STORY: Paired-up assistance credited for helping modernize Xizang
SHOOTING TIME: recent and file footage
DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:55
LOCATION: LHASA, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of China's Xizang
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIANG XIN, Teacher from Beijing
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG SHANGDE, Associate researcher, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DENG SHAOHUI, Doctor, Peking University Third Hospital
5. various of China's Xizang

STORYLINE:

This year marks the 30th anniversary of China's implementation of paired-up assistance in the Xizang Autonomous Region.

In 1994, the central government made a strategic decision to rally national support for Xizang.

Under the paired-up assistance policy, some central state organs, provincial-level regions and centrally-administered state-owned enterprises were designated to assist in specific areas in the region.

Since then, cadres from government and enterprise units have taken turns being stationed on the plateau, greatly contributing to the development there.

The unswerving drive to rally national support for the region has helped transform a once poor, backward old Xizang into a new one featuring economic prosperity and happiness of its people.

Over the past three decades, nearly 12,000 talents in 10 batches have gone to the region, including professionals, technicians, government officials and enterprise managers.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIANG XIN, Teacher from Beijing
"I come here to make Lhasa-Beijing Experimental High School better. If I can make some contributions to it, I'll be very satisfied."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG SHANGDE, Associate researcher, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
"Currently, we have succeeded in planting trees at an altitude of 4,300 meters. Perhaps in another ten years, we will see the results of the efforts that we've made now."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DENG SHAOHUI, Doctor, Peking University Third Hospital
"Within just one year, I've done nearly 40% of the total surgeries with the assistance of the robot since it was installed in Xizang regional people's hospital.
I hope that with the paired-up assistance, we can cultivate an experienced medical team here."

Relevant data shows that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period (2016-2020) alone, 17 provinces and municipalities planned and arranged 1,260 projects with a total investment of 20 billion yuan (2.8 billion U.S. dollars) to support the development of Xizang. Schools, hospitals, and kindergartens built by various units from other parts of China have been established on the plateau.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lhasa, China.
(XHTV)