Dharamsala, Jan 11: Senior Chinese Communist leaders on Friday met in Beijing to discuss “long-term stability” in Tibet, Chinese state news agency has reported.
The meeting was presided over by none other than Chinese President Hu Jintao.
The meeting “stressed the system of regional autonomy of ethnic minorities and a development path with Chinese characteristics and suited to Tibet’s regional conditions,” Xinhua said.
Members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee attended the meeting and agreed that Tibet’s stability was vital to the “fundamental interests and long-term development of the Chinese nation”, the report said.
Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee is a group of 19 to 25 people who oversee the Communist Party of China. The current (17th) politburo has 25 members, including President Hu Jintoa, Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice President Xi Jinping.
At the meeting, among other things, the leaders “underlined ethnic unity” and stressed that “efforts should be made to protect Tibet’s ecosystem”.
