Entrepreneurs improve Tibetan environment

Chinese entrepreneurs are committed to sharing their solutions for the protection of the environment of Tibet, considered the be part of the earth's "third pole", according to Li Xikui, secretary-general of Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, or CPAFFC.

Li, who spoke during a side event of the ongoing United Nations Environment Assembly, or UNEA, said Chinese enterprises play an irreplaceable role in the sustainable development of Tibet's ecology.

Hailed as the "roof of the world", the "water tower of Asia", Tibet has ice fields contain the largest reserve of fresh water outside the polar regions. It is the source of the 10 major river systems that provide irrigation, power and drinking water for over 1.3 billion people in Asia, nearly 20 percent of the world's population, according to thirdpole.net.