In late May, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to a major forum in Beijing on the development of Tibet, and urged the region to speed up high-quality development in the new era and ensure its residents live a better life.

"People's happiness is the ultimate human right, while development holds the key to delivering better lives to the people," Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said in the letter to the opening of the 2023 Forum on the Development of Xizang, China.

The forum, the seventh since the first was held in Vienna, Austria, in 2007, was jointly hosted by the State Council Information Office and the regional government.

Tibet should continue its people-centered development philosophy and improve people's livelihoods as the goal of its economic and social development, said Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee.

"More fruits of modernization should be shared with the people of all ethnic groups in Tibet in a more equitable way, bringing a greater sense of gain, happiness, and security," Li said at the forum.

Wang Junzheng, the autonomous region's Party secretary, said at the forum that Tibet's high-quality development will follow the principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability and actively serving as well as integrating with the new development paradigm.

"We will attach great importance to cultivating and developing industries and the real economy, continuously optimize the business environment, vigorously promote the development of strategic emerging industries such as clean energy, the digital economy, general aviation, and cultural tourism, and actively develop industries closely related to the work and daily life of the people, striving to protect and improve people's livelihoods," he said.