"This pressure cooker is safer, more convenient and practical compared to the traditional pressure cookers we have been using for decades," she said, adding she is very grateful to the government for persuading the enterprise to produce such a good pot for local residents.

With an average altitude upward of 4,000 meters, Nagchu city is one of the harshest areas in the region in terms of living environment.

"With the new high-altitude multifunctional pressure cooker, the yak meat we cooked in this pot is tender and delicious," Zomtso, a woman from a herding family in Nyanrong county of Nagchu, was quoted as saying by Xinhua News Agency.

According to Xinhua, official statistics from the regional department of economy and information technology show nearly 500,000 households in Xizang have started using locally produced high-altitude cooking utensils, benefiting nearly a million people.