Abstract:

It’s proposed that pico-hydropower is an important means to enhance the socio-economic development and to improve the income and living standard of farmers in the agricultural and pastoral areas of East Tibet. SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) is employed to analyze various factors and external conditions for the development of pico-hydropower. The strength, weakness,opportunity and challenge of developing pico-hydropower in this region are elaborated. By matching the internal and external factors, basic strategies and policies suitable for the pico-hydropower development in this region are given.

Key words: pico hydropower, SWOT, development pattern, agricultural and pastoral areas of East Tibet