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This month’s celebration of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet autonomous region has a special meaning for Nyima Dondrub.
The 42-year-old farmer is pleased to work at the orchard as it is a stable job and is only a 15-minute ride from her home in Samye village, in Dranang county of Tibet autonomous region.
A total of 120 air routes are now operating in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, since the latest route linking Lhasa with Hongyuan and Mianyang in the region’s neighboring province of Sichuan opened, local authorities said.
Transportation plays an important role in economic development and social stability. It is also crucial for the building of a moderately prosperous society.
Tibet has been one of China’s main battlefields against poverty since the central government launched a nationwide effort in 2016 to improve the lives of the poor.
Local farmers are now busy in the fields in the harvest season of highland barley.
Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region had constructed asphalt roads in all its counties by August, the regional transport department said.
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has been stepping up efforts to promote poverty relief by developing related industries and tapping the potential of the Internet and e-commerce businesses.