The foreign trade of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region surged by 264.3 percent year on year in the first two months of this year, local authorities said.
Had it not been for democratic reform 65 years ago, Tseten from Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region would have been sold by his master and separated from his parents.
In the first two months of 2024, the total value of foreign trade imports and exports in the Xizang autonomous region was nearly 1.75 billion yuan ($243 million), representing a 264 percent increase year-on-year, which is the highest growth rate in the country, as reported by Xizang Daily.
Xizang has witnessed considerable improvement in delivering democratic rights to its people in the past six decades, said a senior official of the regional legislative body.
The Xizang autonomous regional government has announced that it will allow the children of businesspeople from outside the area who have invested more than 3 million yuan ($417,000) in the region to take the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, in Xizang.
Rows of solar thermal collectors in Xainza county, the city of Nagqu, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, with an altitude of nearly 4,700 meters, have turned solar energy into clean heating for locals.
On Saturday, annual spring farming ceremonies unfolded across agricultural areas of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, blending tradition with modern agricultural practices.
