Recently, the "High-Quality Development Investigation Tour" column of "Qinghai News Broadcast" released a report titled "Qinghai Salt Lake: Having 'Beauty' and Also Having 'Value'". It delved into the process of Qinghai finding its unique development path in the effort to build a world-class salt lake industrial base, showcasing the concrete practices of transforming salt lake resources into tangible, accessible, and usable assets that can be utilized effectively. The company's Tachak Salt Lake - Sky Mirror Scenic Area, leveraging its unique natural scenery and abundant salt resources, has vigorously developed the cultural tourism industry, transforming from a traditional salt production area into a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, and becoming a prominent brand for building an international ecological tourism destination in Qinghai Province and developing ecological tourism.

In Qinghai, salt lakes are not only natural treasures but also the key to industrial development and transformation. During the process of striving to build a world-class salt lake industrial base, Haixi Prefecture has found a unique development path, enabling the salt lake resources to undergo a remarkable transformation from being unexploitable to being accessible, usable, and utilized effectively. ……

More than 170 kilometers away from the Chalhan Salt Lake, the Chaka Salt Lake has taken a completely different development path from the industrial one. With its unique natural scenery and equally abundant salt resources, the Chaka Salt Lake, known as "China's Sky Mirror", has vigorously developed the cultural tourism industry. It has transformed from a traditional salt-producing area into a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, becoming a powerful brand for our province in building an international ecological tourism destination and developing ecological tourism. Shenzhen tourist Zhang Feiyang: I saw the travel guide of Chaka Salt Lake on Xiaohongshu and thought it was very beautiful. It made my trip worthwhile. Seeing the salt sculptures and the salt lake here, I felt that nature was extremely amazing.

When tourists visit the Chaka Salt Lake, they can take a trackless train to explore the lake's depths. The stations along the way featuring themes such as salt, color, wind, and snow allow them to experience the salt culture and learn about the 3,000-year development history of the large Qing salt in the Salt Culture Museum. Jiang Lina, the deputy general manager of Qinghai Xi Min Cultural Tourism Company, said: "From January to September, the scenic area received a cumulative total of 2.62 million visitors, contributing to the local economic and social development." Taking the opportunity to create a national 5A-level tourist attraction, they have added new energy charging stations, upgraded the intelligent operation system, added facilities such as oxygen supply stations and comprehensive service rooms for convenient services, and innovatively launched interactive educational activities like "Little Salt Workers" and "Salt Water Power Generation" for tourists, further enhancing the tourists' visiting experience.

From the production innovation of Qinghai Salt Lake Industry to the tourism transformation of Chaka Salt Lake, the Qinghai Salt Lake industry will continue to build a distinctive "salt value economy", striding forward towards a green, efficient and diversified direction, achieving a win-win situation of ecological protection and industrial upgrading.