Photo taken on Dec 23, 2018 shows a construction site on the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] Most of the tunnels along the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway have been completed, railway authorities said over the weekend.
Photo taken on July 24, 2019 shows view of Toling Monastery where the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu holds a Buddhist activity on Wednesday in Ali, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chogo) The 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu holds a Buddhist activity at Toling Monastery in Ali, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 24, 2019.
LHASA, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, the 11th Panchen Lama, has been elected as the president of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Branch of the Buddhist Association of China, replacing Zhukang Tubdankezhub. Zhukang Tubdankezhub, who turns 64 this year and had led the regional branch of the Buddhist Association of China from 2003, and Sonam Rinzin were both elected executive vice presidents of the regional branch at a plenary session held Saturday in Lhasa, the regional capital of Tibet.
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has opened new horizons for China and the rest of the world and it has also generated new opportunities for Tibet’s opening-up and development, said a senior official at a forum recently held in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China. The forum, hosted by the State Council Information Office and the people’s government of Tibet Autonomous Region, gathered nearly 160 scholars and officials from 37 countries and regions.
