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China's government published a white paper titled "Fifty Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet" on the situation in Tibet before and since1959 to mark the 50th anniversary of the region's Democratic Reform in Beijing on March 2, 2009.

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Fifty Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet

China's government published a white paper titled "Fifty Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet" in Beijing on March 2,2009.

Tibet has been an inseparable part of China since ancient times

The Dalai Lama alone owned 160,000 liang of gold in 1959

A religious ceremony for the Dalai Lama used human blood, skulls and skin

Each serf valued 60 liang of silver in old Tibet

75 percent families had to eat weeds in old Tibet

The value of people's life differs in old Tibet

Abolishing of feudal serfdom system, liberating a million serfs and slaves

Tibet's GDP has an average annual growth of 8.9 percent

Per capita net income of Tibetan grows 10.1 percent per year since 1978

Democratic reform protects religious freedom in Tibet

Tibet is China's first place to enjoy free compulsory education

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50 years of Democratic Reform in Tibet

Tibet's Past and Present

Lhasa in 1942	A view of Lhasa Slum in the past	Lhasa people crossed the river in the past	little beggars sleeping in the street
Today's Lhasa	Tibetans embraces coming new year	The 1,956-km-long Qinghai-Tibet Railway	Use of IT in teaching is promoted

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