Ecological advances on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau help farmers

The environmental quality and living conditions on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have steadily improved thanks to government efforts, and local residents have been the economic beneficiaries due to the advent of green industry and ecological compensation policies, a white paper issued on Wednesday said.

"The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has a low intensity of human activity. The air quality is little impacted, the types of pollutants are few, the density is low and the content of pollutants is similar to those at the North Pole," said the document, entitled Ecological Progress on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

The white paper, published by the State Council Information Office, also said green production has begun to take shape on the plateau and local governments are committed to an eco-friendly path to economic growth involving low and intensive utilization of resources.