Stupendous Changes in Tibet

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Tibet’s peaceful liberation. The signing of the Agreement of the Central People’s Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet in 1951 ushered in a new era for Tibet.

Having experienced epoch-making changes brought about by peaceful liberation, democratic reform, the establishment of Tibet Autonomous Region, and the introduction of reform and opening-up, Tibet has witnessed a fundamental transformation of its social system and achieved incredible development.

Statistics show that Tibet’s GDP in 1959 only stood at RMB 174 million, which skyrocketed to RMB 190.274 billion in 2020. China declared Tibet’s complete elimination of absolute poverty in October 2020, as the final 628,000 poor in the region were lifted out of poverty within five years, thus marking another historic moment of the autonomous region.

Over the past seven decades, while enjoying vibrant and orderly social and economic development, Tibet has also made unprecedented progress in the protection and inheritance of Tibetan culture. All this owes to the peaceful liberation of the region 70 years ago.

Local people are performing a traditional Tibetan dance in Jiuhe Village, Qonggyai County, Shannan City, Tibet Autonomous Region, on July 1, 2020.