The economic growth rate of the Tibet
Autonomous Region has kept at 12 percent for three years,
higher than the national average of China, a Tibetan official said
Tuesday.
Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional
government, made the remarks in a meeting with Ambassador of the
Netherlands to China Philip De Heer.
Tibet is in its best period of development with rapid economic
growth, stable society and national solidarity, he stressed.
De Heer and his party arrived in Lhasa Monday morning for a
five-day visit to the city. During the visit, he will exchange
views on cooperation in the cultural field with the departments
concerned in Tibet.
(Xinhua News Agency May 12, 2004)