Economy in Tibet

Economy Since the democratic mitigate in 1959, and especially since the adoption of the reform and opening-up policy in 1978, Tibet has witnessed remarkable economic development. The Tibetan parsimony is dominated by subsistence agriculture. The Tibetan yak still plays an important role in Tibetan life. Yaks still go on the best way to grapple fields in Tibet. The Tibetan economy is dominated by subsistence agriculture.Due to limited arable land, the primary business organization of the Tibetan Plateau is ski lift livestock, such as sheep, cattle, goats, camels, yaks, horses and some crops such as barley, buckwheat, wheat, potatoes, and assorted fruits and vegetables. increment Zone The State Council sanctioned Tibet Lhasa Economic and Technological Development Zone as a state-level development zone in 2001. It is located in the western suburbs of Lhasa, the cap of the Tibet Autonomous Region. It is a monotone zone, ideal for construction services , and it has the natural c onditions for good drainage. descent http//www. starmass. com/china_review/provincial_overview/tibet_demographic_economy. htm Tibet demographic analysis and economy overview The service vault of heaven plays an important role in Tibets economy growth. This is beca engagement in 2007, more than half (55%) of the provincial gross domestic product is derived from the service industries. tourism plays a crucial role to the provinces economic growth. Newly acclivitous service sectors such as unexampled commerce, tourism, posts and telecommunications, catering, cultural entertainment and information technology have to a fault been developing quickly.The construction sector contributes 21% to the provincial gross domestic product, agricultural sector 16% and manufacturing contributes the least- 8% to the check GDP GDP While traditional agricultural work and animal husbandry continue to fall the areas economy, in 2005 the tertiary sector contributed more than half of its GDP growth, t he first time it surpassed the areas primary industry. well-off reserves of natural resources and raw materials have yet to lead to the creation of a strong standby sector, collectable in large part to the provinces inhospitable terrain, low population density, an underdeveloped infrastructure and the tall cost of extractionTibets GDP in 2008 reached 39. 6 billion Yuan. The Chinese government says that it exempts Tibet from all taxation and provides 90% of Tibets government expenditure. Critics say that the substitution government is stripping Tibetan resources and neglecting the welfare of Tibetan people. Tibets economy has magnanimous on average 15% per year from 2000 to 2006. http//news. xinhuanet. com/english/2009-03/30/content_11098888. htm Report on economic and affable development of Tibet www. chinaview. cn 2009-03-30 102248 Source http//www. starmass. com/china_review/provincial_overview/tibet_demographic_economy. tm Tibet demographic analysis and economy overview Th e GDP per capita reached 13. 861 Yuan in 2008 for the first time in Tibets history. GDP reached 39,5 billion Yuan in 2008. In the first six months of 2008, economic growth in Tibet was halved after the Lhasa riots (a series of riots, protests, and demonstrations that started in the capital of Lhasa and spread to other Tibetan areas and a number of monasteries including outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The violence was largely directed at Han and Hui civilians). The Lhasa riots led to a slump in tourism and consumption.In recent years, due to increased interest in Tibetan Buddhism, tourism has become an increasingly important sector, and is actively promoted by the authorities. (Philipois) China has invested 310billion yuan (about 45. 6billion U. S. dollars) in Tibet since 2001. Industry There was no modern industry or infrastructure before the 1950s With some adjustments, the encourage of industrial output rise again in the late 1980s. Moreover, as in the rest of China, the o wnership structure of industrial enterprises in the TAR also experienced a major change.In 2007, for a gross industrial output value totalling 5,044 million yuan, 33,1% came from state enterprises, 5. 6% from collectively-owned enterprises and 61. 3% from others (private companies, joint ventures and foreign companies). Thus, private enterprise is now the primary(prenominal) source of growth in industrial production. Commerce (traditional handicrafts, carpets etc) tourism, catering, leisure and other industries that had never been heard of in old Tibet, are now booming as the primary industries in the region. Prospects for emergence and DevelopmentAlthough Tibets society and economy were affected by the March14 Incident in 2008, the impact on most local industries was limited, except for working(prenominal) difficulties for tourism in Tibet. In the next few years, Tibets economy is expected to maintain sound and rapid development in virtue of favorable factors such as increasing investment and transfer payments from the central government, rising income level of farmers and herdsmen, and burgeoning consumption by local residents. Slides (Philips, just in case you want to use this map I think its a good one)Slide 1 Economy in Tibet representative reform in 1959 and reform and opening-up policy in 1978 remarkable economic development in Tibet. traditionally dominated by subsistence agriculture. Due to limited arable land, the primary occupation of the Tibetan Plateau is raising livestock, such as sheep, cattle, goats, camels, yaks, horses and some crops such as barley, buckwheat, wheat, potatoes, and assorted fruits and vegetables. Slide 2 Yaks still promote the best way to plow fields in Tibet. Slide 3 Development ZoneThe State Council approved Tibet Lhasa Economic and Technological Development Zone as a state-level development zone in 2001. Location in the western suburbs of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Flat zone Construction services indispensable conditions for good drainage. Slide 4 Tibets GDP Industry no modern industry or infrastructure before the 1950s With some adjustments, the value of industrial output rose again in the late 1980s. Nowadays private enterprise is the main source of growth in industrial production.Newly emerge service sectors modern commerce, tourism, posts and telecommunications, catering, cultural entertainment and information technology have also been developing rapidly. Tourism essential for the economic growth. Source http//www. starmass. com/china_review/provincial_overview/tibet_demographic_economy. htm Tibet demographic analysis and economy overview Slide 5 Economic Growth and GDP Tibets GDP in 2008 reached 39. 6 billion Yuan. Tibets economy has grown on average 15% per year from 2000 to 2008. In the first six months of 2008, economic growth in Tibet was negatively affected by Lhasa riots.Source http//news. xinhuanet. com/english/2009-03/30/content_11098888. htm Report on econ omic and social development of Tibet Slide 6 China has invested 310billion yuan (about 45. 6billion U. S. dollars) in Tibet since 2001. The GDP per capita reached 15. 000 Yuan in 2009. Source http//www. starmass. com/china_review/provincial_overview/tibet_demographic_economy. htm Tibet demographic analysis and economy overview I COULDNT FIND ANY GOOD VIDEOS http//www. youtube. com/watch? v=_xkzjvx7SzEfeature=related