Thubten Khedrup (left) inspects a training program that teaches women sewing skills in Nepal in December, 2018. (Photos: China Daily)

Tibetan antelope, regarded as barometers of the environmental health of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, run along Siling Lake in Nagchu city, Tibet autonomous region.

A file photo of Thubten Khedrup, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the nation's top political advisory body.

Thubten Khedrup, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the nation's top political advisory body, stands in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 8, 2019.