China's Tibet Autonomous Region is undertaking its largest afforestation project to green the mountainsides along the Lhasa River Valley, contributing to the ecological conservation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, also known as the "Roof of the World."
The Potala Palace, a UNESCO world heritage site, began its annual whitewash painting project starting on Wednesday, and the work is scheduled to be completed in about one week, according to the palace's management office.
The University of Tibetan Medicine in the Tibet autonomous region has cultivated more than 7,600 Tibetan medicine professionals since its founding in 1989, professors from the university said last week.
The latest round of an afforestation project will see the planting of various trees on more than 137,000 hectares of land on mountains near Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, by 2030, according to the city's bureau of forestry and grassland.
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region has achieved 5G network coverage in all towns after a 5G base station started operation in Gogmo township of Ngari prefecture.
More than 100 competitive cyclists from 17 high-level professional teams from across the world competed in the first stage of the 2023 Trans-Himalaya Cycling Race in Nyingchi city of the Tibet autonomous region on Saturday.
