BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Xizang Autonomous Region in southwest China has maintained sustainable, sound and rapid economic development, said a white paper issued by China's State Council Information Office Friday.
The economy of Xizang has witnessed solid and steady growth, according to the white paper titled "CPC Policies on the Governance of Xizang in the New Era: Approach and Achievements."
The 2022 GDP of the region reached 213.26 billion yuan (about 29.7 billion U.S. dollars), 2.28 times of that in 2012 calculated at constant prices. The increase represented an average annual growth rate of 8.6 percent, which ranked among the highest in China, the white paper said.
Xizang has seen a rapid rise in the per-capita disposable income of residents. The per-capita disposable income of the region's urban and rural residents as a whole rose to 26,675 yuan in 2022 from 8,568 yuan in 2012, representing the country's highest growth rate for eight consecutive years since 2015, it said.
The income ratio between urban and rural residents dropped from 3.22 in 2012 to 2.67 in 2022, narrowing the income gap, it added.
By the end of 2019, through the basic strategy of targeted poverty alleviation, the autonomous region had lifted 628,000 registered poor residents and 74 counties out of poverty. This represented victory in the battle against extreme poverty that had plagued Xizang for thousands of years, the white paper said.
The per-capita income of those lifted out of poverty in Xizang reached 13,800 yuan in 2022, growing faster than the region's per-capita disposal income of rural residents, it said.
Those people lifted out of poverty in Xizang have reliable access to food, clothing, housing, education and medical care, more harmonious living and working conditions, more convenient infrastructure and basic public services, and a proper social security system, the white paper noted.
The total operating length of the railway network in Xizang was extended from 701 km in 2012 to 1,359 km in 2022. The Fuxing high-speed train series is now operating in Xizang and reaches the regional capital of Lhasa, according to the white paper.
The 5G networks now cover all counties and main townships in the region. A total of 8,099 5G base stations and nearly 312,600 km of fiber-optic cables have been built in Xizang, the white paper said.
Optical fiber broadband, 4G, radio and TV signals cover almost all administrative villages in the region. Modern cloud and network integration has enabled local people to connect with the world online, it said.
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