China's Picturesque Tibet Autonomous Region: News & Images

[Chinese-Dragon]

China should annex Tibet or make them a vassal state

Yes we'll do it now.

 

[cirr]

Tibet is already part of China as we speak

I think he meant the 100000 square km of Tibet under Indian occupation。

 

[TaiShang]

New energy use in Tibet has bright future

China.org.cn

Ecological and environmental protection has been a hot topic at the ongoing Forum on the Development of Tibet, China, in Lhasa, capital city of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

Jin Jigang, director of the Center for Energy Research and Demonstration of the Tibet Autonomous Region said the annual solar radiation of Tibet equals to 350-400 bln tons of coal per year. In other words, the solar radiation of Tibet in 2013 was the total energy consumption amount of the whole country for nearly 100 years, according to Jin Jigang.

Full utilization of solar energy is one of Tibet's advantages endowed by nature as it enjoys the longest hours of sunlight with the most intensity on a day to day basis.

As a result, Jin jigang said it's a natural choice of the Tibetan people to develop a greener, low-carbon and energy-saving utilization mode.

Currently in Tibet, photovoltaic pumps, greenhouses and fire alarms greatly improve farming conditions for farmers and herdsmen. Solar powered heating and video systems also offer convenience to their daily life. And representative new energy such as solar photovoltaic energy is utilized to solve electricity supply in communities, streets and monasteries.

"It is predictable that in the near future, mobile phones, computers, cars and more environment-friendly products powered by solar energy are accessible in Tibet." Jin said

 

[scholseys]

Tibet is already part of China as we speak

My bad I had a brain fart and all the time i was thinking Mongolia

 

[AgentOrange]

My bad I had a brain fart and all the time i was thinking Mongolia

No point. Mongolia is safely sandwiched between China and Russia. No one is flying in or out of their without Chinese/Russian say so. Furthermore, their economy is almost entirely dependent on China's appetite for minerals, etc. There's no need in upsetting the region (including Russia) by needlessly taking over Mongolia but they aren't going anywhere or joining any potentially hostile "coalitions." They can probably be convinced into joining the SCO, however.

Another fun fact: There are more ethnic Mongols living inside China than in Mongolia proper.

 

[Snomannen]

No point. Mongolia is safely sandwiched between China and Russia. No one is flying in or out of their without Chinese/Russian say so. Furthermore, their economy is almost entirely dependent on China's appetite for minerals, etc. There's no need in upsetting the region (including Russia) by needlessly taking over Mongolia but they aren't going anywhere or joining any potentially hostile "coalitions." They can probably be convinced into joining the SCO, however.

Another fun fact: There are more ethnic Mongols living inside China than in Mongolia proper.

Also those Mongolian in China are the lineal descendants of Chingis Khan.

 

[JSCh]

Subsidies paid to keep, grow Tibet forests|In Depth|chinadaily.com.cn
Updated: 2014-07-25 11:44
By Hu Yongqi and Palden Nyima in Lhasa (China Daily USA)

About 1.7 million trees have been planted in Nyingchi prefecture, in the Tibet autonomous region, over the past five years on 6,667 hectares of land, according to local officials.

Nyingchi prefecture is one of the most diverse places in the world in terms of biological resources. It is known as a natural museum of vegetation types or a gene pool of biological resources.

Official data shows that the prefecture has 4.45 million hectares of forest, accounting for 50 percent of its land, and its volume of stumpage rose more than 1.21 billion cubic meters each year, accounting for 10 percent of the whole country.

"Environmental protection is a tradition for Tibetan people, and this tradition is practiced as part of the family education in Tibetan families," said Tashi Tondrub, director of Nyingchi Forestry Administration.

"Like many Tibetan people, residents in Nyingchi prefecture also worship mountains and trees, and rivers where they live as holy sites that can be spoiled. This is a key factor in encouraging ecological conservation," said Tashi Tondrub.

To protect forests in accordance with the law, local governments have resorted to paying subsidies to the locals to promote ecological conservation.

In recent years, an average of 440 million yuan ($71 million) has been spent annually to support farmers in ecological conservation and stop them from cutting trees. Each household that has been allocated with a piece of land from the forests can get 4,000 to 10,000 yuan in subsidies, according to the forestry administration.

The forests are home many wild animals and that means animals can attack humans or livestock occasionally. Local governments compensate the families by paying 500 to 1,500 yuan for each livestock lost.

In Diqing prefecture, the forestry administration insures the livestock and that frees the government from providing compensation, said He Xiangcheng.

The Nyingchi forestry administration spent 10.76 million yuan to balance the economic loss for families who suffered an attack from wild animals in 2012.

The Nyingchi government has also promoted reforestation and planted trees on 7,372 hectares of land in 2013, more than the planned7,264 hectares. In 2014, Nyingchi plans to grow trees on a targeted 6,667 hectares.

In addition, Nyingchi steps up to prevent forestry disasters. Last year saw more than 10,000 flayers of fire safety being delivered to farmers and herdsmen, while 7.24 million yuan was spent on prevention tools for forest fires. As a result, only one forest blaze occurred in Nyingchi from January to September in 2013.

Nyingchi also reinforces the forest protection via setting up reserves and parks, including five natural reserves, two national wetland parks, and three national forestry parks. The prefecture has 3.17 million hectares of forests under protection, which accounts for 40.5 percent of the prefecture's land area.

Besides efforts for the protection of forests, the local government also encourages the local villagers to benefit from the conservation of forest resources.

"Nyingchi put 371 million yuan toward forest protection in 2013. About 144 million yuan of that amount had been spent on subsidies for ecological conservation for local villagers," said Tashi Tondrub.

"Each household gets an average subsidy of 4,600 yuan annually from the government by guarding the forest," said Yangyen in Gongdrong village.

Tashi Tondrub also said that the subsidy is used to raise the awareness of environmental protection to local villagers, and each household can generate an average of at least 4,000 yuan from the subsidiary system.

According to the local people, they not only rely on the support of the government, they also conduct business with the forestry resources, such as planting trees, collecting various fungus, wild herbs, and planting medical herbs.

Mainling is one of the counties in the prefecture which is well known as the birthplace of Tibetan Medicine.

"There are more than 1,000 species of rare medical herbs in Mainling County," said Champa Tenzin, one of the Tibetan medical experts from the regional Hospital of Tibetan Medical Science.

"First, we will do a survey for the distribution of medicinal herbs in an area of 3,000 square kilometers in Mainling, and this year we plan to plant 20 more wild medicinal herbs as a pilot project," said Tashi Dawa, chief of Mainling county.

According to the chief, this year his county will invest more than 25 million yuan on planting medicinal herbs, and they plan to expand the cultivating scale within three to five years.

Nyima is a farmer in a remote village of Mainling County and he has been planting medicinal herbs for four years, and he plants six kinds of wild herbs.

"Seven families work in my fields, and each family get a monthly salary of 4,500 yuan, I myself make an average income 100,000 yuan annually," said the 46-year-old.

A view of the forest along the road to Nyingchi prefecture in the Tibet autonomous region. Palden Nyima / China Daily

 

[bolo]

I predict Tibet will make great contribution to Chinese economy once we have transportation convenience. The area should be able to attract lots of foreign tourists as well once Tibet has more developed areas.

Tibet's ecology is fragile. It's best not to have too many tourists. Tourist areas require cutting trees to build hotels, etc...defeats the purpose of this project.

 

[Keel]

印度东北各邦民族神似中国人，渴望回归中国！ - 海风的日志 - 网易博客

 

[TaiShang]

Tibet-Sichuan grid goes live- China.org.cn

Pictures here

 

[Prometheus]

wow ..................amazing work by China and Tibet govts ...............much needed for pollution free planet .

 

[cirr]

Tibet-Sichuan grid goes live- China.org.cn

Pictures here

Epic！

 

[Keel]

Tibet-Sichuan grid goes live- China.org.cn

Pictures here

Salute to the unsung heroes
Look at these pylons in amazing heights and the deployment of miniature UAV to help the jobs out.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Tibet's ecology is fragile. It's best not to have too many tourists. Tourist areas require cutting trees to build hotels, etc...defeats the purpose of this project.

China can alway import wood from neighboring countries such India so we will preserve Tibet ecological system.

 

[cirr]

Major Hydroplant Goes Operational in Power-thirst Tibet

2014-11-23 14:20:54

Xinhua Web Editor: Mao

Photo taken on November 22, 2014 shows the Zangmu Hydropower Station in southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. [Photo: Xinhua]

Tibet's largest hydropower station became partly operational on Sunday, harnessing the rich water resources of the Yarlung Zangbo River to empower the development of the electricity-strapped region.

The first section of the 9.6 billion yuan (1.5 billion U.S. dollars) Zangmu Hydropower Station, which is over 3,300 meters above sea level on the "roof of the world", went into operation Sunday afternoon with five other sections due for completion no later than next year.

The huge project, which straddles the middle reaches of the roaring Yarlung Zangbo River, will have power capacity of 510,000 kilowatts after its four-year construction. It is designed to generate 2.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

Official statistics showed that Tibet's per capita electricity consumption in 2013 was slightly over 1,000 kilowatt hours, less than one third of the average in China.

Photo taken on November 22, 2014 shows the Zangmu Hydropower Station in southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. [Photo: Xinhua]