120,000 km of roads operational in Tibet in 2021

Meanwhile the region completed preparations for the supporting project to transport labor and materials for the construction of the railway linking Tibet and its neighboring Sichuan Province.

Tibet completed investment worth 20.1 billion yuan (about $3.2 billion) in fixed assets for road transport last year, said Xu Wenqiang, head of the department.

The department aims to complete investment in transport worth over 21.6 billion yuan in 2022.