There were 127 meteorological stations in the region, including 39 manned ones and 88 unmanned ones. There were seven radar stations in the region in 2010, including five doppler radar stations and two digital radar stations. In addition, there were 16 earthquake monitoring stations, 34 hydrology monitoring stations and five water-level monitoring stations in the region.

X. Culture, Public Health and Sports

At the end of 2010, there were 378 cultural organizations in the region, including 51 art organizations and 323 civilian cultural organizations. There were four public libraries, eight museums and two other cultural organizations. There were five television stations and three radio stations. At the end of 2010, its radio and television broadcasting coverage rates were 90.3 percent and 91.4 percent, respectively. A total of 140.237 million copies of newspapers and 1.61 million copies of magazines were issued, and 14.46 million copies of books published.

By the end of 2010, there were 1,352 health institutions in the region, including 773 hospitals and health centers, 81 epidemic disease prevention centers, 55 maternal and child health care institutions. There were 8,838 beds in health institutions, including 5,444 beds in hospitals. There were 10,082 health care workers, including 4,469 licensed doctors. The number of beds in health institutions and health care workers per 1,000 persons reached 3.02 and 3.44, respectively.

In the past year, the region had 145 sets of exercise facilities and 500 exercise projects for farmers. (Each project includes one basketball court and two table-tennis tables.) In 2010, Tibetan athletes won one gold medal and five bronze medals in domestic sport events. In mountain-climbing and rock-crawling events, Tibetan athletes won two second prizes and five third prizes. In the past year, the region organized 308 mass sport activities with participants numbering 1.25 million. In 2010, the region issued 96 sport instructor certificates, including 40 national first-class certificates, 25 national second-class certificates and 26 national third-class ones. In 2010, sales from the sports lottery amounted to 130 million yuan, raising public welfare funds of more than 20 million yuan.

XI. Population, Living Conditions and Social Security

In 2010, the annual per-capita disposable income of urban residents was 14,980 yuan, reporting a year-on-year growth rate of 10.6 percent. The annual per-capita net income of farmers stood at 4,139 yuan, an increase of 17.2 percent. By the end of 2010, 275,000 farm households and 1.4 million herdsmen had moved into new houses built under the construction of the new countryside and comfortable housing projects. At the end of 2010, the per-capita housing area of urban residents in the region was 34.72 square meters, and that of farmers and herdsmen was 24.0 square meters.

The region also made efforts to ensure that pensions could be adequately and timely distributed and the social coverage rate reached 100 percent. At the end of 2010, the number of people participating in the basic pension programs, unemployment insurance programs, work-related injury insurance programs and maternity insurance programs were 96,200, 103,100, 84,600 and 147,100, respectively. The numbers of urban workers and urban residents participating in basic health insurance programs were 235,200 and 151,200, respectively.

In 2010, the medical fund for every farmer and herdsman was 180 yuan. Last year, 42,040 urban residents received 112.42 million yuan of government living allowances, and 230,000 rural residents received 146.78 million yuan. There were 236 social welfare institutions, nine public children's welfare centers and four private children's welfare centers in the region, accommodating 1,042 children. The region also guaranteed 15,428 persons food, clothing, medical care, housing and burial expenses, including 713 orphaned or disabled children. A total of 251 million yuan worth of welfare lottery tickets were sold in the region, raising 81.69 million yuan of social welfare funds.

XII. Mineral Resources and Work Safety

In 2010, 10 new mines were discovered in the region, five of which were considered key mines with exploration potential. Increased reserves were found for five minerals last year. The region completed 65 core drilling projects of 22,403 meters in geological explorations.

In 2010, 1,047 accidents of various types took place in the region, a rise of 14.8 percent over the previous year. The death toll from the accidents increased 6.1 percent to 434 people. The accidents caused 9.48 million yuan in direct property losses. The death toll from work accidents per 100 million yuan worth of GDP was 0.89 people, down 5.3 percent. The death toll from work accidents per 100,000 people in the industry, mining and commerce sectors was 3.5 people, a decrease of 20.5 percent from the previous year. In 2010, the road traffic death toll per 10,000 vehicles was 18.04 persons, an increase of 8.9 percent.

Notes:

1. All figures in the communiqué are preliminary statistics. For official statistics please see Tibet Statistical Yearbook 2011.

2. Statistics on foreign trade, transportation, post and telecommunications, tourism, public finance, banking, insurance, education, science and technology, metrology, environmental protection, culture, public health, sports, social welfare and social security, resources and work safety were offered by relevant government departments of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

3. GDP and the added value of all industries were calculated at current prices, while the growth rates were calculated at comparable prices.

4. Population statistics are not yet available as the sixth national population census is still underway. Per-capita indexes are based on estimated population statistics, and adjustments will be made after results of the census are released.