The plateau region's GDP reached 55.5 billion yuan (US$8.24 billion) in the first half, said the region's statistics bureau.

 

Tibet's stellar growth is underpinned by investment in infrastructure. It achieved a 20.6-percent growth in its fixed asset investment, amounting to 65.7 billion yuan.

 

Total retail sales of consumer goods saw 14.2-percent growth to 24 billion yuan.

 

The region also raised the per-capita incomes of its urban and rural residents by 10 percent and 13.9 percent, which reached 15,292 yuan and 3,210 yuan, respectively.

 

In 2016, Tibet reported 11.5-percent GDP growth, realizing the 24th straight year of double-digit growth.