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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yangzom milks at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a prosperous bor

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhoigar recalls her father at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a p

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People buy fruit and vegetable at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 10, 2023 shows houses at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction o

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhoigar makes butter at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a prosper

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 11, 2023 shows Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yangzom walks out of the cabin to milk at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the constru

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member registers express parcels at a post office in Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has emba

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhoigar (L) and Yangzom talk with people in a street at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child is pictured at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a prospero

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of State Grid helps a customer to pay electricity bill at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Towns

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhoigar (R) and Yangzom pose for a photo with the sculpture of their father Sangye Quba at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 10, 2023 shows Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 11, 2023 shows houses at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction o

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soinam Toinzhub, the first university graduate of Yumai Township, is pictured in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has em

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yangzom milks at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a prosperous bor

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Bird's eye view of Yumai township in China's Tibet

STORY: Bird's eye view of Yumai township in China's Tibet DATELINE: June 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's Tibet 2. various of Yumai Township STORYLINE: Yumai, once China's smallest township, is located at the southern foot of the Himalayas in China's Tibet near the border with India. At an altitude of 3,500 meters, the township has the beautiful scenery of semitropical ecological environment. With improved transportation and infrastructure, the remote village has taken on a new look. The once three-person township is home to over 200 people and oversees two villages. In 2021, the per capita annual income of the township reached nearly 40,000 yuan (6,347 U.S. dollars). Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lhasa, China. (XHTV)