Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region has seen the per capita consumption expenditure of its residents surging over the past 10 years thanks to their rising income, authorities said Tuesday.
The Tibet autonomous region has listed half its land area under the scope of an ecological protection red line, environmental authorities said at a news conference in the regional capital Lhasa on Monday.
A swishing sound traveled through the sun-bathed village as another busy day kicked off at a woodcarving workshop in Bolo township of Qamdo city, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region has poured 12.7 billion yuan (about $1.8 billion) on ecological protection over the past decade, authorities said.
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region poured more than 3.8 billion yuan (about $535.2 million) into 386 cultural heritage conservation projects in the past decade, both record high figures, authorities said on Saturday.
The gross domestic product of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region grew by an annual average of 9.5 percent from 2012 to 2021, 2.9 percentage points higher than the national average.
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region received 258.4 million tourists from 2012 to 2021, achieving a total tourism revenue of 334.5 billion yuan (about $47.1 billion), authorities said on Friday.
