Tashi's new home, photo from China Tibet Information Center.

The sitting room in Tibetan style, photo from China Tibet Information Center.

Happy smile, photo from China Tibet Information Center.

Tashi's courtyard, photo from China Tibet Information Center.

Brand-new TV and refrigerator, photo from China Tibet Information Center.
 
Tashi, photo from China Tibet Information Center.

People's life has been improved in recent years in Dina Village of the Xigaze Prefecture, the Tibet Autonomous Region. The average capita of the village reached 10,160 yuan in 2008 and the gross income of the village in 2007 hit 4,173,862 yuan.

As head of Dina Village, Tashi told the reporter that his village had become rich by developing transportation industry with the support from the government.

"Take my family for example, the government invested 150,000 yuan for us to buy a truck in 2003 and after that we could earn 150,000 yuan, 200,000 yuan, or even 300,000 yuan every year," said Tashi, "This year we have built a 95-square-meter house with 950,000 yuan."

(1 USD equals about 6.85 yuan.)