China Singapore Times: The CCP’s Strategy for Tibet in the New Era Shows the Confidence of the Chinese System

　　China News Service, Beijing, August 30th. Title: The CCP’s Strategy for Tibet in the New Era Shows the Confidence of the Chinese System

　　China News Agency reporter Lu Mei

　　The Seventh Central Committee on Tibet Work Conference was held in Beijing from August 28th to 29th. At the meeting, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping explained the Party’s strategy for governing Tibet in the new era and the guiding ideology for Tibet’s work. "And "Four Guarantees". Since Xi Jinping first proposed the concept of "Governing Tibet" in 2015, the development of China's Tibet has entered a new stage. The richness and perfection of the Tibet Governing Strategy demonstrates China's increasing system confidence.

　　The Tibet Work Forum is a working mechanism for the CCP to govern Tibet. Since Tibet was peacefully liberated 69 years ago, successive central leadership collectives have attached great importance to work in Tibet. All Tibet work forums since 1980 formulated and implemented a series of special support policies based on the domestic and international situation and the actual conditions of Tibet at that time, injecting strong impetus into Tibet's development and becoming an important node in the history of Tibet's development.

　　The CCP’s ideological system of Tibet’s strategy was gradually formed in Tibet’s work practice. In March 2013, Xi Jinping clearly put forward the strategic thinking of “ruling the country must govern the borders, and stabilizing Tibet before governing the borders”, and based on this as the core to form the “strategy for governing Tibet” of the new central leadership; in August 2015, At the Sixth Tibet Work Symposium, Xi Jinping comprehensively and profoundly expounded the connotation of the CCP’s strategy for governing Tibet, that is, the "six musts." After a lapse of five years, based on experience summaries, the strategy for governing Tibet in the new era has further developed into "ten "Necessity" has become the fundamental principle for stability and long-term work in Tibet.

　　"Maintaining the unification of the motherland and strengthening national unity must be the focus and focus of Tibet's work" has been proposed in 2015. This time it is in the forefront of the "ten must" and is in response to the new situation of the new era. At the Sixth Tibet Work Symposium, Xi Jinping said in a standstill, "You can't just count small accounts, you must count big ones." The violent crimes of smashing, looting, looting and burning in Lhasa have warned that the economy is no longer the shortest part of Tibet's development. To achieve sustained, long-term, and comprehensive social stability, to grasp the initiative in the fight against separatism, is placed in a more important position. . This is also an important guarantee for the continued and healthy development of Tibet's social economy.

　　Tibet’s work is based on the important principles of “ruling Tibet according to law, enriching the people and rejuvenating Tibet, building Tibet for a long time, uniting people’s hearts, and consolidating foundations”. The wish of Tibet shows that the central government puts more emphasis on "modernization of national governance," and Tibet-related work will also become more institutionalized, standardized, and democratic.

　　Development is the key to solving problems. "Improving people's livelihood and uniting people's hearts must be taken as the starting point and goal of economic and social development." The "people-oriented" concept has always been consistent and is a guarantee for the development rights and interests of the people of all ethnic groups in Tibet. As a member of the Chinese nation, the Tibetan people will of course embrace a well-off life together with people in other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and share the good fortune.

　　At the same time, economic development at the expense of the environment has become a thing of the past. The central government advocates innovative, coordinated, green, open, and shared new development concepts to help Tibet achieve high-quality development. As the roof of the world and the "Asian water tower", Tibet "must adhere to ecological protection first." It is not only responsible for the country, but also for neighboring countries and for the global ecological environment.

　　For a long time, some Western countries have intervened in Tibet affairs in order to split and contain China, making the so-called "Tibet issue" complicated and sensitive. Due to ignorance or political motives, the West has many imaginations and misjudgments about Tibet, and it has accused the CCP in its governance. This is also a problem that cannot be avoided in the international arena.

　　The facts of Tibet's development may help resolve prejudices. Within the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" and the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", the central government has invested nearly one trillion yuan in key construction projects in Tibet. All undertakings in Tibet have made all-round progress and historic achievements. The 47 tunnels of Tibet’s first electrified railway, Lalin Railway, have been completed. A modern integrated transportation system consisting of railways, highways, aviation, and postal services is gradually taking shape; a water conservancy hub , Power interconnection and other projects have been completed one after another, and the bottleneck restricting the development of Tibet has been broken. In 2019, Tibet achieved a regional GDP of 169.7 billion yuan. Its economic growth rate has ranked among the top three in the country for seven consecutive years, and its average life expectancy has exceeded 70 years. Up to now, all 74 impoverished counties in the region have all been lifted out of poverty and 628,000 people have been lifted out of poverty. Tibet has a harmonious ethnicity, a harmonious religion, a harmonious society, and a good ecological environment. The people are highly satisfied with the current life and various policies.

　　These development achievements are the best evidence that the CPC’s policies on governing Tibet meet the needs of Tibet’s development. Tibet’s sustained stability and rapid development is also an important contribution to the overall situation of the country. It is also possible to have full confidence in adhering to development with Chinese and Tibetan characteristics. path.

　　The Tibet Work Symposium, held in the final year of the completion of a well-off society in an all-round way and the 13th Five-Year Plan, emphasized adherence to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and the system of regional ethnic autonomy, as well as the sinicization of Chinese religions. Orientation, emphasize strengthening party building, especially political building. The comprehensive implementation of the CCP’s strategy of governing Tibet in the new era demonstrated its determination to stabilize the frontiers, develop Tibet, and benefit the people. It also demonstrated China’s institutional self-confidence. (Finish)