LEGISLATORS

21 people are national legislators or deputies to the National People's Congress

445 people are Tibetan regional legislators (68 percent of them are ethnic minorities)

ADMINISTRATION

59,336 public servants

70.95 percent of officials in Tibet are ethnic minorities

129 registered foreign nationals working in Tibet

MONEY (2014; 1 U.S. dollar = 6.35 yuan)

92 billion yuan in GDP (281 times the figure 50 years ago)

111.97 billion yuan in fixed asset investment

22,016 yuan of annual disposable income (urban per capita)

7,359 yuan of annual disposable income (rural per capita)

15 million tourists (20-percent growth from 2013)

33 cities with direct flights to Tibet

75,470 km of highway

RELIGION

46,000 monks and nuns

1,787 religious venues

358 living Buddhas

Four mosques

One Catholic church