中央政府西藏工作方略的丰富和发展—— 中央第五次西藏工作座谈会精神管窥

■ 吴楚

中央政府西藏工作方略的丰富和发展
—— 中央第五次西藏工作座谈会精神管窥

■ 吴楚

西藏是祖国西南边陲具有重要战略地位的省级民族区域自治地方。中央政府对西藏工作始终高度重视， 1980年以来已先后召开过四次西藏工作座谈会，每一次会议都针对当时西藏工作面临的形势和突出问题进行研究，明确重大政策，做出战略部署。2010年1月，中央政府又召开了第五次西藏工作座谈会(以下简称五次会)，进一步明确了当前和今后一个时期做好西藏工作的指导思想、主要任务、工作要求，在经济建设、政治建设、文化建设、社会建设、生态文明建设和党的建设等方面提出了一系列重要举措，丰富和发展了西藏工作的基本方略，笔者根据自己对五次会精神的理解和感受，试举几例。

1.创造性地提出了西藏社会的主要矛盾和特殊矛盾的理论。五次会提出，当前西藏社会的主要矛盾同全国一样，依然是人民群众日益增长的物质文化需要同落后的社会生产之间的矛盾；同时，西藏还存在着各族人民同以达赖集团为代表的分裂势力之间的特殊矛盾。这一重要阐述，对于坚持和完善新时期西藏工作指导方针，对于在西藏这样一个特殊的边疆民族地区如何正确处理发展与稳定的关系提供了科学的理论依据。由于西藏存在人民日益增长的物质文化需要同落后的社会生产之间的主要矛盾，所以在西藏工作中，必须始终坚持“一个中心”，即以经济建设为中心，西藏工作的形势越是尖锐复杂，越要牢固树立这个思想，坚持这个中心，决不能动摇，决不能轻易改变；同时由于西藏还存在反分裂斗争的特殊矛盾，所以在西藏工作中必须抓好“发展、稳定”两件大事，必须把维护稳定作为硬任务和第一责任，深入持久开展反分裂斗争。没有稳定的环境，西藏的一切发展都无从谈起。西藏社会存在的主要矛盾和特殊矛盾也决定了西藏工作的主题必须是推进跨越式发展和长治久安。

2.明确了西藏在科学发展轨道上实现跨越式发展的基本要求。五次会提出，没有跨越式发展，西藏就不可能跟上全国发展步伐；没有科学发展，西藏跨越式发展就难以持久，必须把中央关于加快西藏发展的决策部署同西藏实际紧密结合起来，转变发展观念、创新发展模式、提高发展质量。为此，会议提出了“七个更加注重”，即，更加注重改善农牧民生产生活条件，更加注重经济社会协调发展，更加注重增强自我发展能力，更加注重提高基本公共服务能力和均等化水平，更加注重保护高原生态环境，更加注重扩大同内地的交流合作，更加注重建立促进经济社会发展的体制机制。此外，会议还第一次明确提出西藏今后发展的战略定位，即，要实现经济增长、生活宽裕、生态良好、社会稳定、文明进步的统一，使西藏成为重要的国家安全屏障、重要的生态安全屏障、重要的战略资源储备基地、重要的高原特色农产品基地、重要的中华民族特色文化保护地、重要的世界旅游目的地。

3.确定了下一步西藏经济社会发展的主要目标。五次会提出，到2015年，保持经济跨越式发展势头，农牧民人均纯收入与全国平均水平的差距显著缩小，基本公共服务能力显著提高，生态环境进一步改善，基础设施建设取得重大进展，各民族团结和谐，社会持续稳定，全面建设小康社会的基础更加扎实；到2020年，农牧民人均纯收入接近全国平均水平，人民生活水平全面提升，基本公共服务能力接近全国平均水平，基础设施条件全面改善，生态安全屏障建设取得明显成效，自我发展能力明显增强，社会更加和谐稳定，确保实现全面建设小康社会的奋斗目标。

在西藏，发展目标的确定非常重要，不仅涉及西藏发展战略、发展方向、发展重点的选择，也直接涉及中央和全国各省市对西藏政策、项目和资金支持力度的大小。目前确定的这个提法，一是分为两个阶段，既有近期打算，又要长远目标；二是强调了一个综合性的目标体系，包括经济、民生、稳定、生态等多个方面，而不仅仅是经济指标；三是在这个综合性的目标体系中，并没有像内地的省市那样重点强调经济指标和增长速度，而是强调了农牧民人均纯收入和基本公共服务两个指标。这些都体现了中央政府对西藏工作特点的把握和科学发展观的要求。

4.突出强调把保障和改善民生作为西藏经济社会发展的出发点和落脚点。西藏地广人稀，交通不便，经济发展基础薄弱，社会发育程度低，各项社会事业比较落后，相对内地其他地方，西藏改善民生面临的任务更加繁重，付出的成本和工作难度更高，同时意义也更为重大。五次会提出，要继续实施“富民兴藏”战略，提高各族群众生活水平和质量，把更多关怀和温暖送给广大农牧民和困难群众，着重解决他们迫切需要解决的问题，特别是农牧区条件艰苦、农牧民增收困难等问题；继续推进以安居工程为突破口的社会主义新农村建设，加快农村水电路气房和通信等设施建设；完善和落实各项增收政策，千方百计增加各族群众特别是农牧民收入；大力改善农牧民生产生活条件，解决好零就业家庭和困难群众就业问题，建设覆盖城乡居民的社会保障体系，2012年以前基本实现新型农村社会养老保险制度全覆盖；优先发展教育，义务教育和高中阶段农牧民子女全部实行“三包”政策；进一步完善以免费医疗为基础的农牧区医疗制度，逐步提高国家补助标准和保障水平；加大中央投资力度，继续扩大专项投资规模，中央投资要向民生领域倾斜，向社会事业倾斜，向农牧业倾斜，向基础设施倾斜。今年7月，国务院审批通过了《“十二五”支持西藏经济社会发展建设项目规划方案》，围绕五大重点领域安排了226个建设项目，总投资3305亿元，“十二五”期间投资1931亿元，其中保障和改善民生成为规划方案中居于首位的重点领域。

5.突出强调生态文明建设的重要战略地位。西藏地处青藏高原腹地，是世界山地冰川最发育的地区，是长江、黄河、澜沧江等主要河流和亚洲重要江河源区，是维系我国和东亚气候系统稳定的重要屏障，生态地位极其重要。同时，青藏高原生态又极其脆弱，一旦遭到破坏，影响极大且很难恢复。五次会提出，一定要把保护西藏生态环境作为造福千秋万代的战略工程摆在更加突出的位置，统筹生态环境保护和经济发展、社会进步、民生改善，着重抓好生态保护、生态经济、生态移民、生态补偿等关键环节，促进生态保护和经济建设协调发展、环境优化和民生改善同步提升，实现生态系统良性循环。会议要求，要大力推进生态文明建设，把建设资源节约型、环境友好型社会放在经济社会发展的突出位置，尤其不能走先破坏后治理的发展路子；要构建高原生态安全屏障，加强主体功能区和土地综合利用与整治规划，按照保护优先、综合治理、因地制宜、突出重点的原则，坚持工程治理同自然修复相结合，加快实施《西藏生态安全屏障保护与建设规划》。

6.完善了对口支援的政策。对口支援在西藏已经实行了16年，充分体现了中央对西藏的特殊关怀，体现了全国各族人民的大团结，在西藏发展进程中树立了一个丰碑。五次会明确提出，对口支援西藏政策延长到2020年；规定承担对口支援任务的省(直辖市)、中央和国家机关及企事业单位，要建立援藏资金稳定增长机制；做好援藏干部选派工作，加大专业技术人员援藏力度等。今年7月在拉萨召开了对口支援西藏工作座谈会，习近平同志在讲话中提出，要协调推进经济支援、干部支援、人才支援、教育支援、科技支援、企业支援，形成全方位、多层次、宽领域的对口支援工作格局；要始终把保障和改善民生作为对口支援工作的首要任务，把资金和项目进一步向农牧区和农牧民倾斜，扎实推进教育、医疗、就业、社会保障等民生工程建设，促进公共服务均等化；要始终坚持国家支持与提高自我发展能力相结合，更加注重把受援地区的政策优势、资源优势、后发优势同对口支援地区的人才、资金、技术、市场优势和管理经验结合起来，实现互利共赢、共同发展；要加强对口支援干部工作，充分尊重受援地区干部群众意愿，问需于民，问计于民，自觉接受群众监督。

7.完善了民族、宗教政策。五次会提出，把有利于民族平等团结进步、有利于各民族共同繁荣发展、有利于民族交往交流交融、有利于国家统一和社会稳定作为衡量民族工作成效的重要标准，推动各民族和睦相处、和衷共济、和谐发展，进一步巩固和发展平等团结互助和谐的社会主义民族关系。这“四个有利于”的提法，是在深入研究民族问题的发展规律，深刻总结近年来民族工作经验教训的基础上提出来的。根据这一重要标准，会议提出要广泛开展民族团结宣传教育和民族团结进步创建活动，大力宣传民族团结先进典型，引导各族干部群众牢固树立“三个离不开”思想和“团结稳定是福、分裂动乱是祸”观念；正确认识中华民族多元一体格局，自觉抵制各种狭隘民族意识，坚决反对民族分裂意识，增强中华民族凝聚力；保障各民族合法权益，防止出现伤害民族感情、损害民族团结的问题等。

藏传佛教在西藏有着悠久的历史，对西藏的政治、经济、文化和人们的思想观念、行为方式都有着广泛而深刻的影响。藏传佛教寺庙承担着传承藏传佛教文化、满足信教群众正常的宗教需求的功能，既是宗教活动场所，又是基层社会单位。五次会提出要全面贯彻落实党的宗教工作基本方针和国家管理宗教事务的法律法规，切实维护藏传佛教正常秩序，引导藏传佛教与社会主义社会相适应，并就建立藏传佛教寺庙管理长效机制，深入开展寺庙法制宣传教育，社会基本公共服务进寺庙，妥善解决僧尼养老、医疗等社会保障问题做出了明确安排部署。

8.完善了对境外藏胞的政策。五次会明确提出，“境外藏胞是海外华侨华人的一部分”，这是在总结多年工作经验基础上提出来的重要论断。西藏是中国不可分割的一部分，境外藏胞理所当然是海外华人华侨的一部分。改革开放以来，中央政府对境外藏胞实行“爱国一家，爱国不分先后”的政策，每年都有大批境外藏胞回国探亲、参观，一些境外藏胞热心家乡公益慈善事业，为西藏的发展贡献自己的力量，还有一些境外藏胞成立爱国组织，公开反对达赖集团分裂祖国和宗教专制的行径。同时，境外藏胞与普通的华人华侨又有一定的不同，许多人思想上深受达赖的影响，经济上依赖达赖集团，组织上受达赖集团严密控制。团结争取境外藏胞是同达赖集团斗争的重要领域，要采取区别对待的原则，团结争取更多境外藏胞心向祖国，摆脱达赖集团控制和影响，同时充分发挥广大海外华侨华人和留学生在反“藏独”中的重要作用。

五次会召开已有一年多时间，笔者在工作中深深感受到，中央治藏方略和政策的这些新发展已经在西藏工作的各个领域产生了实实在在的新变化。只要我们继续保持发展稳定的良好势头，只要我们对西藏工作的重要性、特殊复杂性始终保持清醒的认识，只要我们各个方面把对西藏这片高原热土的向往和热爱不断化做自觉的行动，只要西藏各族人民和海内外中华儿女同心同德、同心同向、同心同行，西藏的明天一定会更加美好。

Tibet is a provincial-level autonomous region that occupies an important strategic position along China’s southwest border. The central government has always attached great importance to its Tibet work, and this is the Fifth Forum on Tibet Work it has held since 1980. All these meetings have carried out deliberations concerning the situation and outstanding problems facing Tibet work at the time, clarified important policies and made strategic arrangements. The central government held the Fifth Forum on Tibet Work (hereafter simply called the Fifth Forum) in January 2010 to further clarify the guiding thought, main tasks and work requirements for now and the near future;to set forth a series of important measures for economic,political, cultural and social development, strengthening ecological awareness and Party building; and enriching and developing the basic plan for Tibet work. I will here discuss several points based on my understanding of the gist of the Fifth Forum.

1. Creatively articulating a theory of the main contradiction and unique problem in Tibetan society.The Fifth Forum stated that the main contradiction in Tibetan society is the same as in the country as a whole,the contradiction between the ever-increasing material and cultural demands of the masses and the backward social production. At the same time, Tibet has a unique problem pertaining to all of Tibet’s ethnic groups and the separatist forces represented by the Dalai Lama. This important exposition provided an important scientific and theoretical basis for adhering to and improving the guiding principles for Tibet work in the new period and for correctly handling the relationship between development and stability in this unique ethnic-minority frontier region.Because of the important contradiction between the everincreasing material and cultural demands of the people and the backward social production, in our Tibet work we must always keep economic development at the center of everything. The more acute and complex the circumstances in which we do our Tibet work become, the more necessary it is to firmly implant this thinking and adhere to this center. We must not waver or make changes lightly. At the same time, due to the unique problem surrounding the anti-separatist struggle in Tibet, we must handle the issues of development and stability well. We must make maintaining stability a mandatory task and our number one responsibility, and commit ourselves fully to a longterm anti-separatist struggle. It is impossible to even think of developing Tibet if it doesn’t have a stable environment.The main contradiction and unique problem in Tibetan society determine that the focus of our Tibet work must be to promote leapfrog development and prolonged political stability.

2. Clarifying the basic requirements for Tibet to achieve leapfrog development along the track of scienti fi c development. The Fifth Forum stated that without leapfrog development, the pace of development in Tibet cannot catch up to that in the country as a whole, and without scienti fi c development it will be very difficult to maintain leapfrog development. We must intimately integrate the central government’s policies and arrangements for accelerating Tibet’s development with actual conditions in Tibet, change our concept of development, make innovations in our development model, and raise the quality of development.To this end the Forum identified seven areas where we need to place greater emphasis: improving the living conditions of farmers and herders, coordinating economic and social development, increasing Tibet’s capacity for self-development, improving basic public services and provide them more equitably, protecting the plateau’s ecosystem, expanding contacts and cooperation with the rest of the country, and creating systems and mechanisms for stimulating economic and social development. In addition,the Forum for the first time clearly stated the strategic orientation for Tibet’s development from now on: to achieve economic growth, improvement in people’s lives, ecological preservation, social stability and cultural progress, and to make Tibet an important security screen for the country,an important ecological screen, a reserve base for strategic resources, a production base for highland agricultural products, a preserve for a unique Chinese ethnic culture, and a world tourist destination.

3. Setting the important objectives for the next stage of Tibet’s economic and social development. The objectives the Fifth Forum set for 2015 are: to maintain the pace of leapfrog economic development, significantly narrow the gap between the per capita net income of Tibetan farmers and herders and the national average, signi fi cantly increase Tibet’s capacity to provide public services, further improve the ecosystem, greatly develop Tibet’s infrastructure,achieve unity and harmony between ethnic groups,maintain social stability, and comprehensively firm up the foundation for a moderately prosperous society in all respects. The objectives it set for 2020 are: to raise the per capita net income of Tibetan farmers and herders close to the national average, comprehensively raise the living standards of the people, raise the level of basic public services close to the national average, comprehensively improve infrastructure conditions, achieve signi fi cant results in creating an ecological security screen, considerably increase Tibet’s capacity for self-development, make society more harmonious and stable, and ensure that a moderately prosperous society in all respects is established.

It is extremely important to set development objectives for Tibet. Doing so not only affects the choice of strategy,orientation and focus for Tibet’s development, but also has a direct bearing on the Tibet policies of the central government and the governments of all the country’s provinces and municipalities directly under the central government, and on the projects they undertake on its behalf and the extent of the support they give it. For the present,the formulation we have decided on is: fi rst, to separate our planning into two stages, short-term plans and long-term goals; second, to emphasize an overall system of objectives encompassing the economy, people’s lives, stability and the ecosystem, rather than just setting economic targets;and third, within this overall system of objectives to give particular emphasis to the targets concerning the net income of farmers and herders and basic public services, rather than emphasizing economic targets and growth rate as we do for the provinces and municipalities directly under the central government in the rest of the country. All this manifests the grasp the central government has of the unique features of its Tibet work and the requirements of the scienti fi c outlook on development.

4. Particularly emphasizing that maintaining and raising people’s living standards is the starting and end point of Tibet’s economic and social development. Tibet is a vast, sparsely populated region with inconvenient transport, weak economic development, a low level of social development and backward social institutions.Compared with the rest of China, Tibet faces a much more daunting task to improve people’s living conditions, and accomplishing it will be costly and dif fi cult, but also of great significance. It was decided at the Fifth Forum that: we need to continue to implement the strategy of enriching the people and invigorating Tibet; raise the living standards and improve the quality of life of all ethnic groups; show more solicitude and kindness to farmers and herders and those in dire straits, with the focus on solving their most pressing problems especially the problems of harsh conditions in agricultural and pastoral areas and the difficulty of raising the incomes of farmers and herders; improve and implement the policies for increasing Tibetans’ incomes;increase the incomes of members of all ethnic groups,especially farmers and herders, by all possible means; put great effort into improving the living conditions of farmers and herders; solve the problems of families in which there are no wage earners and people living in dire straits; create a social security system covering both urban and rural residents; basically implement universal coverage of the new rural social retirement insurance system before 2012;give priority to developing education; provide free tuition,room and board for the sons and daughters of farmers and herders from elementary school through high secondary school; further improve the medical system for agricultural and pastoral areas which takes free medical care as its basis;gradually raise the levels of subsidies and social security benefits; increase central government spending; continue to expand the scope of spending on special projects;and devote a greater portion of government spending to improving people’s lives, agriculture and animal husbandry,and infrastructure. In July of this year the State Council passed the Plan for Projects That Support Tibet’s Economic and Social Development to Be Included in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, which lists 226 construction projects in fi ve major areas with a total cost of 330.5 billion yuan, with 193.1 billion of that amount to be spent in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period. Maintaining and improving people’s living standards is the foremost of the fi ve major areas.

5. Particularly emphasizing the strategic importance of increasing people’s ecological awareness. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau covers much of Tibet. It has more mountain glaciers than anywhere else in the world and is the source of Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers as well as important rivers fl owing to South Asia. It is an important screen that maintains the stability of Chinese and East Asian climate system, so it is of great ecological importance. However,the ecology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is fragile, and any damage to it will have an enormous impact and be very difficult to recover from. It was decided at the Fifth Forum that: we must give greater importance to strategic projects to preserve Tibet’s ecosystem for the benefit of future generations; integrate planning to preserve the ecosystem with planning for economic development, social progress and improvement of people’s lives; make sure we do a good job in the key links of ecological protection,ecological economy, ecological migration and ecological compensation; coordinate improvements in ecological protection with economic development, optimization of the environment and improvement in people’s lives; and achieve a virtuous cycle in the ecological system. The meeting set forth the requirements that great efforts should be made to increase ecological awareness, give a prominent position in economic and social development to building a resource-conserving and environment-friendly society,and particularly avoid taking the development path of fi rst damaging and then restoring the environment; create a plateau ecology security screen; strengthen overall use of land in and restoration planning for main functional areas;integrate rehabilitation projects with natural restoration on the basis of the principles of putting preservation first,carrying out rehabilitation comprehensively, adapting measures to the situation and focusing on crucial problems;and more quickly implement the Plan for Preserving and Improving the Tibet Ecological Security Screen.

6. Improving the one-to-one assistance policy. Oneto-one assistance has already been practiced in Tibet for 16 years. It fully embodies the special concern the central government has for Tibet and the great unity of all China’s ethnic groups, and it is a milestone in the course of Tibet’s development. The Fifth Forum clearly stated that the oneto-one assistance policy would be extended till 2020;specified the provinces (municipalities directly under the central government), central and state organs, and enterprises responsible to provide one-to-one assistance and required them to set up a stable, long-term mechanism to fund their assistance; did a good job in selecting cadres to do assistance work; and increased the number of technical personal involved in assistance work. A work Forum on one-to-one assistance to Tibet was held in Lhasa in July of this year. At the Forum Xi Jinping gave a speech in which he stated it is necessary to carry out assistance in the areas of the economy, cadres, personnel, education, science and technology, and enterprises in a coordinated fashion and to create a pattern of one-to-one assistance work that is comprehensive, multi-layered and broad ranging. We need to always keep maintaining and raising people’s living standards as the primary task of one-to-one assistance work;further direct funds and projects to agricultural and pastoral areas and to farmers and herdsmen; effectively carry out projects affecting people’s lives in the areas of education,medical care, employment and social security; and make the provision of public services more equitable. We always need to steadfastly integrate state support with raising Tibet’s capability for self-development; place greater emphasis on integrating the advantages aid recipients have in the areas of policy and resources and as a result of developing later with the strengths aid donors have in the areas of personnel,capital, technology, markets and management experience;and achieve a mutually beneficial win-win situation in which everyone develops together. We need to strengthen work concerning cadres involved in one-to-one assistance,fully respect the wishes of cadres and ordinary people in the areas receiving assistance, ask the people what they need,get them involved in planning, and willingly accept the oversight of the masses.

7. Improving ethnic and religious policies. The Fifth Forum stated that an important standard for judging the success of ethnic work should between whether it is beneficial for promoting equality, unity and progress of all ethnic groups; is beneficial for promoting common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups; is beneficial for increasing contacts, interactions and intermingling between ethnic groups; and is beneficial for national unity and social stability. This work should also encourage all ethnic groups to live together amicably, work together cooperatively and develop in harmony, and further consolidate and develop socialist ethnic relations of equality,unity, mutual assistance and harmony. The formulation of these “four bene fi cials” were put forth on the basis of deep study of the laws of development of ethnic conflicts and a thorough review of the lessons we learned in our ethnic work in recent years. On the basis of this important standard,the Forum stated that it is necessary to widely carry out publicity and education in ethnic unity and devise activities that further ethnic unity; energetically publicize people who most contribute to ethnic unity; guide the cadres and people of all ethnic groups to firmly uphold the doctrine of the“three inseparables” (the Han ethnic group is inseparable from all the ethnic minority groups; all the ethnic minority groups are inseparable from the Han ethnic group, and all the ethnic minority ethnic groups are inseparable from each other); and the idea that unity and stability are a blessing and division and unrest are a misfortune. We need to correctly understand that the Chinese nation is a multifaceted unity,consciously resist any narrow ethnic thinking, fi rmly oppose ethnic separatist thinking, and increase the cohesiveness of the Chinese nation. We also need to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of all ethnic groups, and prevent the occurrence of situations that hurt the feelings of ethnic groups and undermine ethnic unity.

Tibetan Buddhism has a long history in Tibet and it has had a broad and deep influence on Tibetans’ thinking and behavior concerning politics, economics, culture and human nature. Tibetan Buddhist monasteries perform the functions of transmitting Tibetan Buddhist culture and also of satisfying the normal religious demands of religious believers, and they are both venues of religious activities and primary-level social institutions. The Fifth Forum stated that it is necessary to fully implement the Party’s basic policies on religious work and state laws and regulations concerning managing religious affairs, effectively safeguard the normal order of Tibetan Buddhism, and guide Tibetan Buddhism and our socialist society to adapt to each other,and also to establish long-term mechanisms for managing Tibetan Buddhist temples, thoroughly carry out publicity and education concerning temples, bring basic public services to them, and make appropriate arrangements to solve social security issues concerning old-age and medical care for monks and nuns.

8. Improving policies concerning Tibetans living abroad. The Fifth Forum clearly stated that Tibetans living abroad are overseas Chinese or Chinese citizens. This is an important conclusion reached on the basis of a review of many years of work. Tibet is an inseparable part of China,so of course Tibetans living abroad are overseas Chinese or Chinese citizens. Since the adoption of reform and opening up, the central government has followed the policy of “All patriots belong to one big family whether they rally to the common cause early or late” in relation to Tibetans living abroad. Every year, a large number of Tibetans return home to visit family or sightsee. Some overseas Tibetans engage in public welfare philanthropic activities and contribute their efforts to Tibet’s development, and others establish patriotic organizations and openly oppose the Dalai Lama clique’s activities to split China and establish a theocracy.At the same time Tibetans living abroad are different from other Chinese living abroad in that many of them have been deeply in fl uenced by the Dalai Lama and rely on the Dalai Lama clique for economic support and are subject to strict controls it imposes. Uniting and winning over overseas Tibetans is an important area in the struggle against the Dalai Lama clique, and we need to follow the principle of dealing with different situations differently to unite and win over more Tibetans living abroad so they yearn for the motherland and throw off the control and in fl uence of the Dalai Lama clique. At the same time, we need to get the many overseas Chinese, Chinese citizens living abroad and Chinese students studying abroad to play their important role in opposing Tibet independence.

It has already been more than a year since the Fifth Forum. In my work I can deeply feel that these new developments in the central government’s general plan and policy for governing Tibet have already engendered genuine changes in our Tibet work. If we can continue to maintain the good situation of development and stability;if we always clearly recognize the importance and unique importance of out Tibet work; if people on all sides constantly convert their love for Tibet into conscious action;and if the people of all ethnic groups in Tibet unite with all sons and daughters of China both here and abroad with one heart and one mind and work together for the same goals,then Tibet will de fi nitely have a brighter future.

THE ENRICHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT’S GENERAL PLAN FOR TIBET WORK
A Glimpse at the Gist of the Central Government’s Fifth Forum on Tibet Work

■ Wu Chu