Top Summit
May 27, Xigaze, Tibet Autonomous Region: Members of a Chinese surveying team reach the summit of Mount Qomolangma, also known in the
West as Mount Everest, to conduct a series of surveys at the highest point on the planet.
The event marked a crucial step of China’s mission to remeasure the height of the world’s highest peak, which scientists believe will enhance human knowledge of nature and help boost scientific development. The core of the mission is to precisely determine the height of Mount Qomolangma to produce valuable data for research in fields such as geodynamics. Accurate data on snow depth, meteorology and wind speed at the summit will provide reference for studies related to glacier monitoring and ecological environment protection.
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Chinese surveyors have conducted six missions of scaled measurement and scientific research on Mount Qomolangma and determined the height of the peak twice in 1975 and 2005, publishing figures of 8,848.13 meters and 8,844.43 meters respectively.