Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the designation of the Potala Palace in the Xizang autonomous region as a UNESCO World Heritage site, a milestone celebrated with ongoing efforts to preserve and digitize its cultural treasures.
More than 17,000 5G base stations have been built in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region so far, among which 7,035 were newly added this year, according to local communications authorities on Tuesday.
The Chinese government has poured nearly 800 million yuan (about $111.3 million) into various projects over the past 30 years to preserve the Potala Palace, a World Heritage site in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region.
The streets around the ancient Jokhang Temple and other monasteries in Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region, were crowded on Sunday as thousands of pilgrims arrived to visit the sites in celebration of the annual Pal Lhamo festival.
Flights to Singapore are scheduled to take off from Lhasa Gonggar International Airport on Dec 25, with more international and regional routes, to Hong Kong and other destinations, slated to take off early next year, according to the Xizang autonomous regional administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Several large-scale renovations on the Potala Palace — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — have been undertaken since the establishment of the Xizang autonomous region in 1965, and the governments have continued to invest heavily.
