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UPDATED: 10:13, August 31, 2005 |
| Tibet: figures record glorious history |
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The Tibetan Autonomous Region has made glorious achievements since it was born 40 years ago. Figures have proved how great economic, political, cultural and social fronts have been made here.A Tibetan woman passes by a billboard for a bank at the Potala Palace Square(below). A Tibetan salesperson unloads goods in front of a department store in Lhasa(upper). In 2004, the retailing sales in Tibet reached 6.36 billion yuan, 76 times as much as the 83.42 million yuan 40 years ago.
A 72-year old lady makes local flavored butter at home. The health care system for Tibetan residents, mostly farmers and herdsmen, has kept improving in the past 40 years, and as a result, Tibetan's life expectancy on average has increased to 67 years old now from 35 years old 40 years ago.
A Tibetan woman drives her sheep flock home in Chanang County, Tibet(L). Tibetan women thresh grain(R). Tibet has enjoyed good harvest for 16 years in a row since 1989. Its production output of agriculture, forestry, and fishery soared to 6, 274 million yuan in 2004 from 264 million in 1965. Its land yielded 960,000 ton in 2004, compared with 290,000 ton in 1965. And it keeps 25.09 million heads of livestock in 2004, compared with 17.01 million heads in 1965.
The Changtang nature reserve in Tibet (left) and the Lhalu wetland (right). Tibet is home to 7 national nature reserves and 8 ones at the regional level, which combine to account for 34 percent of the whole land area in Tibet. Now Tibet, with its primitive eco-system, boasts one of the best natural environment in China.
Gonga Airport(upper left).A pitch road on the 4,000 meter-altitude Mt.Kanmala in Nancase County opens to traffic recently(below left).The Qinghai-Tibet railroad is still under construction(R).There are 20 national and provincial trunk roads, 401 roads connecting counties and villages, and 74 specialized roads in Tibet. 42,203 kilometers is in service. Flights to and from Beijing and other Chinese cities, as well as world cities, take off and land on the two civil airports here. A 1,080-km long pipeline transports oil from Geermu to Lhasa. Rail-lying has begun in Tibet along the 1,142-km-long Qing-Tibet railway, which will open to traffic within the year.
A Tibetan old man who whirls a prayer-wheel passes by two foreign tourist in Tibet. Tourism is one of Tibet's pillar industries. In 2004, the region received 1.22 mln visits which generated more than 1.5 billion yuan of revenue.
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