Government and Policy

100m invested to preserve heritage in Tibet

(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-07-30 07:03
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Nearly 100 million yuan ($14.7 million) has been invested in preserving 22 heritage sites in the Tibet autonomous region, including the traditional residence of Panchen Lamas.

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The amount represents some 20 percent of the total 570 million yuan earmarked by the central government for Tibet's largest cultural preservation program that began in 2008, the regional cultural heritage administration said in a press release on Thursday.

Construction workers have so far replaced moth-eaten posts and repaired cracked walls in more than 20 halls of the Zhaxi Lhunbo Lamasery in Xigaze prefecture, the traditional residence of the Panchen Lamas and the biggest single preservation project, it said.