Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world on the border of Tibet & Nepal.

China has big plans to commercialise the Tibetan side of Mount Everest with proposals for hotels, restaurants and training facilities being put forward.

The plan to conquer Mt Everest comes after China opened a new asphalt highway across the Tibetan plateau to Base Camp North earlier this year.

Although the Tibetan, north side, isn't as popular as the Nepal route, China is hoping to attract more climbers to the region and bring economic growth to Tibet through tourism, Bloomberg reported.

Mike Roberts China is hoping to attract more climbers to the lesser-known north face of Mt Everest.

"There are a lot of issues with China," Adrian Ballinger, a US mountain guide told National Geographic. "And getting into the country is one of them. But over the last five years, they have become more forward thinking in their management of Everest.

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"They now have strong government ranger presence on the mountain, not only at base camp. They regulate trash. They fix the ropes all the way to the summit. And they've done things like remove all the dead bodies from the north side of the mountain. They're very proud that Everest is part of China, through Tibet. I really see a change here."

Another element to the development plans is the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Earlier this month, China released plans to speed up construction of winter sports infrastructure, according to Chinese news agency, Xinhua.

Bloomberg reports that the Everest development plans are another way to popularise winter sports ahead of the Games.