18. Aug 2010
He Guoqiang addresses conferences on Tibet's public security
(TCHRD; Xinhua) The head of the Chinese Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, He Guoqiang, has addressed a two-day meeting of Public Security Bureaus (PSB) from the TAR and other ethnic Tibetan areas in the PRC. The meeting, held in Lhasa assessed the results and experiences of "upholding public security, struggling against the current separatist movement, and identifying current challenges facing stability in Tibetan areas". During the meeting, future action plans were drawn up "to step up fight against separatists; build bodies to protect social security; increase border security; and improve communication infrastructure, uniform and skills of the public security bureaus." He Guoqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), called on local various-level governments and people in Tibet to make continuous efforts to achieve "leapfrog development and lasting stability" in the region.