The export value of local agricultural specialties from Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region soared 39.7 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2024, local authorities said on Monday.
The Xizang autonomous region reported a total import and export value of 2.17 billion yuan ($300 million) in the first quarter of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 21.67 percent, which is the highest growth rate in China, according to the customs office in Lhasa, the regional capital city.
The export volume of homegrown new energy vehicles (NEVs) via customs in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region reached 1,623 in the first quarter of 2024, a year-on-year increase of over sixfold, local authorities said on Sunday.
Over the years, Tibetan women have driven battle tanks, maneuvered warships and served in missile units of the People's Liberation Army. Now, 23-year-old Kelsang Pedron has become the first Tibetan woman to fly a fighter jet.
Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region saw its foreign trade surge 216.7 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2024, local authorities said on Wednesday.
The Xizang autonomous region has witnessed a dramatic transformation in preschool and compulsory education over the past 65 years since democratic reform began in 1959, regional educational authorities said at a news conference on Wednesday.
