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西藏经济的助推——瓶装水

According to a statement by the Tibet autonomous region government over the weekend, Tibet’s production of natural drinking water reached 425,600 metric tons in 2015, an increase of 178 percent year-on-year.

The importance of the drinking water industry was included among the topics of the latest working conference on Tibet in August. Tibet began producing bottled water in the early 1990s based on its favorable natural environment, and it has won praise from the drinking water industry.

Xu Fei, an industry leader, said measures have been taken in the past few years, including the use of strict rules, to protect water resources(资源) with the support of the industry. “It is a must to make sure that neither people’s lives nor the environment are adversely affected by the production of natural drinking water,” said Xu.

Zou Chaodong, leader of the Tibet Food and Drug Administration, said that the government tested the water of most of Tibet’s natural drinking water businesses in 2015, and all of them met quality standards, including Tibet Spring, Shengdi and Qomolangma Glacier.

In recent years, some big companies have invested(投资) in the region for natural drinking water. Now Tibet owns 28 such companies. The Tibet Spring brand was named Best Sparkling Water at the 10th Global Bottled Water Congress in the United States in 2013.

“In 2015, 93 million yuan ($14.3 million) was paid in taxes on total sales income of 390 million yuan,” said Norbu Tsering, chief engineer at Tibet Glacier Mineral Water Company. The company has provided about 200 jobs, with more than 95 percent of the workers coming from rural areas, he said. “Don't forget the well diggers when you drink from this well,” said Norbu Tsering, adding that the company has been supporting local people.