A local official in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region said on Thursday that the total foreign trade volume of the region reached 10 billion yuan ($138.08 million) in 2023, marking a historic breakthrough.
As a team leader in the production department of a Tibetan medicine company, Bu Tsamjo was awarded the May Day national labor medal this year, and she has witnessed and participated in the modernization of Tibetan medicine production over the past years.
Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region has pledged to further leverage its unique advantages to promote high-quality development, according to a press conference held Thursday by the State Council Information Office in Beijing.
In recent years, locals in the Xizang autonomous region have begun changing their morning routine from visiting a teahouse for sweet tea or butter tea to grabbing a cup of coffee.
In a quaint cabin, various taxidermied wild animals hang from the ceiling, while primitive utensils like clay bowls and bamboo fishing cages are exhibited on a table.
Shanghai International Airport Co recently launched a flight route to meet tourists' needs, initiating a 12-day cross-border travel tour encompassing the cities of Shanghai, Kathmandu and Shigatse of the Xizang autonomous region.
Thanks to the aid-Xizang program, villagers in the autonomous region's Tashigang village now operate popular family guesthouses, which has brought them prosperity.
Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region plans to transmit 2 billion kWh of clean electricity to 16 other provincial-level regions in China this year, the regional power company said Friday.
