The Dalai Lama's recent visit to
The Dalai Lama can never represent the Tibetan people and he has not done anything beneficial for
The Dalai Lama paid a visit to
Since he fled
But even the Dalai Lama could not deny
Since the Fourth Session of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1989,
"Knowing that his separatist stance has no place in the world today where peace and development prevail, the Dalai Lama now adopts a new strategy of playing down separatist sentiments while trumpeting the highest degree of autonomy of the so-called 'greater Tibet','' he said.
Such a claim is simply another form of his separatist stance, Legqog pointed out.
He said the Dalai Lama's concept of "greater
Ever since the feudal serfdom system was overthrown in
The achievements prove that
The central government has always given the strongest backing to
A national working conference on
According to the official, planned investment from the central government totaled 31.2 billion yuan (US$3.76 billion). An additional 6 billion yuan (US$722 million) will fund projects covering such areas as infrastructure, energy, telecommunications and transportation.
Gross domestic product in
Per capita disposable income in urban areas reached 7,717 yuan (US$929.6) which is well above the national average of 6,860 yuan (US$828.5) in 2001, he said.
If the present-day
Before 1959, the illiteracy rate in
Legqog said the region is currently home to 1,010 schools ranging from colleges to elementary schools with a total enrolment of 360,000 pupils. A total of 87.2 percent of children of school age have been enrolled for class.
The region has basically solved the task of providing food and clothing for its people and a considerable number of Tibetans now live a well-off life, the official said.
He also expressed his anger at unwarranted accusations made by some Westerners and the Dalai Lama on human rights conditions in
Speaking on the future development of
The regional government and the Tibetan people will spare no efforts to carry forward the spirit of General Secretary Jiang Zemin's report delivered at the opening session of the Party congress on Friday, Legqog said.
The important idea of building a well-off society in the next 20 years and the thought of the "Three Representatives'' are sure to guide Tibet to even greater success in the future, he concluded.