Pension, medical insurance for clergy in Tibet

LHASA - China's Tibet autonomous region will offer pension and medical insurance policies to monks and nuns at all monasteries in the plateau region starting next year, as per a new policy issued here this week.

All registered clergy aged 18 and over can apply for free to benefit from these social security measures.

"It's a major step toward improving Tibetan people's lives," said Wu Yingjie, deputy secretary of Tibet's regional committee of the Communist Party of China.