Beijing, July 23 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun during his press conference said that the hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River is fully within China's sovereignty.

On being asked about China's views, as India and Bangladesh have both expressed concerns over its hydropower dam project in Tibet, and NGOs have also expressed concerns to the damage to biodiversity and people's livelihoods, Guo said that the project aims to improve people's lives.

"To build the hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River is fully within China's sovereignty. The project aims to speed up clean energy development, improve local people's life, and proactively respond to climate change. C...