'China's Jane Goodall' bids farewell to the plateau

Xu Fengxiang is a legend in Chinese ecological circles, and has been credited with safeguarding and saving one of the country's most fragile ecosystems. Now, the 84-year-old environmentalist is bidding a reluctant goodbye to the landscape she loves, as Chen Bei reports from Nyingchi prefecture, the Tibet autonomous region.

Editor's note: China is marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet autonomous region. In the coming weeks, China Daily will bring you in-depth reports about developments in the region in the past half-century, focusing on culture and religion, environmental protection and eco-tourism.

Sitting in an office at the ecological institute she founded 30 years ago, Xu Fengxiang recalled the night she unwittingly found herself surrounded by a pack of hungry wolves in the wilderness.