On the afternoon of August 20, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, who led the central delegation to attend the celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xizang Autonomous Region, listened to the work report of the Party Committee and the government of the Xizang Autonomous Region in Lhasa and delivered an important speech. Photo by Xie Huanchi, Xinhua News Agency Reporter
Xinhua News Agency, Lhasa, August 20 — Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, who led the central delegation to attend the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xizang Autonomous Region, listened to the work report of the Party Committee and the government of the Xizang Autonomous Region on August 20. He stressed that Xizang must fully implement the Party's guidelines for governing Xizang in the new era, adhere to the general principle of pursuing progress while maintaining stability, fully and accurately apply the new development philosophy in all respects, earnestly promote high-quality development, continuously and thoroughly carry out the four priorities of maintaining stability, promoting development, protecting the ecological environment and strengthening border defense, and strive to build a united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious and beautiful modern socialist new Xizang.
Xi Jinping pointed out that over the past 60 years since the founding of the Xizang Autonomous Region, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee and with the vigorous support of the people across the country, the regional Party Committee and government have united and led people of all ethnic groups in the region in working hard and forging ahead with innovation, upheld and improved the system of ethnic regional autonomy, thoroughly carried out the struggle against separatism, achieved remarkable economic and social development that has drawn worldwide attention, brought about earth-shaking changes to the snowy plateau, and completed the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects as scheduled alongside other parts of the country, embarking on a new journey of building a great modern socialist country in all respects. On behalf of the CPC Central Committee, he extended warm congratulations and sincere greetings to the officials and people of all ethnic groups in Xizang!
Xi Jinping emphasized that to govern, stabilize and revitalize Xizang, it is first and foremost necessary to maintain political stability, social stability, ethnic unity and religious harmony in the region. It is essential to further forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation and advance the building of the Chinese nation community, strengthen publicity and education on the history of the CPC, the history of the People's Republic of China, the history of reform and opening up, the history of socialist development and the history of the development of the Chinese nation, widely publicize the brilliant achievements of Xizang over the past 60 years, tell the stories of Xizang in the new era well, and guide officials and people of all ethnic groups to continuously enhance the "Five Identifications". Efforts should be made to actively create a national model area for ethnic unity and progress, popularize the standard spoken and written Chinese language, promote exchanges, interactions and integration among all ethnic groups, and boost two-way economic, cultural and personnel exchanges between Xizang and other inland regions. In accordance with the requirements of systematically advancing the sinicization of religions in China and strengthening the law-based governance of religious affairs, efforts should be made to guide Tibetan Buddhism to adapt to the socialist society. It is necessary to strengthen the leadership of Party building, improve the systems and mechanisms for social work, better unite and serve the people, and consolidate the foundation for social governance.
