Major road repaved linking Xinjiang, Tibet

July,28 2016 BY Master Catherine Jigme 0 COMMENTS

If you plan to have your China and Tibet travel, please keep an eye on the link from Xinjiang to Tibet. Repaving work on the Xinjiang section of the Xinjiang-Tibet National Road, the highest traversable road in the world, will be completed next month, local transportation authorities said Wednesday.

The repaving, the first in the road's 50-year history, involves replacing the road's gravel surface with asphalt concrete, said Ma Zhixin, deputy head of the road administration bureau of Yecheng county.

The repaving began in September 2010 and cost 3 billion yuan (476 million U.S. dollars), said Ma, who is also director of the project's construction headquarters.

The 2,143-km Xinjiang-Tibet National Road runs along the southwestern border of China. It starts from Yecheng county in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region and ends in Lhatse in the Tibet autonomous region. The Xinjiang section is 654.8 km in length.

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With exceptional passion and outstanding leadership, Mrs. Catherine has dedicated herself to Tibet inbound tourism and China tour for 15 years. As one of the handful females who see great potential of Chinese inbound tourism, Catherine has made great contribution to promoting Tibet tourism and enhancing the employment of Tibetans and prosperity of local Tibetan community.

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