Padma Choling: Remarkable Development in Tibet

( 2012-March-10 11:01:44)

By staff reporter SONG SHIJIA

According to Padma Choling, a deputy of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Government, Tibet’s GDP reached RMB 60.583 billion in 2011, and the average net income of local farmers and herdsmen maintained double-digit growth for the ninth consecutive year. The regional government invested RMB 1.014 billion to build roads and houses for farmers and herdsmen, supply water, electricity and gas, improve schooling and reduce unemployment. 

“We try to achieve a stable and fast development in line with the conditions of Tibet,” said Padma Choling. “We will make full use of our advantages and harness our potential to accelerate the transformation of our growth pattern. Our focus will be on stabilizing commodity prices, promoting reform and opening up and further improving the lives of our people.” He also said that now Tibet is stable, united and prosperous, and that people of every ethnic group in the region share the same wish for a happy life and believe that greater development is the solution to all problems there.