BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — Great progress has been registered in scientific surveys and technological breakthroughs on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, said a white paper issued by China\’s State Council Information Office on Friday.
The central government has launched the second comprehensive scientific survey on water, the eco-environment, and human activities on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and conducted a thorough analysis of local environmental changes and their mechanisms, said the white paper titled \”CPC Policies on the Governance of Xizang in the New Era: Approach and Achievements.\”
This has generated a number of original theories in international frontier fields of geoscience and life sciences and substantially increased knowledge about the plateau, according to the white paper.