Lhasa, also known as Logos and Sunshine City, is a prefecture-level city and the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and an international tourist city with snowy plateau and ethnic characteristics in China, as determined by the State Council. The city has three districts and five counties under its jurisdiction, covering an area of 29,640,000 square kilometers, and as of the end of 2022, Lhasa had a household population of 581,200. Lhasa is one of the first national historical and cultural cities. Lhasa is famous for its beautiful scenery, long history, unique customs and folklore, and strong religious colors. In the seventh century, Songtsen Gampo unified the whole Tibet and moved the political center from Shannan to Lhasa. on May 23, 1951, Tibet was peacefully liberated, and Lhasa became the capital of the autonomous region. in 1960, the State Council formally approved Lhasa as a prefecture-level city. Lhasa has been awarded the honorary titles of China's Excellent Tourism City, European Tourists' Favorite Tourism City, National Civilized City, China's Most Safe City, Top 200 Chinese Characteristic and Charming Cities, Top 200 World Characteristic and Charming Cities, and 2018 Unhurried China 100 Cities.On April 2, 2018, it was selected to carry out the construction of innovative cities.In November 2018, it was selected to be one of the Chinese Cities Top 100 in Comprehensive Well-being Index. Located in southwestern China, central Tibetan Plateau, north side of the Himalayas, and the valley plain in the middle reaches of the Lhasa River, a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo River, Lhasa is the political, economic, cultural, and scientific and educational center of Tibet, as well as the holy land of Tibetan Buddhism. Lhasa geographic coordinates for the east longitude 91 ° 06 ′, north latitude 29 ° 36 ′, Lhasa river flows through this, in the southern suburb into the yarlung zangbo river, Lhasa altitude of 3650 meters, year-round sunny weather. Year-round sunshine time of more than 3,000 hours, known as the "sunshine city" reputation. Lhasa is rich in all kinds of resources, compared with other cities in the country and the autonomous region, has a more obvious resource advantage. In 2023, Lhasa's GDP will be 83.479 billion yuan, an increase of 9.6% over the previous year.