中国公布青藏高原生态建设白皮书
China issued a white paper about ecological progress on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
中国公布一份青藏高原生态建设白皮书。
The Communist Party of China and the Chinese government have taken ecological conservation as a top priority, and regard protection of the Plateau as a vital task for China's survival and development, said the white paper published on Wednesday by the State Council Information Office, titled "Ecological Progress on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau."
Now a system in this regard is being improved step by step on the Plateau, with solid achievements in improving ecological conservation and environment quality, it said.
Steady growth has been witnessed in the local green industry with a system of technological support in place, and an eco-culture is taking shape to showcase the Plateau's exemplary role in ecological development, it added.
Located in southwest China, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau covers the entire Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province, in addition to parts of Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Xinjiang.
It is about 2.6 million square km in area and most of it lies at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters above sea level.
Hailed as the "roof of the world," the "third pole" and the "water tower of Asia," the Plateau is a natural habitat for rare animals and a gene pool of plateau life.