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Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China’s Gansu Province is situated at the northeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Although the majority of local population is Tibetan， Gannan is also home to a further 23 ethnic groups including the Han， Hui， Tu and Mongol peoples.
Since the establishment of autonomous authorities in Gannan on October 1， 1953， the life of people in this area has gone through rapid changes over the six decades between then and now.
A better life
During the past few years， the Central Government has increased support to areas inhabited mostly by ethnic minority groups. The policies and programs that ensure this support have brought changes to the lifestyles of the nomadic people who have lived in Gannan for generations.
Tibetan herders have bid farewell to their centuries-old nomadic lifestyles， thanks to a government-sponsored settlement program. They live in concrete homes in settlements across the region.
The 39-year-old Sangcai chose to settle beside a pasture in Nyima Township， Maqu County. Four years ago， he lived a nomadic life in a village about 120 km away from the settlement he now resides in. He said that he’s never regretted his decision.
The reason that drove Sangcai to make a lifestyle change is better education for his two children. “Now I can expect them to receive higher education one day and live an even better life，” he said.
Sangcai said that a settled life has brought many benefits to his family. His children now receive free education and he and the rest of his family can get medical care more conveniently， with most expenses covered by a rural medical insurance scheme.
“The local government distributes a subsistence allowance to my family every month， which would never have been possible if I still lived as a herder，” he said.
Sangcai’s settlement is home to 545 families and each lives in a 62-square-meter home provided by the government， which has tap water， electricity and cable TV access.
Xu Yongquan， Deputy Director of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Gannan Committee， said that 17，238 nomadic families in Gannan totaling nearly 95，000 people have settled and their lives have changed forever.
In 2012， the per-capita disposable income of urban residents in Gannan reached 13，970 yuan （$2，281） and rural residents’per-capita net income was 3，610 yuan （$590）， resulting in the reduction of the number of Gannan residents below the poverty line by 36.75 percent. Since the beginning of 2010， the government of Gannan has invested generously in improving housing for farmers， settled herders and low-income urban residents. The government raised the subsistence allowance given out and managed to achieve universal coverage of medical and pension insurance for the locals.
The government has engaged in projects to provide free nine-year compulsory education， where students are exempt from all tuition fees as well as given free textbooks. Rural boarders from poor families are entitled to subsidies. All rural students receiving compulsory education have also been provided with subsidized lunches. A project to make free high school education universal has started in Gannan.
Currently， the number of boarding schools providing compulsory education in Gannan has increased to 146， where 71.36 percent of the students are receiving board. The quality of education and facilities at these schools has improved.
Village clinics have been established to serve the whole population of Gannan. A total of 670 public libraries have been built in settlements for herders and 86 recreational centers have been opened in townships. The local government has also invested in safe drinking water projects that benefit an estimated 553，000 people.
Thriving economy
In 2012， Gannan’s regional GDP reached 9.67 billion yuan （$1.58 billion）， while fixed assets investment increased to 17.45 billion yuan （$2.85 billion） and government fiscal revenue rose to 1.18 billion yuan （$190 million）. The booming private sector contributed 35 percent of the local GDP last year.
“Gannan’s economic growth can be at- tributed to our efforts to nurture industries with competitive advantages in the region， such as hydropower， tourism， mineral mining and processing of livestock products，”said Gannan’s Governor Mao Shengwu.“Meanwhile， our economic structure has been improved， with the ratio of primary to secondary to tertiary industry changing from 30：22：48 to 22：24.6：53.4.”
The local government formulated specific strategies to promote the development of the animal husbandry industry in order to take advantage of the benefits of both captive breeding and stocking. Now Gannan has become an important processing base for livestock raised in high altitude areas.
Over the past five years， Gannan has managed to introduce more capital， technologies and professionals from other parts of the country and abroad to boost local development. The contracts for 219 projects have been signed over the past five years， worth 13.75 billion yuan （$2.24 billion）.
Recent infrastructure projects include Gannan’s first civil airport， a highway linking neighboring Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture with Hezuo City， capital of Gannan， as well as a project to divert water from Taohe River to water-scarce Hezuo.
The power grid network in Gannan has also been upgraded to increase its reliability， and telecommunication signals coverage now spans the region.
Although the majority of local population is Tibetan， Gannan is also home to a further 23 ethnic groups including the Han， Hui， Tu and Mongol peoples.
Since the establishment of autonomous authorities in Gannan on October 1， 1953， the life of people in this area has gone through rapid changes over the six decades between then and now.
A better life
During the past few years， the Central Government has increased support to areas inhabited mostly by ethnic minority groups. The policies and programs that ensure this support have brought changes to the lifestyles of the nomadic people who have lived in Gannan for generations.
Tibetan herders have bid farewell to their centuries-old nomadic lifestyles， thanks to a government-sponsored settlement program. They live in concrete homes in settlements across the region.
The 39-year-old Sangcai chose to settle beside a pasture in Nyima Township， Maqu County. Four years ago， he lived a nomadic life in a village about 120 km away from the settlement he now resides in. He said that he’s never regretted his decision.
The reason that drove Sangcai to make a lifestyle change is better education for his two children. “Now I can expect them to receive higher education one day and live an even better life，” he said.
Sangcai said that a settled life has brought many benefits to his family. His children now receive free education and he and the rest of his family can get medical care more conveniently， with most expenses covered by a rural medical insurance scheme.
“The local government distributes a subsistence allowance to my family every month， which would never have been possible if I still lived as a herder，” he said.
Sangcai’s settlement is home to 545 families and each lives in a 62-square-meter home provided by the government， which has tap water， electricity and cable TV access.
Xu Yongquan， Deputy Director of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Gannan Committee， said that 17，238 nomadic families in Gannan totaling nearly 95，000 people have settled and their lives have changed forever.
In 2012， the per-capita disposable income of urban residents in Gannan reached 13，970 yuan （$2，281） and rural residents’per-capita net income was 3，610 yuan （$590）， resulting in the reduction of the number of Gannan residents below the poverty line by 36.75 percent. Since the beginning of 2010， the government of Gannan has invested generously in improving housing for farmers， settled herders and low-income urban residents. The government raised the subsistence allowance given out and managed to achieve universal coverage of medical and pension insurance for the locals.
The government has engaged in projects to provide free nine-year compulsory education， where students are exempt from all tuition fees as well as given free textbooks. Rural boarders from poor families are entitled to subsidies. All rural students receiving compulsory education have also been provided with subsidized lunches. A project to make free high school education universal has started in Gannan.
Currently， the number of boarding schools providing compulsory education in Gannan has increased to 146， where 71.36 percent of the students are receiving board. The quality of education and facilities at these schools has improved.
Village clinics have been established to serve the whole population of Gannan. A total of 670 public libraries have been built in settlements for herders and 86 recreational centers have been opened in townships. The local government has also invested in safe drinking water projects that benefit an estimated 553，000 people.
Thriving economy
In 2012， Gannan’s regional GDP reached 9.67 billion yuan （$1.58 billion）， while fixed assets investment increased to 17.45 billion yuan （$2.85 billion） and government fiscal revenue rose to 1.18 billion yuan （$190 million）. The booming private sector contributed 35 percent of the local GDP last year.
“Gannan’s economic growth can be at- tributed to our efforts to nurture industries with competitive advantages in the region， such as hydropower， tourism， mineral mining and processing of livestock products，”said Gannan’s Governor Mao Shengwu.“Meanwhile， our economic structure has been improved， with the ratio of primary to secondary to tertiary industry changing from 30：22：48 to 22：24.6：53.4.”
The local government formulated specific strategies to promote the development of the animal husbandry industry in order to take advantage of the benefits of both captive breeding and stocking. Now Gannan has become an important processing base for livestock raised in high altitude areas.
Over the past five years， Gannan has managed to introduce more capital， technologies and professionals from other parts of the country and abroad to boost local development. The contracts for 219 projects have been signed over the past five years， worth 13.75 billion yuan （$2.24 billion）.
Recent infrastructure projects include Gannan’s first civil airport， a highway linking neighboring Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture with Hezuo City， capital of Gannan， as well as a project to divert water from Taohe River to water-scarce Hezuo.
The power grid network in Gannan has also been upgraded to increase its reliability， and telecommunication signals coverage now spans the region.