The 2025 gross domestic product (GDP) of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region broke through the 300-billion-yuan (about 43 billion U.S. dollars) threshold for the first time, the regional statistics bureau announced on Thursday.
It took the region 50 years, from its establishment in 1965, to hit the 100-billion-yuan GDP mark in 2015. Six years later, in 2021, its GDP surpassed 200 billion yuan. Then, it took only four more years to reach the 300-billion-yuan milestone, up from 276.5 billion yuan in 2024.
According to Tian Guanghua, director of local statistics bureau, the economy of Xizang has shown remarkable resilience, and the growth rate of Xizang's major economic indicators has led the nation for many consecutive years. Tian also said that the region's economy has grown in both quantity and quality at the same time.
Notably, the region continues to prioritize ecological protection alongside economic development.
Regional GDP of China's Xizang exceeds 300 bln yuan in 2025
Russia said on Saturday that it carried out a large-scale strike against Ukraine early Saturday morning and controlled another settlement in the Kharkov Region over the past day, while Ukraine said it repelled Russian attacks in multiple directions.
Russian long-range precision missiles and attack drones hit a Ukrainian plant manufacturing drones and energy facilities servicing Ukraine's military-industrial complex during the past 24 hours, and Russia's operational-tactical aircraft, missile troops and artillery units struck 157 targets, including long-range drone storage sites and operator training facilities, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries, the Russian Defense Ministry said. It added that air defense systems shot down 137 fixed-wing drones.
Russian forces controlled the town of Staritsa in Kharkov Region over the past day, the ministry said.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Saturday reported 136 combat engagements on the frontline, where Ukrainian troops repelled Russian offensives in multiple directions.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russian forces implemented a large-scale air strike against Ukraine from Friday evening to early Saturday morning.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the large-scale strike caused damage to critical infrastructures in the city.
Russia carries out large-scale strike, Ukraine repels attacks in multiple directions
