In order to renovate the Jokhang Temple and better protect its relics, a comprehensive maintenance work is underway, on which it is the biggest investment since Tibet's peaceful liberation, according to Lhasa Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Jokhang Temple Administrative Committee of Lhasa.

The comprehensive protection project includes: restoring the golden roof, protecting murals, improving the fire fighting system and drainage, protection of the Tang-Tubo Alliance Monument, as well as rebuilding and expansion of the Hall of Thousand butter lamps.

Jointly raised by the government of Tibet Autonomous Region and Lhasa municipal government as well as the Jokhang Temple Administrative Committee，the total cost of restoring the golden roof amounts to 160 million yuan.

Included in the UNESCO's World Heritage list in 2000, the Jokhang Temple is located in the centre of the old city in Lhasa. With over 1,300 years of history, its covers an area of 25,000 square meters. It is the pilgrimage destination for Tibetans.