Founded in 1955, Tibet Autonomous Region Architectural Survey and Design Institute (Tibet Design Institute for short) is a public institution of production and management subordinate to the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department of Tibet Autonomous Region and one of China’s top 100 famous survey and design institutes. It is the only comprehensive class A design institute of Tibet Autonomous Region integrating engineering consultation, project tendering and bidding, architectural design, investigation and surveying, highway & municipal and hydraulic engineering design, ancient building maintenance and protection, building energy conservation research, town planning, project supervision and general contracting.