Article: Nomadic Tibetans in NW China's Gansu to settle into permanent homes

Nomadic Tibetans in NW China's Gansu to settle into permanent homes

LANZHOU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A nomadic Tibetan community in northwest China's Gansu Province will soon follow the lead of their kin in Tibet and settle down in permanent brick houses, under a government-led program.

Under the program, more than 73,700 nomadic Tibetans living in Gannan (Southern Gansu) Prefecture will move from their ancestral homes at the headwaters of the Yellow River, a degraded pasture area, in the next five years, Wang Hongwei, head of the headquarters for the resettlement program, said on Monday.

Gannan has a 433-kilometer stretch of the Yellow River, China's second longest. The water supplement in ...

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