passenger train depart on Thursday.
Niu Xue, a college teacher in Wuhan, Hubei province, has visited the Xizang autonomous region at least once a year for the past 21 years, recording the region's changes with his camera and bringing the mysterious land closer to his students.
The domestic film Kaixinling Station, the first to focus on the theme of plateau railways, has earned major recognition at the Asia International Film Festival, winning the Best Feature Film Award, according to China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group.
As winter descends on the Tibetan Plateau, black-necked cranes — known as the "divine birds of the highlands" — have once again arrived in Namling county, Shigatse, Xizang autonomous region.
Xizang autonomous region celebrated Pal Lhamo festival on Dec 4, widely known as the "fairy festival", which falls on the 15th day of the 10th month in the Tibetan calendar.