Xizang expressway brightens local lives

State-owned company offers helping hand for jobs, improved living standards

The completion of a key expressway linking Lhasa, capital of the Xizang autonomous region, and Shigatse, a prefecture-level city, has boosted local transportation and transformed the livelihoods of residents.

The 166.98-kilometer-long expressway, whose first phase had opened to traffic earlier, saw the second phase, or the middle section partly built by China Railway No 4 Engineering Group Co Ltd, fully connected on Dec 5.

Tenzin Phuntsog, a native of Sog county in Xizang and a worker at CREC4, was told by the company that he could end his probationary period six months earlier than scheduled and become a formal employee, due to his dedication to the job.