A Tibetan woman works in a clothing production workshop in Shigatse's Samdrubtse district. The workshop has been supported by the local government as a poverty alleviation project. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn]

Authorities in Shigatse, Tibet autonomous region, announced recently that they have removed all the city's 18 impoverished areas from the poverty list.

To date, the city's 172,900 impoverished people in 1,669 villages and residential communities have all been stripped of the impoverished label as their incomes have improved.

Chongdrol, a resident of Tibet's Shaitongmon county, operates a hot spring bath business. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn]

Tibet has been one of China's main battlefields against poverty for geographical and historical reasons ever since the central government launched a nationwide effort in 2016 to improve the lives of the poor. Shigatse has been one of the region's main targets for poverty alleviation.

Over three years, numerous steps have been taken to improve the local economy, including attracting investment, creating new jobs, relocating residents from less habitable places, setting up educational funds and implementing a variety of social welfare programs.

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