Over the last 50 years, China has exerted great endeavors to preserve the culture of Tibet, making sure reasonable, effective, and extensive ways of inheritance.

The China Tibetology Research Center brought out a new computer font for the special use of Tibetan language not long ago. The naissance of the Tibetan font pushes the exchanges as well as publishing of Tibetan language into a new phase. 

Educational modernization becomes a force to be reckoned with in economic, cultural and social development of Tibet.

"I've heard rumors that no one is speaking Tibetan language in Tibet before visiting Tibet. Rumors turned out to be wrong when I visited Tibet personally. What I have seen is the popular usage of Tibetan language, the so-called 'culture genocide' is rather ridiculous," said a German expert who just finished his trip to Tibet.

There was not a single school can be called "modern" one in the feudal serf system that mingled politics with religion in old Tibet. Only first-class nobles and few monks can have access to Tibetan language study, the serfs, who account for almost 95 per cent of Tibet's total population, have no right to study Tibetan language. In 1950s, the Chinese central government organized dozens of studying classes, long or short terms, for ordinary Tibetans to study Tibetan language and technology. Nowadays, students in primary and middle schools and universities are required to study Tibetan language.

Statistic shows that the central government has allocated a total of 13.989 billion yuan to assist education in Tibet, from 2003 to 2007. The enrolment rate for school-age children has hiked from 2 per cent in old Tibet to present 98.2 per cent. The cultural level of Tibetan people has been greatly improved. Hence, there emerges lots of well-educated Tibetan talents who provide a continuous driving force for the social, economic, cultural and scientific progress of Tibet.

Preservation of Tibetan culture yields effective fruits

A huge investment of money was allocated from the central government to protect Tibetan culture. From 1989 to 1994, the central government has allocated 55 million yuan and a great amount of gold, silver and other precious materials for the renovation of the Potala Palace; in 2001, a total of 330 million yuan was allocated for the repair of the Potala Palace, Norbu Lingka and Sagya Monastery; another 570 million from the central government was pumped into maintenance of 22 cultural relics in Tibet...

Ever since the 1970s, work to collect and study literatures on Tibetan drama, dancing, ballad, music, proverb and etc. kept in folk, started; in 2003, project to protect intangible cultural relics of Tibet was officially launched; record of the King Gesar, the longest heroic epic in the world, received sound fruits...

The large-scale protection on Tibet's cultural relics, physical and intangible, shows great achievements China has made in protecting Tibetan culture, howbeit, the most important is that it does benefit Tibetan people.

Development of Tibetan medicine takes off

In old Tibet, there were only three hospitals for only nobles and first-class monks. A majority of the Tibetan people can't receive medical treatment at that time. "Meanwhile, the study of Tibetan medicine only can be available in temples. Therefore, Tibetan medicine failed to be well developed," said Huang Kaifu, deputy director of Beijing Tibetan Hospital.

By the end of 2007, there are 18 hospitals in Tibet. Most of people can receive medical treatment. Besides, the manufacture of Tibetan medicine has been striding forward. In 2007, the total output value of Tibetan medicine has reached 660 million yuan. In recent years, books on Tibetan medicine have been published one by one.

"To protect the Tibetan medicine from the root plays a far-reaching role in the science of Tibetan medicine, which directly reflects China's great endeavors to preserve Tibetan culture," said Huang Kaifu.

The research and study of Tibetology in old Tibet was limited to few peers and first-class monks, who mainly focused on religionary study. Nowadays, there are more than 50 institutes and centers all over the country to be engaged in Tibetan studies, covering a wide field with some 3,000 Tibetologists. The Tibetology has become one of the important subjects of Chinese Academy of Social Science.

"The most important is special laws or regulations have been put in force to ensure the inheritance, promotion and development of Tibetan culture," Liu Hongji, researcher with China Tibetology Research Center said, "With the execution of the legislations, preservation of Tibetan culture is carried out as well as shared by the masses of Tibetan people."

Statistic indicates that there are 12 large-scale libraries, 2 museums, 2,596 recreation grounds and 6 art galleries in Tibet, providing job opportunities for about 18,350 people.  

Protection of Tibetan culture is now touching an unparalleled record.