A solar power project is expected to bring electricity to villages in remote regions of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.
The world's highest national park at altitude opened on Friday in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
This is the second in a regular series of reports brought together under the banner "Lost Horizons", which aims to show life in the less-reported areas of the country and to give a voice to those whose words often go unheard.
A national park was unveiled on Tuesday at Namtso, a holy lake for Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims and a tourism destination near the Tibet Autonomous Region's capital of Lhasa.
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region is expected to receive a record 10 million-plus tourists this year.
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway has passed safety and environmental tests and brought economic prosperity to formerly inaccessible Tibetan areas.
2012 Tibet Yarlung Cultrual Festival opens.
The Tashilunpo Monastery, which was founded in 1447, is one of the oldest and largest Gelug sect monasteries in Tibet and it is also the traditional seat of successive Panchen Lama.