Jia stresses stability in Tibetan-inhabited areas

BEIJING - A senior leader on Thursday stressed efforts to maintain a steady and relatively fast economic growth and safeguard social harmony and stability in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region and Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces.

Jia Qinglin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, made the remarks while presiding over a meeting on promoting development and stability in those areas.

Noting that the CPC's 18th national congress will be held this year, Jia urged authorities to do a good job in work concerning Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited areas in the four provinces, which he said carries overall significance for the Party and the country.