The first Xizang Forging a Strong Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation forum kicked off in Lhasa on September 19th. The theme of the forum is "Casting the Chinese Soul and Creating a Model Area", aiming to "display achievements, exchange experiences and academic researches, promote works".

The first Xizang Forging a Strong Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation forum kicked off in Lhasa on September 19th. Wang Junzheng, Secretary of the Party Committee of Xizang Autonomous Region attended and delivered a keynote speech. [Photo/ Tenzin Sheten]

The first Xizang Forging a Strong Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation forum kicked off in Lhasa on September 19th. [Photo/ Tenzin Sheten]

The forum consists of three sections: the practice section deepens practical and theoretical research on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, exchanges experiences and practices, improves the Tibetan ethnic work, and promotes the high-quality development of Xizang ethnic work in the new era.

The nomocracy section summarizes the legislative practice of the Regulations on the Establishment of a Model Area for Ethnic Unity and Progress in Xizang, actively builds a social governance pattern of co-construction and sharing, and strives to improve the modernization level of the governance system and governance capacity for ethnic affairs.

The display section fully demonstrates that since the 10th Xizang Autonomous Region CPC National Congress, the region has promoted the establishment of model areas for ethnic unity and progress, and has made remarkable achievements in effectively forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.

Tseten Tashi, a university professor and a member of Yangtze River scholars, says that this forum is of great significance for strengthening the theoretical research on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, promoting innovation in the practice of building the Chinese national community, consolidating the common ideological foundation, gathering unity and striving force, encouraging all ethnic groups together "like seeds of a pomegranate", and striving to write a new chapter of long-term stability and high-quality development of Xizang.