The total value of foreign trade in the Tibet autonomous region reached 4.16 billion yuan ($595 million) in the first 11 months of this year, an increase of 13.9 percent year-on-year, Tibet Daily reported.
The Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, reopened to the public on Tuesday after being closed for more than four months amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A 120,000-kilowatt photovoltaic power generation project has recently connected to the grid and started generating electricity in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, according to China Huadian Corporation Ltd., a major state-owned power producer.
According to the Tourism Development Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the fifth round of "Winter Tour in Tibet" marketing incentive (subsidy) and preferential policy will be implemented from January 1 to March 15, 2023.
The Tibet autonomous region expects to see GDP growth of 8 percent, as well as 8 percent per capita growth in disposable income for urban residents and 10 percent for rural residents in 2023, said Wang Junzheng, the region's Party secretary.
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region vowed to expand the free coverage of cervical cancer vaccines to teenage girls aged 13 to 14 in the next three years, said a local press briefing on Monday.
China's Tibet autonomous region will strive to build three cities, including the regional capital Lhasa, into waste-free cities by 2025, according to regional authorities.
