China relocates residents in its highest county for better life, better ecology

STORY: China relocates residents in its highest county for better life, better ecology DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tsonyi County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region 2. various of their new home Singpori STORYLINE: Tsonyi County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region is the highest county in China. To improve local people's living and protect the local ecosystem, more than 300 residents left their hometown in the county's Doima Township on Tuesday, marking the start of the second batch of the county's relocation. Their new home Singpori is on the north bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River at an altitude of 3,600 meters in the city of Shannan, only some 10 km from the airport of the regional capital Lhasa. With an average altitude of above 5,000 meters, Tsonyi's oxygen in the air is about 40 percent of that in the plain. The county is also part of the Changtang National Nature Reserve, China's biggest and highest reser