The Tibet autonomous region saw steady economic growth in 2021, with GDP reaching more than 200 billion yuan ($32 billion) — an increase of about 6.7 percent year-on-year in comparable prices, Tibet Daily reported.
The Tibet autonomous region reported year-on-year growth of 10 percent in foreign trade in the first three months of this year, with its total import and export value at about 1.13 billion yuan ($177 million), China News Service reported.
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region saw its foreign trade surge 10 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, according to new data from local customs.
The Tibet autonomous region achieved remarkable results in passing on and protecting traditional culture last year, according to a cultural work conference held recently in the regional capital, Lhasa.
The Tibet autonomous region, which has been encouraging its residents to read more, now has more than 5,400 rural libraries and 1,700 monastic libraries, an official said at a news conference recently in Lhasa.
The Tibet autonomous region achieved remarkable results in 2021 on traditional cultural inheritance and protection, an official said at a work conference recently in Lhasa, the capital.
The Tibet autonomous region invested 94 billion yuan ($15 billion) in the construction of rural roads during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period, the region's traffic and transportation department said recently.
