Investor Presentaiton
CONCLUSION
So what does the 2010 census reveal about health and education in Tibet?
On one hand, it reveals substantial increases in health and education infrastructure and
personnel, such as a greater number of hospitals, doctors, schools, and teachers,
especially in the TAR. On the other hand, it reveals strikingly disproportionate regional
inequalities and the lack of improved access to basic health and education services. The
TAR, in particular, lags far behind its neighbors and the PRC national averages on all major
indicators of health and education. The TAR scored the lowest for average life expectancy,
maternal health indicators, and child health indicators. The TAR also has the highest rate
of illiteracy in the PRC, with nearly a third of the adult population being illiterate.
The census results can only legitimize the development policies in the TAR data in terms of
infrastructure building. Literally hundreds of schools and thousands of hospitals were built
in the TAR since 2000, far surpassing the health and education infrastructure building in
the other provinces with large Tibetan populations. Yet despite these large-scale building
projects, the 2010 census clearly shows that the TAR is nowhere near catching up with any
of the inland provinces on the major indicators of health and education. Clearly, the
lauded campaigns for developing a peaceful and prosperous Tibet haven't been successful
in providing the most fundamental needs in health and education enjoyed by the rest of
the PRC, such as proper nutrition, access to health care, and basic literacy.View entire presentation