西藏是重要的国家安全屏障、重要的生态安全屏障、重要的战略资源储备基地、重要的中华民族特色文化保护地和面向南亚开放的重要通道。党中央、国务院高度重视西藏工作,强调加快发展是解决西藏所有问题的关键,保障和改善民生是西藏经济社会发展的出发点和落脚点,弘扬社会主义先进文化是构建西藏各族人民共有精神家园的必然要求,维护社会稳定是实现西藏跨 Tibet is an important national security barrier, an important ecological security barrier, an important reserve base for strategic resources, an important cultural preserve for the Chinese nation, and an important channel open to South Asia. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the work in Tibet and stress that accelerating development is the key to solving all the problems in Tibet. To safeguard and improve people’s livelihood is the starting point and the foothold of Tibet’s economic and social development. To promote the socialist advanced culture is to build a spiritual home for all ethnic groups in Tibet. It is inevitable that maintaining social stability will bring about the cross-straitization of Tibet