Dechen Drolma, a 65-year-old villager in Kesong Community, was once a serf in old Tibet. Born in a cowshed, she had a miserable childhood without hope.
However, everything changed when Kesong became the first village in Tibet to carry out democratic reform under the leadership of the Communist Party of China in 1959.
Drolma's family moved out of the cowshed, and for the first time, they owned land, livestock, and houses. Since then, Drolma has embraced her hopeful new life.
More than 60 years have passed. In Kesong today, every household has agricultural machinery, while the per capita net income has increased by more than 100 times.
In 2020, Tibet's GDP surpassed 190 billion yuan (around 29.2 billion U.S. dollars), and the per capita disposable income for rural residents grew 12.7 percent to 14,598 yuan, maintaining double-digit growth for the 18th consecutive year, and the fastest growth rate in the country for the sixth consecutive year.
Produced by Xinhua Global Service
