Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province lies on the Kang-Tibetan Plateau where the Hengduan Mountain Ranges meet from the north to the south with the southeastern range of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau known as“the third pole of the earth ”.This is a piece of thick land closest to the shining and hot sun on the earth. Under the bright sun and blue sky, snow mountain peaks, roaring and rushing rivers, flowery and grassy plateaus, all splendid and mysterious, give birth to totally different local culture and art, and unique customs and habits of the land.Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji called it Fairy Mountains and Holy Land.

On this land with an area of 153,700 square kilometers, magnificent mountains and rivers reflect human material civilization. Majestic buildings at the foot of the crystal snow peaks, love songs and dances on the wild land with waves of grass and flowers demonstrate the vitality of mountains and waters on the Kang-Tibetan Plateau, and the true love of the world. Over the ages, the anima of the nature combines perfectly and harmoniously with human wisdom: man of wisdom is endowed with the bold and unconstrained character of mountains and rivers, just as the latter has been gifted with human emotion and intelligence. They together make a wonder world of Kang-Tibetan holy land.

All the 900,000 people on this miraculous plateau sincerely hope to be known and merged into the outside world. “Developing the western regions of China”has given our Prefecture a golden chance to develope ourselves. Over the past thousands of years, our Prefecture has become an accumulation place of material and culture; furthermore, people here are eager for change and are ready to work. All these three advantages plus new concept of economy and management are sure to make a miracle, a practicable miracle in the Prefecture.