The Tibet autonomous region has seen the largest volume of foreign trade with Nepal in 2022, with the total import and export value amounting to 1.56 billion yuan ($231.48 million), according to the customs authority in Lhasa, capital city of the autonomous region.
During the Spring Festival holiday this year, Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, received nearly 287,000 tourist visits, an increase of 18.8 percent year-on-year, Tibet Daily reported.
Actors play musical instruments during a village gala performance to celebrate Sonam Losar and the Spring Festival in Pucun village, Mangpu township of Xigaze, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Jan 21, 2023.
According to Lhasa Customs, 952 domestically-produced automobiles were exported from ports in Tibet autonomous region in 2022, worth 171 million yuan ($25.31 million).
It is winter on the Tibetan plateau. The air is chilly with the temperature dropping as low as-30 C in Nagchu city, where winter arrives early and leaves late each year.
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company transported 80 million metric tons of goods last year, including 5.6 million tons to the Tibet autonomous region, the company said on Jan 11.
Border residents in the Tibet autonomous region have a better quality of life thanks to a series of government policies in recent years, regional authorities said.
