The first railway to give Xizang in Southwest China access to the national rail network has handled 104 million passenger trips and 824 million tonnes of cargo over the past two decades.
Nineteen African railway officials and diplomats toured Qinghai-Xizang Railway this week to study high-altitude operations and technology transfer, kicking off a week-long exchange that Chinese officials hailed as a new bridge for China-Africa cooperation.
The Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway, an extension of the Qinghai-Xizang Railway and the first electrified railway in the Xizang autonomous region, marked its fifth anniversary on June 25.
I am only halfway through my first trip to the Xizang autonomous region, having spent the past 12 days traversing it. Yet what I have seen so far has already been a revelation.
Farmers and herders in the Xizang autonomous region have a strong desire to send their children to boarding schools, which can ensure that children in remote areas gain access to quality education.
Twenty-two children from remote areas in the Xizang autonomous region are heading home with healthy hearts this week after undergoing free, life-changing cardiac surgeries in Zibo, Shandong province.