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At the meeting, Hu said the government has made plans
to achieve leapfrog development and lasting stability in Tibet
to ensure that China's development as a whole.

"Leapfrog development of Tibet actually means the
combination of economic growth, well-off life, a healthy eco-
environment, and social stability and progress," he said.
He highlighted Tibet's significance in ensuring China's
national security, and efforts in building the region into a
strategic reserve of natural resources, an agricultural base,
a land with unique culture and a world-class tourism spot.
The CPC Central Committee's policies towards Tibet in
the new era were "totally correct, suiting to national
condition, Tibet's actual conditions and the fundamental
interests of people of all ethnic groups in Tibet, the
meeting, held for the first time since 2001, said.
During the meeting, senior leaders also discussed plans
to develop Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu
and Qinghai.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said his government would
preserve the consistency and stability of favourable policies
towards Tibet and further improve policy support and financial
investment in the region.
Tibet's GDP is expected to reach 43.7 billion yuan (USD
6.4 billion) in 2009, an annual growth of 12.3 per cent over
the past nine years, Xinhua said.
Beijing, which sent troops to occupy Tibet in 1957
insists it has been part of Chinese territory for centuries,
has stepped up its drive to develop the remote Himalayan
region's economy since the 2008 violence there. PTI AKJ
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