Rich salt resources boost villagers’ income in Gegye County, China’s Xizang

This photo taken on July 20, 2025 shows the products of a crude salt processing plant in Gegye County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. Rich in salt resources, Gegye County has established a crude salt processing plant, and formed gradually an industrial chain integrating salt harvesting, storage, processing, packaging and sales to increase the villagers’ income. In 2018, Gegye’s salt-carrying custom was included in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

Herdsmen harvest the salt in Gegye County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, July 20, 2025. Rich in salt resources, Gegye County has established a crude salt processing plant, and formed gradually an industrial chain integrating salt harvesting, storage, processing, packaging and sales to increase the villagers’ income. In 2018, Gegye’s salt-carrying custom was included in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

A herdsman walks to harvest salt is pictured with a sheep flock in Gegye County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, July 20, 2025. Rich in salt resources, Gegye County has established a crude salt processing plant, and formed gradually an industrial chain integrating salt harvesting, storage, processing, packaging and sales to increase the villagers’ income. In 2018, Gegye’s salt-carrying custom was included in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

A staff member packages the salt at a crude salt processing plant in Gegye County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, July 20, 2025. Rich in salt resources, Gegye County has established a crude salt processing plant, and formed gradually an industrial chain integrating salt harvesting, storage, processing, packaging and sales to increase the villagers’ income. In 2018, Gegye’s salt-carrying custom was included in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

This photo taken on July 20, 2025 shows the harvested salt in Gegye County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. Rich in salt resources, Gegye County has established a crude salt processing plant, and formed gradually an industrial chain integrating salt harvesting, storage, processing, packaging and sales to increase the villagers’ income. In 2018, Gegye’s salt-carrying custom was included in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

An aerial drone photo taken on July 20, 2025 shows a view of a salt lake in Gegye County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. Rich in salt resources, Gegye County has established a crude salt processing plant, and formed gradually an industrial chain integrating salt harvesting, storage, processing, packaging and sales to increase the villagers’ income. In 2018, Gegye’s salt-carrying custom was included in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

This photo taken on July 20, 2025 shows the piled salt in Gegye County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. Rich in salt resources, Gegye County has established a crude salt processing plant, and formed gradually an industrial chain integrating salt harvesting, storage, processing, packaging and sales to increase the villagers’ income. In 2018, Gegye’s salt-carrying custom was included in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

A herdsman ties the salt to a sheep in Gegye County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, July 20, 2025. Rich in salt resources, Gegye County has established a crude salt processing plant, and formed gradually an industrial chain integrating salt harvesting, storage, processing, packaging and sales to increase the villagers’ income. In 2018, Gegye’s salt-carrying custom was included in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…