The workers are finishing the 110kv transmission and transformation project between the Sog County and Bachen County of Nagchu Prefecture, which is a part of the rural electric reform project in Tibet. [Photo/Xinhua]

The central finance and State Grid Corporation of China will make an investment of 8.134 billion yuan (about 1.33 billion U.S. dollars) in Tibet with the purpose of accelerating electric power construction in the areas without electricity and upgrading the rural electric reform project during 2013 and 2015.

Among the total investment, 5.396 billion yuan (about 0.89 billion U.S dollars) will be used for electric power construction in the Tibetan areas without electricity, while the rest of the money of 2.738 billion yuan (about 0.45 billion U.S.dollars) will be distributed to the rural electric reform project.

The whole project will newly increase a population of 439,800 to use electricity in Tibet.

The workers are finishing the 110kv transmission and transformation project between the Sog County and Bachen County of Nagchu Prefecture, which is a part of the rural electric reform project in Tibet. [Photo/Xinhua]

The house of herdsman in the Pubao Township of Palgon County is installed satellite antenna. By the end of 2012, the rural electric reform and upgrading project had finished and put into operation in the Palgon County of Nagchu Prefecture in Tibet. [Photo/Xinhua]

The woman in the Pubao Township of Palgon County is using an electric yoghourt capper. By the end of 2012, the rural electric reform and upgrading project had finished and put into operation in the Palgon County of Nagchu Prefecture in Tibet. [Photo/Xinhua]