Booming e-commerce generates new avenues of income for Tibetans (2)

Qime Cering (L), chief of Damxung County, livestreams to promote local products on an e-commerce platform in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Aug. 20, 2020. Today, 5,417 villages, or 99 percent of all villages in the region, have 4G network coverage, and 5,439 villages have fiber-optic network connections. Aided by broadband and 4G coverage, mobile Internet is transforming the way of life on the plateau. E-commerce is booming, generating new avenues of income for Tibetans. (Xinhua/Wang Zehao)