More Farmers, Herdsmen in Tibet Have Access to TV, RadioMore and more farmers and herdsmen in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, in southwest China, have access to TV and radio programs as a result of a project launched by the local government to push forward the construction of TV and radio stations in recent years.Li Yongfa, director of the regional bureau for radio, film and television, said that at present, 68 percent of the region's population have access to radio programs, and 63 percent can watch TV programs. Tibet, which covers an area of over 1.2 million square kilometers, has a population of 2.5 million, of which, more than 80 percent are farmers and herdsmen. To promote the development of Tibet's radio and TV coverage, the central and regional governments have, since the end of the 1980s, jointly invested 440 million yuan (approximately US $52.8 million) in building a radio and television center, medium and short wave broadcasting facilities, satellite ground stations and a group of radio and TV projects at prefectural, county and village levels. At present, 36 medium and short wave broadcasting stations, 608 frequency modulation (FM) broadcasting and rebroadcasting stations, 990 radio and TV stations at township level and 1,354 at village level have been built in Tibet. Li Yongfa said, the regional government plans to help the remaining more than 5,000 villages in the region that don not have access to radio and TV to be able to enjoy such entertainments in the next 10 years. |
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