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About 36.89 million domestic and overseas tourists visited southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region in the first three quarters of this year, up 15.2 percent year on year, according to local authorities.
The foreign trade of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region surged 124.1 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2021, led by booming trade by private companies, according to the local customs.
Qinghai Lake, China’s largest inland saltwater lake, has seen its largest water area since 2004 as a result of increased rainfall and improved ecological conservation.
According to the region’s department of science and technology, with the addition of four new wildlife observation stations, the total in the region has reached nine.
Chinese researchers have released a high-quality comprehensive dataset of permafrost and related indexes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for the first time, which can provide basic information for research on land-atmosphere interactions and climate change, and for socio-economic development.
The source of multiple major rivers in Asia, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau plays an important role in maintaining ecological stability in China and beyond.
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has pushed ahead a program to improve nutrition among infants and children between 6 months and 3 years to promote healthy growth, according to local authorities.
As of the end of July, more than 89,000 children 6 months to 36 months old were provided with nutrition packages from the beginning of the year-an effective rate of 74 percent, local media reported.