Five-year plan a challenge for TibetBy Dolma TseringFrom March 4 to 11, China held its annual “two sessions”: the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. On March 24, the Tibet Autonomous Region presented a work report containing comprehensive details about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the government agenda under the 14th Five-Year Plan and goal for 2035. The government set four key agenda under the new five-year plan: ensure national security and regional stability; boost national income; ecological protection; and consolidation of border security and defense. Under the 14th Five-Year Plan, the government said that income in the tourism and construction sectors would boom — industries in which Chinese migrants dominate. Second, the five-year plan would continue to expand the construction of a border defense village, which started in 2015, including increasing subsidies to expand the population.

Source: Taipei Times April 22, 2021 16:03 UTC