Twelve Five Tibet 226 Construction Projects Approved

Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council presided over the State Council Executive Meeting on the 6th and approved the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Supporting Tibetan Economic and Social Development and Construction Projects," focusing on key areas such as safeguarding and improving people's livelihood, infrastructure construction, characteristic industries, and ecological environment protection. 226 construction projects were arranged, 38 more than during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period.

The meeting pointed out that the "12th Five-Year Plan" Tibet's total fixed asset investment in society than the "Eleventh Five-Year" period has increased significantly, the smooth implementation of the planning program, will accelerate the improvement of the production and living conditions of all ethnic groups in Tibet, and effectively promote Tibet to achieve leapfrog development.

The “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period is the most significant period in Tibet’s history with the greatest investment, the largest number of construction projects, and the most effective economic and social development. According to the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" plan of Tibet, by the end of 2010, 188 planning projects had all been started construction, 109 of which had been completed and put into production, and a total investment of 87.1 billion yuan had been completed. Thanks to the strong investment from the Central Government, the total investment in fixed assets in Tibet totaled 165.6 billion yuan.

During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, both the investment and the number of projects must be higher than the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”. According to the Deputy Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Party Committee and Chairman of the Autonomous Region Baima Chilin, during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period, Tibet will base itself on improving people’s livelihoods, resource development, industrial development, and urban development, plan and speed up the implementation of major infrastructure projects, and continue to improve comprehensive transportation. The transportation system, vigorously building an integrated energy system, vigorously improving water conservancy infrastructure, and comprehensively advancing informationization.

According to Baima Chilin, during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, three-dimensional traffic networks such as roads, railways, and aviation will continue to be shaped, while tourism, Tibetan medicine, ethnic handicrafts, special agricultural and animal husbandry, and green food will be nurtured. Drinks), advantageous mineral industry and other characteristic industries.

According to the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" of Tibet, Tibet will maintain a leaping development in the economy in the next five years. The average GDP of the target region will increase by more than 12% annually, and investment in fixed assets will increase substantially.

The plan also made it clear that during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period, the Tibet region should focus on building an integrated energy system, insisting on the development and utilization of energy resources in the region and importing high-quality energy outside of the region, mainly on hydropower, supplemented by oil and gas and new energy sources to form a stable, Clean, safe, economical, and sustainable development of the comprehensive energy system, and vigorously improve the water infrastructure.