At present, according to the strategy of "extending east and expanding west, and developing across the river (Lhasa River)", the built-up area of Lhasa is expanding, and the construction of three new districts of Dongcheng District, Liuwu New District and National Economic and Technological Development Zone has been launched. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway will be completed in 2006 and officially opened to traffic in 2007. By then, both the city and the population of Lhasa will be further expanded.
2. Lhasa Economy
(1) The comprehensive economic strength of the city has been strengthened. since the 1990s, the national economy of Lhasa has continued to grow rapidly and healthily at a double-digit annual average rate, and the gross domestic product (GDP) of Lhasa reached 6.424 billion yuan in 2003, which is more than double that of 1997, and it accounted for one-third of the GDP of the whole region, and the per capita GDP reached 11,000 yuan, which is 0.9 times higher than the average level of the whole region. GDP per capita reached 11,000 yuan, 0.9 times higher than the average level of the whole region. Local financial income amounted to RMB 245 million, with an average annual growth rate of 11.46%. The scale of investment in fixed assets has been expanding, since 1994, Lhasa City, actively seeking national investment, efforts to stimulate private investment, the scale of investment from small to large, the number of projects from small to large, the implementation of the scope of the implementation of the implementation of the expansion of the city from the point to the face of the implementation of the location of the expansion of the agriculture and animal husbandry, ecological and environmental protection, municipal facilities, transportation and energy, UNESCO and the Public Prosecutor's Office and grass-roots power in townships and villages construction projects, the city of Fixed asset investment totaled 5.13 billion yuan, an increase of nearly three times over the previous five years. Accepted Beijing, Jiangsu Province, more than 500,000 yuan to assist 62 projects, assistance funds, materials totaling more than 500 million yuan, focusing on improving the national economy is very weak in the basic conditions, investment in the city's contribution to economic growth rate of more than 60%. 2003, the city's construction projects 160, of which 96 key projects have been completed 62, the whole society to complete the investment in fixed assets 8 billion yuan, the city's investment in fixed assets. The scale of municipal investment reached 2 billion yuan, private investment reached 410 million yuan.
(2) structural adjustment efforts to increase the economic structure to further optimize the economic efficiency has been improved. 2003, the proportion of the three industries 9.96:23.89:66.15, the initial formation of the urban economy, peri-urban modern agricultural economy, industrial bases and agricultural supply base of the four major patterns. Since 1988, agricultural and animal husbandry production for sixteen consecutive years of bumper harvests, in 2000 realized the basic self-sufficiency of grain, oil and meat of the historic turnaround, the vast majority of people's basic solution to the problem of food and clothing, some of the masses to achieve a well-off standard of living. 2003 grain and oil production of 367 million jin, more than seven times the 1959 increase; livestock stock 1.7 million heads (only horses), compared with the 1959 increase of 85%. Agricultural and animal husbandry industry structure adjustment has been steadily advancing, forming suburban agriculture and animal husbandry industry belt, river valley animal husbandry industry belt, agricultural products processing industry area. Cultivated 13 Tibetan medicine, yak bone meal, dairy products, barley wine, barley flakes and other agriculture-related leading enterprises, expanding the scale of single-order agriculture, specialty products and industrialized management further development. 2003, the city's total output value of agriculture and animal husbandry to achieve 431 million yuan, the township and township enterprise output value of 505 million yuan, and a variety of business income of 299 million yuan. Lhasa has power, minerals, textiles, building materials, Tibetan medicine, food, printing, beverages, leather and other modern industries, with Lhasa's characteristics of the modern industrial system has been formed, and gradually develop and grow. Since the reform and opening up, in order to establish a modern enterprise system as the goal, in order to reform the property right system as a breakthrough, promote the state-owned enterprise asset reorganization, shareholding system reform and other forms of reform, state-owned enterprise reform and out of the "three two" goal basically realized, the state-owned enterprise's overall management level, operating efficiency and market competitiveness has been significantly improved. In 2003, the company realized a sales income of 498 million yuan, an increase of 23.05%, and a net profit of 26.81 million yuan. Tourism, trade, minerals, construction and building materials, Tibetan medicine, plateau characteristics of biological and green food (beverage) development, real estate and other pillar industries and special industries have taken shape. The degree of marketization has been improved, the commodity market system has been basically established, the factor market is developing, the basic role of the market in the allocation of resources has been strengthened, basically forming a public system as the mainstay of a variety of ownership of the economy*** with the development of a diversified economic structure. Lhasa now has 47 larger markets of various types, with more than 100 commercial outlets per 10,000 people. Finance, insurance, real estate, information consulting, social services and other emerging industries are developing rapidly. The non-public economy has become an important part of the city's economic development. As of 2003, the number of private enterprises registered in the city reached 512, with a registered capital of 309 million yuan; the number of individual business households reached 18,395, with a registered capital of 286 million yuan. The non-public economy absorbed 35,899 people, tax payments accounted for 76.67% of the city's total tax revenues. 2003 the city's total retail sales of consumer goods 2.8 billion yuan, with the growth of income, urban residents increased consumer spending, per capita consumer spending in 2003 accounted for more than 35% of the income, a strong boost to economic growth.
(3) Implementing reforms, expanding opening up, and initially establishing the basic framework of the socialist market economic system. In accordance with the general requirements of "consistency with the national framework and convergence of institutions" and the principle of "positive and steady progress, gradual and orderly progress, and appropriate modifications", it has carried out systemic reforms in the fields of planning, investment, taxation, price, grain circulation and finance in tandem with the whole country, and gradually broken down the institutional barriers to the planned economy, realizing the goal of a socialist market economy and a socialist market economy. The institutional barriers of the planned economy were gradually broken down, and a profound transformation from a planned economy to a market economy was realized. The distribution system of "distribution according to work as the mainstay, with a variety of distribution methods coexisting" has been initially formed, and the housing system has been advanced from distribution in kind to commercialization and monetization. A system of old-age, unemployment and medical insurance adapted to the socialist market economic system has been established, the "three social security lines" have been set up, and the minimum subsistence guarantee for urban residents has basically been realized to the fullest extent possible. The basic pensions of retired enterprise workers have been socialized, and all registered laid-off workers have been re-employed. Significant steps have been taken in the transformation of government functions, gradually shifting from planning and directives to macro-control, from administrative orders to the use of economic and legal means, and from approval-oriented to service-oriented, and some progress has been made in establishing a clean, efficient and pragmatic government management mechanism. External publicity has been stepped up, enhancing the popularity and attractiveness of Lhasa. Strengthened with domestic and foreign in the economy, science and technology, human resources, culture and other aspects of communication, exchanges and cooperation, Beijing, Jiangsu counterparts to assist the deepening development, carried out a variety of investment activities. In recent years, to Lhasa investment, business, tourism, all kinds of economic organizations and individuals more and more, foreign provinces and cities in the city has a variety of offices and liaison agencies more than 10, more than 100,000 foreign workers, foreign enterprises settled in the city reached 115. 1998, the city through investment introduction of 66 projects, the amount of investment of 785 million yuan, the establishment of the output value of the enterprise nearly 800 million yuan. Along with the state-level Lhasa Economic and Technological Development Zone and Liwu New Area construction has been launched, will become the city to expand opening up, attracting investment, cultivating industry, a strong impetus and a new economic growth point. Along with China's friendly relations with neighboring countries around the growing development, Lhasa will become China's southwest to the South Asian subcontinent of foreign economic, trade, technical cooperation and cultural exchanges, an important open window.
(4) the people's living standards and quality of life has been improved. 1993-2003, the city's urban residents per capita disposable income increased by an average annual growth rate of 10.8%, farmers and herdsmen per capita net income increased by an average annual growth rate of 14.5%, the average disposable income per capita of urban residents in 2003 amounted to 8,610 yuan, in which the expenditure on health care, education, housing, equipment and services increased significantly. Expenditures on health care, education, housing, equipment and services increased significantly. The per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen reached 2,180 yuan, and more than 79,800 people (times) were engaged in labor export, with a labor income of 91.7 million yuan. Farmers and herdsmen per capita have medical expenses of 32 yuan, farmers and herdsmen in Chengguan District reached 44 yuan. The city, including counties and districts of the existing 53 homes for the elderly, at present *** there are 351 widows and orphans living happily in homes for the elderly. 2000 in the city opened the first SOS Children's Village in the region, the adoption of rescue 110 orphans. Since the implementation of the "Eighth Five-Year Plan" poverty alleviation program to 2002, the city **** the implementation of poverty alleviation and development projects 137, relocation and resettlement of poor farmers and herdsmen 632 households 4143 people. 2003 to implement the investment of 170 million yuan, the construction of nine new rural roads; to solve the problem of 49,000 people, 320,000 head of livestock drinking water; Seventeen poverty-alleviation projects were implemented, and 97 households of 535 people were relocated to alleviate poverty, with a cumulative total of 161 households of 897 people relocated from large-scale osteoarthritis. At present, 457 households in Nimu County have been relocated with large bone disease and the renovation of farm buildings along the national highway has also been fully launched, with the aim of completing it before the Great Day next year. Employment of 3,514 people has been realized through various channels, and the urban registered unemployment rate is 3.8%.
(E) the social cause of comprehensive progress. At present, Lhasa City **** there are 602 various types of primary and secondary schools, the number of students in more than 70,000 people, 45 times more than in 1951, the school-age children's enrollment rate of less than 2% in 1951 reached more than 98%, illiteracy rate of young and middle-aged adults than the peace and liberation of the pre-decline of 50 percentage points. 2002-2003 in the whole region took the lead in the realization of the "universal six". In 2002-2003, the city took the lead in the region in realizing the goals of "universal sixth" and "universal ninth", basically eliminating illiteracy among young and middle-aged people. The city's medical and health institutions, medical and health care and epidemic prevention and health care system basically formed in the agricultural and animal husbandry areas to implement the cooperative medical system, to achieve the goal of primary health care for all, the average immunization rate of 98% or more, life expectancy extended from 36 years to 67 years. Radio and television broadcasting has grown from strength to strength, from small to large, with the completion of the "village-to-village" project for radio and television broadcasting in rural and pastoral areas in 2000, the construction of 248 cultural centers, stations and rooms in counties, townships and villages, the construction of 203 new radio and television stations of various types, and the alteration and expansion of 108, with the broadcasting coverage rate reaching 90.7% and the television coverage rate reaching 92.75%, which has greatly enriched the broadcasting system and made it more accessible to the public. 92.75%, greatly enriching the spiritual life of the people. Lhasa has been named a national model city for double embracing for three consecutive times, and in 2002 it was named an advanced urban area for the creation of national spiritual civilization.
(vi) The masses fully enjoy the right to practice their religious beliefs. Both believers and non-believers are protected by law, and the religious beliefs of the believers are fully respected and protected. The city now has 260 places of religious activity, of which 258 are Tibetan Buddhist temples and 2 are Islamic mosques,*** there are 6,657 monks and nuns, and all counties, townships and villages have places of religious activity. since 1980, the traditional main religious activities and religious festivals of the temples have been gradually restored, and since 1995 many traditional religious festivals have been restored, which are welcomed by the majority of monks and nuns and the believing masses. The welcome of the majority of monks and nuns and believers.
(vii) The system of regional ethnic autonomy is being fully and correctly implemented. The State has implemented a system of regional ethnic autonomy in Tibet, and in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy, people of all ethnic groups in Tibet who have reached the age of 18 enjoy the right to vote and to stand for election, and may exercise their rights through democratically-elected representatives to manage their own affairs. The people of all ethnic groups have the right to use their own languages and scripts, and all primary and secondary schools are bilingual in Tibetan and Chinese; at present, the statutes, decisions and resolutions adopted by the Lhasa Municipal People's Congress (LMPC) and the bulletins issued by the Government are written in both Tibetan and Chinese, and the newspapers, radio broadcasts and televisions are all written in both Tibetan and Chinese. Since its peaceful liberation, Lhasa has formed a cadre of mainly Tibetan cadres, with Tibetans and other minority cadres accounting for more than 80 percent of the city's total number of cadres; Tibetans and other minority cadres accounted for 65.4 percent of the cadres above the county level, and Tibetans and other minority cadres accounted for 67.4 percent of the municipal leaders, with all the main leaders of the municipal Party committee, the National People's Congress, the government, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) being Tibetans. The main leaders of the municipal Party committee, the People's Congress, the Government and the CPPCC are all Tibetan cadres. Tibetans and other ethnic minorities accounted for more than 80% of the delegates to the successive People's Congresses.