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This year marks the 70th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet, an achievement of epoch-making significance.
Buddhism was introduced to Tibet from India and China’s hinterland in the middle of the 7th century. That was also the time when the localization and Sinicization of Buddhism began on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The Agreement of the Central People’s Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, also known as the 17-Article Agreement, was signed in Beijing seven decades ago, leading to the peaceful liberation of Tibet.
The Chinese central government allocated an accumulative investment of 1.63 trillion yuan (about 253 billion U.S. dollars) in the 70 years after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, said Wu Yingjie, Communist Party of China chief of Tibet.
Tibet has made remarkable achievements in many aspects with help from people across the country since its peaceful liberation in 1951.
Tibet has enjoyed rapid and sound growth over the past seven decades, with its GDP growing from 129 million yuan in 1951 to more than 190 billion yuan in 2020, a 322.5-fold increase at comparable prices, according to a press conference Saturday.
Foreign investment is welcomed in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, and the region will work to better use the funds, a senior regional official said on Saturday.
Seven kilometers from Tsethang town, Lhokha city, in the Tibet autonomous region, the Yarlung Zangbo River flows quietly under the scorching plateau sun. Khesum, a village in Nedong district, is located close to this beautiful spot.