How Qomolangma rose to new heights By ZHAO RUINAN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-12-24 07:24 Share CLOSE Animals live wild on the slopes of Qomolangma. Work carried out on the mountain this year by Chinese team members will help protect the environment. JIGME DORJE/XINHUA Meticulous work carried out on world's highest peak The world's highest mountain officially became a little bit taller this month. Qomolangma, known in the West as Mount Everest and which straddles the border between China and Nepal, now stands at 8,848.86 meters in the record books, according to an announcement made by the two countries on Dec 8.