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China's Xizang maintains stable ecological environment in 2025: report

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China's Xizang maintains stable ecological environment in 2025: report

2026-06-03 17:27 Last Updated At:18:27

The eco-environmental quality of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region remained stable in 2025, with strong performance in air and water quality, according to an official report released on Tuesday.

In 2025, the ambient air quality across all seven prefecture-level cities in Xizang met the level-II national standard, with the proportion of days with good or excellent air quality reaching 99.8 percent, according to the annual report issued by the regional department of ecology and environment.

The water quality of major rivers and lakes remained generally good, with multiple lakes such as Namtso meeting the level-II national standard.

As an important ecological barrier in China, Xizang currently has over 15 million hectares of forest, 80 million hectares of grassland, and 8.17 million hectares of wetlands -- the largest wetland area in the country.

The region is also home to 169 species of nationally protected wild plants, 1,072 species of terrestrial wild vertebrates, and 246 species of nationally protected wild animals.

China's Xizang maintains stable ecological environment in 2025: report

China's Xizang maintains stable ecological environment in 2025: report

A whale shark was filmed swimming near a small fishing boat off the coast of Fangchenggang City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday.

A local fisherman sailing around an offshore wind power project in the waters of Beibu Gulf saw the whale shark slowly approaching his dinghy, swimming alongside it briefly before gradually swimming away.

Whale sharks have a tendency of migrating to Beibu Gulf every May and June. The area's summer fishing moratorium provides them with abundant food sources.

Guangxi fisherman films close encounter with whale shark at sea

Guangxi fisherman films close encounter with whale shark at sea

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