Through the East-West 'Pairing' initiative, China's more developed eastern regions have assisted less-developed western regions in their development. Since its roll-out, Tibet has received 19.52 billion yuan ($2.92 billion) which it has used to fund more than 313 poverty alleviation projects. Targeted poverty alleviation.
Since 2012, the State Grid's Qinghai Electricity Power Company would conduct its annual centralized maintenance of the Qinghai-Tibet grid interconnection project, whose grid lines are laid at the plateau with an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Low temperatures, lack of oxygen and strong winds on the plateau challenge the operation and maintenance of the …
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2021/04/14 Xinhua. Chinese researchers have recently revealed the characteristics and source of the long-range transport of microplastics (MPs) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the Roof of the World. This boosts the understanding of the atmospheric transport of MPs to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and provides a new perspective on the ...
The Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) cooperated with drilling companies to fasten the 81-square-meter platform with four anchors, each weighing over 200 kilograms and drawn by winding engines. At 6:45 pm, on August 3, the submersible drill succeeded in targeting the location of the rock core.
The white paper, titled "Ecological Progress on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau," said that during the 12th Five-year Plan period, meteorological departments set up nine new-generation weather radars, 18 aerological observation stations, 123 state-level ground meteorological observation stations, and 1,361 regional meteorological observation …
BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have discovered that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau plays an essential role in enhancing the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) circulation under global warming. The latest study of Chinese scientists revealed that global warming affects the EASM through enhanced latent heating over the …
A scenic view of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. (PHOTO: VCG) By Wang Xiaoxia. On the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 8,830 meters above sea level, stands the world's highest weather station. Set up in May 2022 by Chinese scientists a few steps away from Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, the station had its first visit from a scientific …
Fairies of the Plateau. Hoh Xil sits in the northwest of Qinghai at an average elevation of 4,600 meters. Due to the thin air and a moonscape pitted with quicksand and swamps, the region has been designated an "uninhabited area." But it is home to Tibetan antelopes, the "fairies of the plateau."
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Shen Yongping, a researcher at the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, noted that in recent years the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has faced challenges such as reduced ecosystem stability and escalating pressure on resources and the environment due to climate change and increased human activities ...
LHASA -- 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 afforestation project in the northern and southern mountains of Lhasa, …
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau protects China from natural disasters caused by South Asian sub-continental climate. Besides, the complex climate system on the plateau plays an important role in stabilizing China's climate. Tibet is called the "Water Tower of Asia" because its vast glaciers are the source of major Asian rivers. Moreover, the ...
An ongoing scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has already returned significant discoveries, providing valuable resources for global ecological conservation efforts. China commenced the expedition in June 2017, 40 years after the first research trip to the plateau by Chinese scientists. Slated to last from five to 10 years ...
Anti-virus efforts safeguard residents on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. 2020/02/05 Xinhua. XINING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Qinghai Province will soon publish a Tibetan version of the guidelines on novel coronavirus prevention, to help ethnic minorities in the province, Tibetans in particular, fight against the epidemic.
LHASA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Tibet Electric Power Co., Ltd. of the State Grid said it transmitted 8.98 billion kWh of electricity out of the region from 2015 to this summer. All the electricity sent out was generated by clean energy, the company said. In 2015, Tibet sent electricity to neighboring Qinghai Province for the first time, with 1. ...
According to data provided by the National Grid Qinghai Electric Power Company, up to May 6, the Qinghai-Tibet networking project has already conveyed 3.3billion kW/h to Tibet, equivalent to 416,900 tons of standard coal transport, which is a reduction in carbon emissions of 1.03mlillion tons.
LHASA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Despite the biting cold at an altitude of about 4,500 meters on the "world roof," workers were busy installing photovoltaic (PV) panels. With the last module switched on, the 120,000-kW PV power generation project in the city of Nagqu, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, started operation on Dec. 25.
Staff members of power company enhance inspection of PV power station in Qinghai; Progress eyed through the program of carbon trading; Researchers discover origins of species biodiversity on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Over 4,600 scientific datasets on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau released; Ultrahigh-voltage power networks spell the next frontier
The Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in southwest China's Gansu Province, which borders on Qinghai and Sichuan provinces, and belongs to the traditional Amdo Tibetan-inhabited area. ... Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, eastern end of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Transport: Chartered cars. …
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 15, 2021 shows a river near the Qinghai Lake in northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli) LANZHOU, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have discovered geographical isolation, natural selection, and hybridization could have together promoted the species diversification of numerous plant …
Diqing, or Deqen, sits in the transitional zone between the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Its ancient history, distinctive landforms, mysterious religions and diverse ethnic groups lend a great appeal to this faraway land. The Gedeng Neolithic Site in Weixi County attests to human habitation as early as 7,000 years ago.
A law to protect the fragile ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was adopted on April 26 at a standing committee session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature. It will take effect on September 1. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is known as the Roof of the World, the Third Pole and the Water Tower of Asia.
Ge Yuxiu takes photos of wildlife in Qinghai province. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] From soldier to wildlife photographer, Shandong native advocates for conserving endangered animals through powerful, moving images in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau "Cease to struggle and you cease to live." This is the motto Ge Yuxiu lives by.
BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- A study led by Chinese scientists found that anthropogenic activities exert much stronger pressure on vegetation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau than climate change. Previous studies had indicated that climate variability instead of overgrazing was the primary cause for large-scale vegetation-cover changes …
By Zanli. In late April, a landmark law was passed by China's top legislature aimed at protecting the fragile ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and promoting its sustainable development. The Law on Ecological Conservation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which was approved during a standing committee session of the …
The shutterbug hails from Namse Township in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Located in the source region of the Lancang River, Namse is a part of the Sanjiangyuan National Park nestled at an average altitude of more than 4,700 meters. The Sanjiangyuan area is known as China's "water …
President Xi Jinping on Friday stressed efforts to foster the new development paradigm, promote the vitalization of the seed industry and advance ecological and environmental protection as well as sustainable development of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee …
Chinese ecological wisdom shines in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau national park. Lying on the snowy ground while trying to contain his bubbling excitement, Kunga pressed the shutter, capturing the coveted images of a snow leopard amidst the high mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The first-ever experience of photographing the rare and …
Qinghai Lake, China's largest inland saltwater lake in the northwestern province of Qinghai, is a crucial body of water to maintain ecological security in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It offers a glimpse into the improving ecology of the "roof of the world" as well as the determination of the Chinese government to pursue …
LOCATED in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Jiuzhai Valley stretches more than 50 kilometers towards the Sichuan Basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Jiuzhai Valley, or literally the valley of nine villages, got its name because there are nine Tibetan villages in the valley.
XINING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Altitude, vegetation and temperature collectively contribute to the variation in oxygen concentration on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Chinese researchers have found. The finding has challenged a view long held by researchers from home and abroad that altitude is the only factor that determines oxygen levels worldwide.
Tibetan medicine has been passed down on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for more than 2,000 years. As a traditional therapy of Tibetan medicine, the medicinal bathing was officially inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2018. ... This explains why many big pharmaceutical …