China News Service, Lhasa, May 2 (Reporter Zhao Lang) The reporter learned on the 1st from the press conference on the economic operation of Tibet in the first quarter of 2022 that in the first quarter, the region achieved a regional GDP of 51.679 billion yuan (RMB, The same below), a year-on-year increase of 6.4%.

　　Cai Min, member of the party group and deputy director of the Tibet Autonomous Region Statistics Bureau, introduced the region's economic performance in the first quarter from eight aspects.

　　He said that in the first quarter, agricultural production continued to be stable, and the output of livestock products increased steadily.

The spring sowing is progressing in an orderly manner, the winter sowing is growing well, and the supply of fertilizer and forage is sufficient.

At the end of the first quarter, there were 6.4917 million head of cattle in the region, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%; 495,900 head of live pigs, an increase of 13.2%; and 1.5576 million head of poultry, an increase of 15%.

In the first quarter, 78,600 cattle were sold, a year-on-year increase of 19%; 69,300 live pigs were sold, an increase of 75.8%; and 202,200 poultry were sold, an increase of 61.4%.

　　The growth rate of industrial production accelerated, and corporate revenue continued to grow.

In the first quarter, the added value of industries above designated size in Tibet increased by 17.6 percent year-on-year, 1.6 percentage points faster than that in January-February.

　　The service industry grew steadily, and key industries grew rapidly.

From January to February, service enterprises above designated size in Tibet achieved operating income of 2.793 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.5% and an increase of 1.9 percentage points over last year.

Among them, the above-scale transportation, warehousing and postal enterprises achieved operating income of 894 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 35.1%, 23.6 percentage points higher than the growth rate of the service industry above the designated size; health industry 191 million yuan, an increase of 27.3%, higher than The growth rate of the whole region was 11.5 percentage points; the real estate industry was 37 million yuan, an increase of 12.1%, which was 0.6 percentage points higher than the growth rate of the whole region.

　　The income of urban and rural residents continued to rise, and the price index ran smoothly.

In the first quarter, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in the region was 11,527 yuan, an increase of 8.7% year-on-year; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 2,376 yuan, an increase of 12.3%.

　　He also said that in the first quarter, the growth rate of Tibet's tourism market slowed down, and the consumer market grew slightly.

Fiscal revenue and expenditure remained stable, and financial deposits and loans remained stable.

Market entities have increased steadily, and the employment situation has been improving steadily.

　　Cai Min said that, in general, the national economy of Tibet maintained a steady and progressive development trend in the first quarter, and achieved a good start.

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