Last 19 impoverished areas in Tibet rise out of poverty

Lhasa locals offering barley wine to new neighbours after they moved last year from Nagchu as part of the first ecological relocation project in the Tibet autonomous region. - Xinhua

LHASA, Tibet (ANN): Authorities in the Tibet autonomous region announced on Monday (Dec 23) that they have removed the last 19 impoverished areas from the poverty list.

The regional poverty alleviation office said 18 counties in Ngari Prefecture, falling under the cities of Xigaze and Qamdo, and one county-level district of Nagchu have passed authorities' assessments. They now meet a series of delisting requirements, including lowering the comprehensive poverty head count ratio to below 3%.