Efforts to preserve the language and culture of ethnic groups with relatively small populations in the Xizang autonomous region have been stepped up in recent years to ensure these can be passed down to the younger generation.
Traditional Tibetan medicine, refined over centuries in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, aims to offer a Chinese solution to the global medical challenge of hypoxia and altitude sickness, according to a national political adviser.
Nestled deep in the plateau of southeastern Xizang autonomous region, the township's development was constrained due to harsh natural conditions and weak public services.