The celebration conference for the 60th anniversary of the founding of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region was held at 10 am on the 21st at Potala Palace Square in Lhasa. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the country, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the conference, gathering together with about 20,000 cadres and citizens from all ethnic groups and circles in Tibet.
On the 20th, Xi Jinping led the central delegation arriving in Lhasa and listened to the work report of the Tibet Autonomous Region Party Committee and the government. He emphasized that Tibet must fully implement the CPC’s strategy for governing Tibet in the new era, adhere to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, comprehensively and accurately implement the new development philosophy, solidly promote high-quality development, continue to address the four major tasks of stability, development, ecology, and strengthening the borders, and strive to build a united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious, and beautiful new socialist modernized Tibet.
Xi Jinping stressed that to do a good job in Tibet, we must always uphold the leadership of the Party and strengthen Party building. We should vigorously promote the old Tibet spirit and the "two roads" spirit, adhere to a unified approach of strict management and caring support, balance motivation and discipline, guide Party members, cadres, and all kinds of talents to make enterprising progress and take responsibility, and at the same time, implement various caring measures to help solve their worries.
That evening, a cultural gala, "Songs of Joy on the Snowy Plateau," was held at Tibet Grand Theatre to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Xi Jinping watched the performance together with cadres and people of all ethnic groups in the Tibet Autonomous Region.