February 21

On Feb. 21, 1993, Hu Jintao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and other national leaders attended the reception with more than 400 Tibetan compatriots in Beijing to celebrate the Tibetan New Year.

On Feb. 21, 1987, Xinhua News Agency reported that India’s illegally official establishment of “Aruchanal Pradesh” severely violated China’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. On 6 and 9 December, 1986, the India parliament approved a bill which upgraded the Union Territory “Aruchanal Pradesh”, a part of China’s territory illegally occupied by India, to the level of a “State”. On 11 December, 1986, a spokesman from Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a solemn statement saying that what India did severely violated China’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and harming the feeling of Chinese people. It is not allowed to legalize the illegal occupation of China’s territory.

On Feb. 21, 1983, the Leading Group for Economic System Reform in Tibet Autonomous Region was established.