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Tibet

Financial support aids cultural preservation

The central and regional governments have spent 300 million yuan ($45 million) on intangible cultural preservation in the Tibet autonomous region since 2006, Xinhua News Agency reported. Thanks to the financial support, the number of Tibetan Opera teams increased to 140, up from about 50, over the past 13 years. The number of Tibetan Opera performers in the region reached 3,000.