Elders enjoy health allowance

by:Qu Xiaoli

The average life-span of people in the Tibet Autonomous Region has risen to 67, from 35.5 half a century ago due to greatly improved nutrition, and health care.

According to the recent statistics, there are 79 elders over one hundred years old,1,298 elders between 90 to 99 and 18,813 elders between 80 to 89 in Tibet. Amai Tsering, a 116-year-old elder in Lhunzhub County of Lhasa is the eldest one.

From the beginning of this year, local government has issued the Longevity Card to elders over eighty years old and awarded health allowance which is not less than 300 RMB (equal to 37.5 USD) to each one. The total amount of the health allowance reached to 6,000,000 RMB (equal to 750,000 USD) by now.