Democratic reform benefits farmers

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The elderly man is 68 years old. He was once a serf. Now his three children are all in the transportation business. The family now owns 4 mini buses, and has a fixed assets of about 1 million yuan. The elderly man says that was possible, thanks to preferential policies. The government gave them loans to buy the mini-buses, so they could run the business.

Shang Sixin, Department director of Shannan Military Command,  said, "We will do more. We will help the village to build  roads. And we will also plan to pair the 15 families who  need help with our team, to help them out of privation."

In the days before democratic reform, the village was owned by a landlord. Kesong Village has the distinction of being the first village to carry out democratic reform in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Over the past 50 years, the village has witnessed many changes. The average income in the village is about 6,300 yuan a year per capita. That's in contrast to the national average annual income for farmers, which is about 4 thousand yuan.

Editor:Liu Anqi