Foreign experts and scholars praised the Xizang autonomous region's achievements in development since its peaceful liberation 75 years ago at a symposium held in the regional capital Lhasa on May 23.
The advancement of human rights, economic development and ecological civilization are pillars propping up development on the "roof of the world", said participants of the International Symposium for Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Peaceful Liberation of Xizang.
An international symposium for commemorating the 75th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of the Xizang autonomous region was held at the regional capital of Lhasa on May 23.
In the Xizang autonomous region, The Epic of King Gesar is a monumental narrative, crafted collectively by the Tibetan people and passed down orally for over a thousand years through generations of storytellers.
For people of all ethnic groups in Xizang, the rights to subsistence and development have not only been protected, but steadily advanced to an unprecedented degree.
As the core region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Xizang autonomous region serves as a vital ecological security barrier not only for China but for Asia as a whole.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Xizang. Seventy-five years may be just a ripple in the long river of history, but for this snow-covered plateau, it has been an earth-shaking transformation.