It is possibly one of the “highest” makerspaces in the world.

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Sitting on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Lulang Makerspace Park covers an area of over 20,324 square meters. With a total investment of 130 million yuan, the park marked the first makerspace in Linzhi City of Tibet Autonomous Region.

Launched in June 2016, the makerspace is no different than others in China. The co-working space boasts free coffee and desserts for companies in the park. The whole park is also equipped with oxygen and heat supplies.

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According to Qin Lei, head of the park, the 65-million-yuan first phase aims to provide high-end services and facilities to attract more companies to work in Lulang.

More than 10 companies, including China COSCO Shipping Corporation and China Telecom, have signed cooperation deals with the park. It will also serve as an internship center for students at several universities in Tibet and from other provincial regions, such as Sun Yat-sen University, Tongji University, and Tibet University.

“We will provide cheaper accommodation for interns to attract more fresh talent to Tibet, especially tech talents and those in finance, law, and IT. In this way, we can also help boost local tourism through their personal connections,” Qin noted.

Apart from working space for big companies, the park has a special exhibition zone for local farmers, which comes with an online sales platform. It is expected that local agricultural products will help residents alleviate poverty, Thepaper.cn reported.