How does the pairing-up model, in which an economically developed province or municipality helps a less developed region in Tibet, work?

Seventeen provinces and municipalities as well as 18 Central Government-administered enterprises have paired up with counties or districts in Tibet. Over 80 percent of the funds invested by these partners will go to 111 poverty alleviation-related projects. This is a result of a work conference on Tibet’s poverty alleviation held by the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development last year.

Another development from the conference is that 33 counties and districts in other parts of China also have pairings with towns and townships in Tibet. All this will ensure boosting poverty alleviation efforts in Tibet.