The 62 construction projects in Tibet were started from the middle of 1990s, owning the characteristics of big investment, multi-categories, wide distribution and large proportion of infrastructure and productive projects. Among them, there were 13 projects involving agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry and water conservancy, 17 energy projects, 6 industrial projects, 7 transportation, post and civil aviation projects, 12 cultural, educational, health and broadcast projects, as well as municipal construction and other projects.

All the projects have basically covered every county of the whole Tibet Autonomous Region. The central government set ground rule that most of the construction fund should be undertaken by the state, and the rest part would be given by the relative ministries and commissions as well as partner provinces, regions and cities.

Photo shows the key water-control project in Manla County of Shigatse Prefecture. It was invested with 0.96 billion yuan (0.15 billion U.S. dollars) by the State Development Planning Commission and Ministry of Water Resources, starting from December 20, 1996 and ending in October of 1999. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo shows the salt pan in Mangkam County of Chamdo Prefecture. The Salt Well Hydropower Station here was constructed by the Tianjin City with an investment of 31.5 million yuan (5 million U.S. dollars). Its construction was started in April 18, 1995 and ended in October, 1996. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo shows the Highway of Lhasa- Konggar Airport. Its transform was supported by the state's Ministry of Communication and covered altogether 85.6 kilometers. The construction begun in March 10, 1995 and it come into service in August 22, 1995. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo shows the Potala Palace Square built by the State Development Planning Commission with an investment of 110 million yuan (about 17.6 million U.S. dollars), covering a total area of 27860 square meters. It started from October 18, 1994 and ended in August of 1995. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo shows the Zham Port in Shigatse Prefecture. The construction of border ports was aided by the Ministry of Finance, including the state's first and secondary ports such as Zham Port, Purang Port in Ngari Prefecture and Yadong Port in Shigatse Prefecture. [Photo/Xinhua]