Lhasa granted title of "Garden City" in Tibet

09:25, April 23, 2009  

The Tibet Autonomous Regional government has granted Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, the title of "Regional Garden City".

Since 2007, the Lhasa City Government has spent 907 million yuan on urban construction, in a bid to build Lhasa into a national eco-garden city.

Photo taken on April 20, 2009 shows the Potala Palace, Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet, embraced in green. (Xinhua/ Chogo)

By now, the ratio of Lhasa's urban green space to its urban area has risen to 32.41 percent, an increase of 2.27 percent over 2007. The coverage of trees and grass has increased to 35 percent from 30.32, with the per-capita shared green space going up from 3.64 sq m to 8.01.

After two years of efforts, Lhasa has been the first garden city in Tibet.

Source:Xinhuanet

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