Losangjigme, vice chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of Tibet Autonomous Region as well as director with Tibet Ethnic Religious Affairs Committee currently said in an interview in response to the standpoint that "Tibetan people have no freedom of religion belief" wrote in the "Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People" which the Dalai Lama's private representatives presented to the central government, was totally lying, as the fact is that freedom of religion brief is fully respected in Tibet and religion is also in harmony with local society.
In Tibet, freedom of religion belief is guaranteed by China's Constitution and laws, believers of different religions and sects and non-Buddhists receive equal treatment and respect. More than 1,700 religion scenes in Tibet have been reopened to the public after renovating with some 46,000 monks/nuns, said Losangjigme.
On to ensuring normal progress of Tibetan Buddhism activities, both Chinese central government and Tibet's local government have exerted great efforts. Since 1980s, they have financed more than 700 million for reopening and repairing some state level protected cultural units and monasteries, he said.
The government has been thinking much of rules of reincarnation of Tibetan living Buddhas in different sects, including the seeking and confirming of reincarnation boy, ceremony of enthronement and initiating into monkhood.
Festival in Tibet is thrice as many as any other cities in China. Believers are free to take part in any traditional folk or religionary festival activities, like Shoton Festival and Sakadawa Festival, and some influential festivals have been gradually resumed.
According to Losangjigme, China has also invested huge fund to enable more people to study Tibetan Buddhism by setting up academies and schools. To meet the demand of Buddhists and monks, a total of 1,490 copies of Kanjur in Tibetan language have been published and plenty of books concerning Tibetan Buddhism have been printed.
A string of laws and regulations were carried out to guarantee the successful development of religionary activities and rights of monks and common people. People in Tibet are enjoying free religionary belief and such is protected by the law.
Politically, both Chinese leaders and Tibetan Buddhism heads have been exploring ways to reconcile religion with current social system, and the local governments are active in publicizing knowledge of religion. Economically, as Tibetology is hotter and hotter across the world, tourism business concerning Tibetan culture and religion becomes a hot choice for travelers. Not only does it spread the culture of Tibetan Buddhism, but drives the local economy.
To sum up, Losangjigme said, society in Tibet is in harmony with politics and religion while people are free to choose religion belief, which is just what Dalai Lama unwilling to see and recognize. In no way will lie become true, the standpoint "Tibetan people have no freedom of religion belief" is an arrant lie.