The Tibet autonomous region's GDP exceeded 190 billion yuan ($29 billion) in 2020, up 7.8 percent year-on-year in comparable prices, according to information provided at the region's annual economic conference held recently in Lhasa, the region's capital.
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region built 230,000 affordable homes for low-income households in the past five years, amid the region's increased efforts to improve people's livelihood.
The gross domestic product (GDP) of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region grew 7.8 percent in 2020. While striving to develop the economy and improving people's livelihoods, the regional government has also made ecological conservation a priority.
The Tibet autonomous region has placed nearly half its land area under the strictest ecological supervision, it was announced at an annual meeting of the regional People's Congress, which kicked off on Wednesday.
Members of the 11th Tibetan People's Political Consultative Conference listen to the report carefully during the meeting of the fourth session of the Regional Committee of 11th Tibetan People's Political Consultative Conference (TPPCC) in Lhasa.
