A village sits in the background of a field covered with rape flowers in Qilian County located in Northwest China's Qinghai province on July 16.
Seven years after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway went into operation, the "roof of the world" is about to see more railways connecting it to other parts of China.
Government data indicates that the Tibetan region received 10.58 million tourists last year, a sharp surge compared with 1.8 million in 2006.
The solar power industry has continued to forge ahead in Northwest China's Qinghai province since it topped the list of the province's top 10 major industries in 2010.
"When historians look back at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, they will say that the most important thing to happen was not the Great Recession, but China's Green Leap Forward," Thomas Friedman wrote in his New York Times column after a visit to China in 2010.
A multi-metal mine has the potential to be among the world's 50 biggest mines of its kind by deposits and may generate an annual product value of 4.5 billion yuan by the end of 2015
A pasturing province in northwest China has earmarked 1.95 billion yuan ($309 million) for the restoration of degraded grasslands this year.
Qinghai province should take full advantage of State policy and vigorously develop advantageous industries and a circular economy.
A pasturing province in northwest China has earmarked 1.95 billion yuan ($309 million) for the restoration of degraded grasslands this year.
Summer is the best season to see Qinghai, and tourism is picking up in the province.
On the morning of June 8, 2012, the founding ceremony of Qinghai Zhongguancun High-tech Industry Base was held at the Haidong Industrial Zone.
Governor of Northwest China's Qinghai province and Governor of Utah, signed an agreement on Wednesday in Utah's capital to cement the two regions' relationship.