March 28 this year marks the 63rd anniversary of the emancipation of serfs in Tibet. Chinese President Xi Jinping has made clear how Tibet Autonomous Region should be governed in the new era at the two central symposiums on work in Tibet since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012. Xi is also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Edited excerpts of Xi’s speeches on this topic since 2013 follow:  

Excerpts from Xi's speech during a deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Tibet Autonomous Region at the First Session of the 12th National People’s Congress in Beijing on March 9, 2013 

Excerpts from Xi's remarks during an inspection tour of Tibet from July 21 to 23, 2021 

 Excerpts from Xi's speech at the Seventh Central Symposium on Tibet Work held in Beijing on August 28-29, 2020

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the Seventh Central Symposium on Tibet Work held in Beijing on August 28-29, 2020

Excerpts from Xi's remarks during an inspection tour of Tibet from July 21 to 23, 2021

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the Seventh Central Symposium on Tibet Work held in Beijing on August 28-29, 2020

Excerpts from Xi's report to the 19th CPC National Congress on October 18, 2017

Sources: Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (III), Xinhua News Agency, Beijing Review, Tibet Daily and the Democratic Reform in Tibet--Sixty Years On whitepaper