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Extensive Self-Government Rights
2004-10-27
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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