In Nyingchi City of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, a remote mountainous village called Galai has blazed a trail of prosperity by leveraging its abundant natural resource of peach trees to promote a "peach blossom economy," benefiting both local development and ecological protection. Reputed as the "Peach Blossom Village", Galai is famous for its peach blossoms covering the mountains and fields. Over recent years, Galai Village has significantly shifted from merely relying on the mountains for a living in the past to the current vigorous development of eco-tourism through the "peach blossom economy," boosting income for its villagers. With a permanent population of only 149, the village received over 110,000 tourist visits savoring the peach blossoms in the travel season this year, with the revenue for scenic spot tickets and tourists' additional consumption topping 3.70 million yuan (about 515,300 U.S. dollars). The village used to face significant poverty, with villagers depending on logging, herding and barley farming for their income, which averaged under 2,000 yuan per capita (about 278 U.S. dollars) annually. This transformation featuring the development of a "peace blossom economy" began in 2015, when paired-up assistance from south China's Guangdong Province helped the village to develop peach blossom-related tourism, setting the stage for its revitalization. In 2024, the per capita disposable income in the village soared to over 40,000 yuan (about 5,570 U.S. dollars), with the village's total revenue reaching 14.02 million yuan (about 1.95 million U.S. dollars). In July 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Xizang, where he put forward his expectations of advancing rural revitalization on all fronts. This year, the villagers of Galai wrote a letter to Xi to report on the village's development and changes, and to express their gratitude and determination to forge ahead in creating an even better life. In a reply letter on June 29 this year, Xi urged the villagers to uphold ethnic unity and create a happier and better life. Xi also voiced his hope that the villagers will do an even better job in protecting the natural beauty of the plateau region, developing the village's tourist brand, and contributing to building into itself into a prosperous and stable border area. Xizang, once characterized by extreme poverty and the highest poverty rate in China, had lifted all 628,000 registered impoverished people out of poverty by the end of 2019 largely due to the government's rural revitalization strategy. In 2024, the per capita net income of those lifted out of poverty in Xizang increased by over 12.5 percent. Shotlist: Galai Village, Nyingchi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China - Recent: FILE: Galai Village, Nyingchi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China - Date Unknown 1. Aerial shots of village, peach blossoms, villagers; Galai Village, Nyingchi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China - Recent 2. Aerial shots of village, trees, houses; 3. Various of houses, villagers; 4. Aerial shots of village, sign, trees, houses; 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Nyima Doje, villager (starting with shot 4/ending with shot 6-8): "Tourism income was minimal in the past, and the paths were merely muddy tracks. When I was a five-or-six-year-old child, we were using butter lamps for light. Now, the nights are just as bright as the days thanks to electric lights, and the village trails have also become clean and well-maintained."; 6. Various of house interior, furniture, flowers; 7. Aerial shot of village, houses; 8. Aerial shots of flowers; 9. Aerial shots of village, houses; 10. Various of yaks, villagers; 11. Various of villagers working in greenhouse; 12. Houses, villagers. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]