Journalist tour amazes Tibet's great changes

A journalist from China's Taiwan was amazed to hear that a Tibetan inn in Nyingchi, Tibet, has received more than 2,000 domestic and foreign visitors in the past three years, which brings the boss an annual income of seven to eight thousand yuan. "To my vast surprise. I never expect Tibetan farmers and herdsmen can earn such a decent income," said Huang Yufen, a journalist from Taiwan.

Overseas reporters say Tibet visit "amazing"

A group of 15 overseas reporters from ten media groups left here Thursday after six days of visit in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The six-days-trip were described as "amazing" by some of the reporters. "I had prepared water, biscuits, chocolates when I started this trip, for I assumed that the trip would be difficult," said Christine Huang from CTI Television Incorporation.

Journalists from home, abroad begin to cover Lhasa

A group of domestic and foreign journalists on a tour organized by the State Council Information Office began on Tuesday to cover Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The group consists of 15 reporters from ten domestic and overseas media organizations, including the Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), the Associated Press Television News (APTN), the Associated Press of Pakistan（APP) and the Hongkong Asia Television Limited (ATV).

Domestic and foreign journalists impressed by Tibet's changes

Recently, 15 journalists from 10 domestic and foreign Medias arrived at Lhasa and witnessed the great changes in Tibet. A journalist from Pakistan News Agency said:" It's meaningful to carry on the report in Lhasa. I experienced the great efforts made by Chinese government to improve Tibetans' living standard. Especially, the talk with monks in monastery impressed me a lot."

Tibet expands rural economy through sci-tech

Science and technology now contributes 36 percent to production of Tibet's agriculture and animal husbandry, up from 32 percent in 2005, according to Tibet Regional Bureau of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. During the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010), Tibet has spent 250 million yuan (36 million U.S. dollars) spreading a scientific and technologic service system in its rural areas.

Lhoba children enrollment rate hits 100 percent

Lhoba ethnic group with a small amount of population mainly live in southeastern Tibet. In recent years, with the supports from government, the children enrollment rate has reached 100 percent. Over 130 Lhoba children benefit from "three guarantees policy" (guaranteed food, guaranteed living, and guaranteed tuition) in Wanquan primary school in Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Village.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway brings more business people to Lhasa

After the Wenzhou Commercial and Trade Market in downtown Lhasa, capital of Tibet, opened around 10 a.m., Gao Fengxia, a clothes shop owner, received several customers. The market, covering 20,000 sq m, is located on Drosenge Road, one of the most bustling roads in downtown Lhasa. Gao, from Xiaogan, central China's Hubei Province, began to take an interest in the emerging market of Lhasa after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway opened to traffic in July 2006.

Free health care system benefits rural Tibetans

Sangsang Lhamo, a Tibetan woman, gave birth for the fourth time after her first three babies all died of delivery infection. The "green corridor" to reduce or exempt hospital expenses for pregnant women has not only guaranteed Lhamo and her daughter's safety, but also reimbursed her medical expenses of 18,000 yuan RMB. Lhamo, 39, from Dagze County, Lhasa, capital of Tibet, named her daughter "Quedeng Drolma", which means "hygiene fairy" in the Tibetan language. She said, "We have benefited more from the medical staff than from the fairies."

Tibet's press, publication industry earns 430 mln yuan in 2009

Tibet's press and publication industry recorded an output value of 430 million yuan (63 million U.S. dollars) in 2009, up 12 percent year on year, according to Tibet Daily. The figure accounted for 1.2 percent of the region's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009. The industry employs 8,400 people. More than 356 kinds of Tibetan-language and Han-language books, about 2.3 million copies, were published in Tibet last year, a 63-percent rise year on year. Also published were 506 kinds of 12 million copies of textbooks for primary and secondary schools.