With an average of 5,200 meters, the Gacuo Village is the highest village in Tibet Autonomous Region.
Dondrup Drolma is making a phone call in her pasture tent, photo from Xinhua on August 1st.2009.
The village official Pasang is getting on the internet, photo from Xinhua on August 1st, .2009.
A woman is making butter tea in front of the tent, photo from Xinhua on August 1st, 2009.
Located on the fringe of northern Tibet, Gacuo Village in Co Nyi Area is a vast but sparsely populated area with frequent natural disasters. Collective management system on pasture is the only production method practicable.
In 2005, the China National Petroleum Corporation provided financial assistance to Gacuo Village, thus bringing great changes to this remote village. Up till now, 90 households have moved into new affordable houses equipped with solar lighting instead of butter lamp, which was used for generations. Electricity, road access, and telephone, radio and TV links are provided.
In 2008, the net per capita income reached 5,540 yuan in Gacuo Village.
