The gross domestic product (GDP) of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region expanded 9.5 percent year on year in 2023, according to the regional statistics bureau on Tuesday.
Approaching Losar, the Tibetan New Year, Tsetan Wangmo eagerly anticipates the festivities in Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region. This year's celebrations hold a special significance as both Losar and the Chinese Spring Festival fall on the same day, Feb 10.
Airports in the Xizang autonomous region received approximately 6.89 million visits in 2023, a year-on-year increase of almost 106 percent, according to data released by the Xizang branch of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
As sunshine graces the foot of the snow-covered mountains surrounding Kamba county in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, villagers from a local sheep breeding cooperative crack their herding whips to guide thousands of sheep out of their pen.
Lhorong county, with an average elevation of about 3,700 meters, was once an important stop along the ancient Tea Horse Road and a significant channel for Tibetan-Han exchanges.
Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region saw its foreign trade in goods grow 138.3 percent year-on-year to nearly 10.98 billion yuan (about $1.54 billion) in 2023, local authorities said on Friday.
