On Tuesday, Panchen Erdeni Chos-kyi rGyal-po was unanimously elected president of the Xizang branch of the Buddhist Association of China at the first council meeting of the branch's 12th council.
The University of Tibetan Medicine in Lhasa, capital of the Xizang autonomous region, has accumulated experience training undergraduate, master's, and doctoral talents in Tibetan medicine.
Thanks to support from the central government — and the efforts of outside provinces, cities, and State-owned enterprises — the Xizang autonomous region has taken great development strides over the past 30 years.
Fifteen years after returning from the Xizang autonomous region, endocrinologist Li Naishi is still devoted to the treatment and prevention of diabetes in the region.
In recent years, the ecological environment of the Lhalu Wetland in Lhasa, capital of the Xizang autonomous region, has been significantly improved thanks to a series of ecological civilization construction and protection efforts, said the Lhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve Management Bureau on Sunday.
The afforestation project undertaken over the last three years has resulted in the planting of 86 million more seedlings of various types on more than 34,000 hectares on mountains near Lhasa, Xizang autonomous region, environmental authorities said on Sunday.
As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world.
