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Extensive Self-Government Rights
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2004-10-27
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According
to the Constitution and the National Regional Autonomy Law, the Tibet Autonomous
Region enjoys regional autonomy on a broad scale. These rights are in five
major fields' the right to draft self-government ordinances and ordinances
specific to the region in accordance with the local people's particular
political, economic and cultural conditions; the right to independently
plan and administer local economic undertakings and exploit and develop
local natural resources; the right to independently manage and make use
of locally generated financial revenue and Central Government allocated
fiscal subsidies; the right to independently develop minority education
and various cultural media, including literature, arts, journalism, publishing,
radio, film and television, that in form or particular quality are characteristic
of the ethnic group. Since 1965 the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous
Region and its Standing Committee have drafted more than 150 local regulations,
ordinances and resolutions regarding political, economic, cultural and educational
questions. These were formulated in accordance with Tibet's actual situation,so
as to protect the Tibetan people's interests. Examples include the Rules
of Procedure for the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Procedures
for Drafting Regional Rules and Regulations for the Tibet Autonomous Region,
Regulations on the Protection and Administration of Cultural Relics in the
Tibet Autonomous Region, Regulations on Forest Protection in the Tibet Autonomous
Region, Measures for the Administration of Collective Mines and Private
Mining Operations in the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Modified Regulations
in the Implementation of the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China.
The drafting and implementation of these laws and regulations have provided
important legal guarantees for the realization of various democratic rights
in Tibet and for local social, economic and cultural development. |
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