In the remote Yumai township of Xizang autonomous region, on the southern slopes of the Himalayas, the Sangye Chopa family has spent decades guarding China's border with India.
Fully demonstrating the effectiveness of the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China and the strengths of China's socialist system, people of all ethnic groups in the Xizang autonomous region have benefited more than ever before from development since the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012.
The founding of the Xizang autonomous region in September 1965 marked the beginning of a new chapter in the region's history, as people of all ethnic groups in Xizang embarked on the path of socialist construction and development together with the rest of the country.
When a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Dingri county in the Xizang autonomous region on Jan 7, Dekyi Drolma, a 21-year-old Tibetan woman, quickly jumped into action.