BEIJING, Nov. 25 -- With the total investment of 1.5 billion yuan, the
Nagqu Logistics Center of Qinghai-Tibet Railway will be the bridge tower for
landway of south Asia.
Covering 8,000 mu, it will have a great impact on Chamdo Prefecture of
Tibet, Sichuan Province, and Yunnan Provice in the east and in the west it will
influence Nagri Prefecture, which is connected with the Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region. In the north, Nagqu Logistics Center will connect Shaanxi
Province, Gansu Province and Qinghai Province while in the south it will boost
the central areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Up to now, the project has finished investment of 754,37 million yuan, and
will start operation on June 30, 2009.
(1 U.S. dollar equals about 6.83 yuan; 1 acre equals about 15 mu.)
(Source: China Tibet Information Center)
