After a 10-year effort, the Qomolangma Nature Reserve in the Tibet Autonomous Region has done much work to clean up the mountain environment and preserve the area's natural resources.

Over the past decade, the nature reserve, which was set up in 1989 to protect the environment and wild animals and plants, attracted 5 million US dollars from seven international organizations to use for a batch of projects, in addition to 10 million yuan from the local government.

Now the reserve, the country's third largest, has sound transportation, telecommunications, tourism and other infrastructure facilities.

The 8,848-meter Mount Qomolangma is the world's highest mountain peak. The nature reserve has been threatened by increasing mountaineering and tourism activities.

The reserve covers an area of 35,000 square kilometers and has a population of 82,300. It includes Tingri, Nyalam, Dinggye and Gyirong counties. It was listed as a state-level nature reserve in 1994.

The nature reserve now aims to be included in the World Heritage list.

Over the past ten years, the local people have cleaned up a big amount of rubbish left behind by visitors.

Official statistics show that over 6,000 mountain climbers, expeditions, and tourists visit the nature reserve annually.