30. Dec 2009
China to increase 'Aid-Tibet' cadres
(eng.tibet.cn; TibetanReview.net) Chinese news agencies report that Beijing has increased the number of its 'Aid Tibet' cadres, chosen from its various ministries and departments for three-year assignments to the TAR, to 980, an increase of 130 from previous numbers. Beijing began deploying personnel for what it calls "counterpart support policy to aid Tibet" during the Third Tibet Work Forum in 1994. 

A total of 3,747 cadres from across China have so far been dispatched to work in the TAR under the programme, the report said. 

The 5th batch of 'Aid Tibet' cadres finish their three-year service in July 2010. The 6th batch, the report said, would consist of more cadres from the United Front, politics and law sectors, as well as more professional and technical personnel.