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Source: data adapted from Ch<strong>in</strong>a Statistics Press 2009, 2010<br />

Figure 7: Annual <strong>in</strong>come per capita of rural residents <strong>in</strong> pastoral area of TAR.<br />

Unit: Yuan (RMB)<br />

5 Driven Factors to social <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> ec<strong>on</strong>omic Changes<br />

5.1 Support from priority policies<br />

S<strong>in</strong>ce 1980, <strong>the</strong> central government has held five Tibet Work Symposiums to<br />

deal with <strong>the</strong> socio-ec<strong>on</strong>omic development of <strong>the</strong> TAR. The central government’s<br />

transfer of fiscal payments to Tibet is a major way <strong>in</strong> which it is try<strong>in</strong>g<br />

to help to improve Tibet’s development. The m<strong>on</strong>ey transferred to Tibet from<br />

1959 to 2008 accounted for 201.9 billi<strong>on</strong> Yuan, <strong>in</strong> which about 76.3 % was<br />

c<strong>on</strong>tributed between 2001 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2008, thus mak<strong>in</strong>g up 93.7 % of <strong>the</strong> TAR’s<br />

f<strong>in</strong>ancial revenue <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> same period (Ch<strong>in</strong>a Statistics Press 1990). In <strong>the</strong><br />

past two decades, some of <strong>the</strong> transfer payments were provided <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> form of<br />

<strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> development projects <strong>in</strong> Tibet. Thus, a total of 1,145 projects<br />

have been carried out <strong>in</strong> Tibet <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g projects that addressed: envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />

protecti<strong>on</strong>, transportati<strong>on</strong>, tourism development, niche products <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> market<strong>in</strong>g<br />

development, poverty alleviati<strong>on</strong>, natural hazards preventi<strong>on</strong>, improvement<br />

of native rangel<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> feed<strong>in</strong>g systems, breed improvement, payments for<br />

ecosystem services <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> a series of <strong>in</strong>frastructure projects related to agriculture<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> pastoral sectors that took place <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> middle valleys of <strong>the</strong> Yarlung Zangbo<br />

River <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> Lhasa <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Nyangqu Rivers s<strong>in</strong>ce 1990.<br />

In recent years, more attenti<strong>on</strong> has been paid to improv<strong>in</strong>g pastoral <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> agricultural<br />

development through <strong>the</strong> provisi<strong>on</strong> of huge subsidies for productive<br />

materials such as seeds, chemical fertilizers, mach<strong>in</strong>ery, diesel oil, etc. This enables<br />

farmers <strong>in</strong> Tibet to purchase <strong>the</strong>ir materials for pastoral <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> agricultural

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