Tibet's products well received at domestic, foreign markets

13:51, October 19, 2009

Photo taken on May 18, 2009, shows a worker loading the highland barley beer at the Lhasa Railway Station, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua Photo)

The products with Tibetan ethnic characteristics like Tibetan medicines have been well received by domestic and foreign consumers since the Qinghai-Tibet Railway opened to traffic on July 1, 2006.

A leading official of the Tibet Regional Bureau of Township Enterprises said that the first batch of 11,340 bottles of beer produced by the Lhasa Beer Brewery has been exported to the United States and the 5100 Glacier Mineral Water has been sold to Hong Kong.

Also selling well in Southeastern Asian countries are the products such as caterpillar fungi, matsutake, and Tibetan-style accessories.

Hindered by the poor transportation conditions, the otherwise competitive products with Tibetan characteristics could not go out of Tibet, making it hard for the Tibetan farmers and herders to shake off poverty.

File photo shows a workshop of the Lhasa Beer Brewery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Chinatibetnews Photo)

In recent years, however, Tibet has been doing it utmost to support the development of distinctive industries by increasing investment and setting up deposits for township and leading enterprises.

In addition, Tibet has allocated 50 million yuan RMB to encourage the leading enterprises in agriculture and animal husbandry to extend their industry chains.

Tibet currently has 300 relatively large township-run enterprises and the farm products sold to other parts of China account for 35 percent of the region's agricultural and animal husbandry output value.

Tibet's distinctive industries have maintained a strong momentum so far this year, with 823 million yuan RMB spent on 65 projects in this sector.

Source: Xinhua