Tibet is the part of China and the home of the Tibetan people, average height of Tibet from the sea level is about 4,900 meter. So we can understand why it is called "Roof of the world" people are living very peacefully here with the help of Chinese central government.
Innovation, coordination, green, openness and Sharing
We have been experiencing for many decades that Tibet has continued the five development principles of "Innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing" to promote the sustainable development of an economic society. Tibet‘s ongoing support for tourism, natural drinking water, and clean energy has helped local industries to flourish. Farming, Tibetan medicine, and Tibetan handicrafts, as well as national "Belt and Road" initiative, and energizing regional growth are the main focus.
Apart from that, Internet is becoming Tibetans‘ part of life. Tibet is getting closer with the rest of the world. Number of mobile Internet users in Tibet reached 16 million, which makes the Internet coverage to 60.1 percent. All of Tibet‘s communications industries have been conducted cost reduction programs according to the demands of the state as well as the local realities. Numbers indicate that Tibet‘s mobile and landline internet service charges have reduced 15.8 and 21.8 percent respectively.
"This year we will implement mobile communications coverage for 300 natural villages and strengthen support for broadband development in agricultural areas," said Qingqi Chang, chief of the Tibet Communications Management Bureau.
Tibet has been giving top priority to environment protection and save the eco system. According to Losang Gyaltsen, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet still has one of the best ecological environments in the world. In Tibet‘s progress toward modernization, its forests, rivers, lakes, prairies, wetlands, glaciers, snowy mountains, wild animals and vegetation, and humanitarian environment are being preserved. Forty-seven ecological preservation zones have been created, about 34.35% of Tibet‘s total area.
It is well know that, Tibet has been developing very fast during last few years. Chinese central government is determined for Poverty elimination in Tibet. According to the experts, it is the biggest step taken by the government towards sustainable development by 2030.In the next five years, China is going to help 55.75 million rural residents to come out of the poverty, including 590 thousand Tibetans.
Tibet‘s development shall be called uncompleted without the modern Railway system.1,956-km Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the real example of fast development of world‘s roof. It is the first direct link between Tibet and Mainland China.
In the year 2015, Tibet‘s economy has grown at a high rate of 11 percent. Remarkable growth of double digit has been maintained by the this autonomous region during the last two decades.
In 2015, the personal disposable income for Tibet residents was 25,457 Yuan, an increase of 66.8% from during the ―11th Five-Year Plan. The personal disposable income for village residents is about 8,244 Yuan, continuing double-digit growth for the last 13 years. Even 15-year free education for all kids has been achieved in Tibet, the first region to do so in the whole China.
(Anil Azad, foreign expert, Hindi department of China Radio International) |