Is it true that Tibetan villagers live in apartments for free and receive monthly wages?

Xigaze, Tibet uses the photovoltaic industry to promote poverty alleviation, allowing poor households to live in apartments for free and receive monthly wages. Available in select areas only.

1. Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation

Xigaze, Tibet, is called "Xikaze" in Tibetan, which means "manor with fertile land". Shigatse City is also known for its abundant sunshine all year round. Also known as "Sunlight City". Shigatse Samzhuze District has made full use of the advantages of sufficient sunlight in targeted poverty alleviation projects to build photovoltaic power stations and photovoltaic characteristic towns, using the photovoltaic industry to promote poverty alleviation, allowing poor households to live in apartments for free and receive monthly wages.

According to the reporter’s understanding, the Deqin Photovoltaic Power Station Project in Sangzhuze District broke ground on March 15, 2017, and was connected to the grid to generate electricity on June 30. The total investment of the project is 360 million yuan, covering an area of ??more than 900 square meters. Mu, the land use rights were obtained through land transfer. The land rent totaled 22.32 million yuan during the operation period, and the land rent totaled 3 million yuan in the first five years. All of them have been delivered to the village collective and distributed to the villagers. As a key poverty alleviation project planned by the Samzhuze District People's Government during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, this project will help 328 people from 111 registered poor households get out of poverty.

2. Get high monthly wages

Up to now, more than 400 local workers have been hired. The labor salary is 190 yuan per person per day, which is settled on a daily basis and paid on site. Achieve an income of approximately 5,500 yuan per person per month. It directly increases the income of local people, helps local people get out of poverty, and has significant poverty alleviation benefits. "The person in charge of the photovoltaic power station said, "In the later stage, we will also hire local Tibetans for the operation and maintenance personnel of the power station. After training and assessment, the monthly salary will be 8,000 yuan.

Also through poverty alleviation through the photovoltaic industry, the photovoltaic characteristic town in Samzhuzi District relies on "photovoltaic ecological facility agriculture" to carry out industrial poverty alleviation. The photovoltaic characteristic town is close to National Highway 318, with a planned total investment of nearly 4 billion yuan, covering an area of ??2,781 acres, and can accommodate 2,000 relocated households. The project focuses on providing jobs for town residents and increasing people's income by relying on the airport service area, supporting industries and the "photovoltaic ecological facility agriculture" industrial poverty alleviation demonstration park: the main project of distributed poverty alleviation photovoltaic is 200 million yuan (after the completion of distributed poverty alleviation photovoltaic Achieve an increase in per capita income of 3,000 yuan), and the highland barley enzyme project is 200 million yuan; at the same time, it can provide nearly 2,000 jobs for surrounding people during the construction period, and it is expected to achieve an increase in per capita income of nearly 4,000 yuan.

3. State subsidies

Residents relocated from Shigatse, Tibet, each receive a state subsidy of 60,000 yuan. They do not need to dig out of their pockets to buy a house. In addition, the excess funds from the state subsidy can also be used Purchase simple furniture.