| Nyingchi boasts rich resources, beautiful
landscape and talent. The years after 1978, when
the policy of reform and opening up was introduced,
witnessed a rapid rise of the formerly secluded
Nyingchi in southeast Tibet, a new "economic
corridor" of Tibet Autonomous Region. In as
few as 12 years, Nyingchi changed its economic outlook
and leaped to the forefront in the region in terms
of economic construction, reform and opening up. |
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A highway
bridge of Nyingchi |
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Farm of
Nyingchi |
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The GNP of Nyingchi was only 66.1
million yuan RMB and the per capita net income of
the farmers and herdsman was 425.4 yuan RMB in 1986
when the regional administration was rehabilitated.
The figures increased to 75.1 million yuan and 540.7
yuan, respectively, in 1988. The GNP surpassed 200
million yuan in 1991 and reached 335.12 million
yuan in 1996. The per capita net income of the farmers
and herdsman reached 1447.92 yuan in 1996. With
these remarkable "pole jumps" in as |
few as ten years, Nyingchi ranked first in Tibet in terms
of economic indexes such as financial self-sufficiency,
per capita net income of farmers and herdsman and per
capita food occupancy.
| The agriculture and animal husbandry
are developing with great vitality and are making
a transition toward modernization in Nyingchi. Hybridized
rice and corn are planted in Zaya and Medog. The
successful introduction and cultivation of tangerine
and tung trees provides beneficial experience in
determining the layout, cultivation and commercialized
production of the farm industry. The newly developed
farmland of 730 hectares in Bome with a total investment
of 3.71 million |
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Sichuan-Tibet
Highway in winter |
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yuan has increased the annual output of grain by 2.3 million
kilograms, canola by 65,000 kilograms, meat by 20,000
kilograms and annual per capita income by 165 yuan. The
rice field development project in Zaya County with a total
investment of 3.02 million yuan has led to an increase
of grain output by 2.7 million kilograms and per capita
income by 330 yuan annually.The green tea of Yi'ong is
known outside
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Farm of
Nyingchi |
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the mountain area and enjoys a sterling
reputation worldwide. The people of Nyingchi, in
using animal husbandry to their advantage, have
developed an integral system from feed production
and processing to scale livestock feeding and specialized
feeding. Pilot projects combining farming and animal
husbandry have made gains. The establishment of
the Comprehensive Feeding Farm in Zhaxi and the
Manure Base in |
the region is the incipient transition from traditional
animal husbandry relying on natural conditions.
| Though rich in resources, Nyingchi
is restricted in economic development due to its
remote location and underdeveloped transportation
system, energy resources and communications. The
people have realized that the most important factor
of a market economy is to foster and develop the
market in addition to transforming operations. And
the construction of a market system has been quickly
implemented by focusing on township construction.
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Yi'ong
Tea Farmr |
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Commercial zones have been set up and developed on a township
scale in Bayi, Zham Town, Mainling, Gongbo'gyamda and
Nang, and multi-function markets have been established.
The newly built Nyingchi-Lhasa Road, improved optical-cable
communications, Ba River Hydraulic Power Station and the
project connecting Bayi-Nyingchi Power Station to the
grid have totally changed the backward situation at the
time when the Regional Administration was re-established,
greatly improved the investment environment, brought new
vitality and vigor to the region.
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