China Energy Contributes to Poverty Alleviation in Qinghai

China Energy Investment Corporation (China Energy) has given all out efforts to poverty alleviation of the Tibetan people in Northwest China's Qinghai Province since 2010.

By the end of May 2021, the company had invested more than 173 million yuan ($26.78 million) in planned projects in Gangca County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and sent seven employees to support local development.

Zhang Qi (R2), a China Energy's employee who was sent to Qinghai, helps local herdsmen livestream local products on Aug 1, 2020. The two-hour livestreaming gained more than 10.24 million views. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

With an average altitude of 3,611 meters, Gangca is an ethnic minority community mainly inhabited by the Tibetan people. The county was delisted from poverty on Sept 29, 2018, but China Energy had not stopped taking steps to improve local livelihoods.

On May 2020, the company completed construction of 12 pumping wells in the county, which made it easier for residents to access clean water.

The photo shows the health center built by China Energy in Gangca. Covering an area of 7,545 square meters, it features a multi-functional fitness center, venues for boxing and table tennis, halls for people to learn national dances and music, a traditional Tibetan medicine exhibition hall and a VR experience zone. It can accommodate 3,000 visitors at once and is a venue for local sports events, daily exercises, health monitoring on the plateau, large-scale cultural and tourism events and sports, music and dance training, as well as displays of local cultural and tourism merchandise. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

More than 40 other construction projects of schools, hospitals, sports venues and herdsmen settlement areas have also been built in the region over an area of more than 9,600 square kilometers.

The photo shows a kindergarten built by China Energy in Gangca. It is available for 90 children and helps improve their educational and growing environment. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

The photo shows a Tibetan performance center built by China Energy in Gangca. With a building area of 1,256 square meters, the center has 420 seats. It opened to the public in 2016 and has become a hot destination for tourists. A local Spring Festival Gala, Tibetan singing competitions, ceremonies for commemoration and awarding, and other group activities are also held there. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)