A view of Qomolangma in June 2017. Provided to CHINA DAILY China plans to build five national parks in the Tibet autonomous region that collectively have been named after the high-altitude region's nickname: the Earth's third pole.
Photo via tourism authority of Chengguan District of Lhasa The tourism industry in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has reached a new height and the region is now reaching out to the world travelers. On Feb.
A construction machine pushes out the long steel rail of the Lhasa-Nyingchi railway in Gonggar County of Shannan Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 8, 2019. The first 500-meter-long steel rail was successfully laid on the ballastless tracks of the Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway on Friday.
Photo provided by the ancient book protection center of Tibet Autonomous Region shows researchers cataloguing ancient books at Norbulingka, an ancient palace, in Lhasa, capital city of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Researchers in Tibet Autonomous Region said on March 7, 2018 that they are cataloguing and making digital copies of antique books at Norbulingka, an ancient palace, amid efforts to better preserve the ancient documents.
