The third joint border survey will be launched by China and
Nepal in mid-April, Baima Chilin, vice chairman of the government
of the
Tibet Autonomous Region, said Saturday.
Baima Chilin made the remark when addressing the personnel who
will take part in the operation.
The Surveying and Mapping Bureau of
Shaanxi, in northwest China, has been appointed to take the
task and will form the main body of the China team. The survey is
expected to conclude in September.
The two countries will apply the Global Positioning System (GPS)
technology to survey border markers, and use the Geographic
Information System (GIS) to draft a new protocol on the joint
border survey.
A total of 98 pillars with 79 numbers have been set up along the
1,400-km-long borderline shared by China and Nepal.
China and Nepal signed a boundary treaty in 1961 and demarcated
the border in 1963, then carried out joint border surveys in 1979
and 1988 respectively.
(Xinhua News Agency April 2, 2006)