Tibet Will Further Improve the Lives of Its People

Tibet Autonomous Region plans to allocate more funds to further improve infrastructure and people’s livelihoods in border areas in 2019, according to the annual work report of the Tibet regional government.

Last year, 2,534 kilometers of roads were built in the border areas of Tibet, providing links to Myanmar and India. Efforts have been made to connect border areas that lack electricity supply to the power grid and to ensure villages and key thoroughfares in those areas are covered by telecommunications networks.

Tibet will also raise annual subsidies for people living in border areas to between RMB 4,500 (US $665) and RMB 4,700 this year depending on the distance they live from neighboring countries. This is the third consecutive year that the regional government hiked subsidies.

This year, the regional government also plans to renovate 18,900 homes, and some 20,000 new apartments will be built as public housing to improve the quality of life. Some 7,300 households of 10,800 financially underprivileged individuals will receive government rental subsidies in 2019. In rural areas, sewage and waste disposal projects will be prioritized this year in order to improve the lives of locals.