Infrastructure

Soldiers built Sichuan-Tibet Highway on cliffs.

Overcoming difficulties to build the road on Erlang Mountain.

The Sichuan-Tibet Highway’s southern line was opened to traffic in 1969.

Workers paved asphalt roads on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway.

The road maintenance workers on the Tanggula Mountains along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway.

The scenery from Nagqu to Damxung along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway.

Hot rods on the Hoh Xil section along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway.The hot rod is a type of high-efficiency thermal guiding device that keeps the frozen soil of the road from melting all year round.

The Lhasa Airport Expressway was opened to traffic on July 17, 2011.

The Lhasa-Ningchi Expresswaywas opened to traffic in September 2017.

The Lhasa River Ferry in 1945.

The Qüxü -YarlungZangbo River Bridge was opened to traffic on August 1st, 1966.

The Newu Bridge in Lhasa was opened to traffic in May 2007.

People welcomed officers and soldiers who constructed the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

The Xining-Golmud section was opened to traffic in May 1984. The Golmud-Lhasa section was opened to traffic on July 1st, 2006.

The railway soldiers were working in the Erlangdong section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway Road Construction Workers.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

Lhasa River Bridge of Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

The Lhasa-Shigatse Railway was opened to traffic in August 2014.

Shigatse Railway Station.

Damxung Airport was completed on April 26, 1956.

Lhasa Kongga International Airport was put into operation on November 25, 1966.

Changdu Bangda Airport was officially put into operation on April 28, 1995.

The Shigatse Heping Airport was started in 1968. In October 2010, it was officially opened after being expanded.

The construction of the Nyingchi Mainling Airport was started in October 2003 and officially opened on September 1, 2006.

The construction of the Nagri Gunsa Airport was started in 2007 and was officially opened on July 1, 2010.

In July 2020, the Ngari AC/DC Grid Interconnection Project was fully completed.

Solar panel matrix of the solar photovoltaic power station in Shigatse.

China's largest geothermal power station——Yangbajing Geothermal Power Station.

The first large-scale hydropower station on the YarlungZangbo River——the Zangmu Hydropower Station.

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