The real Tibet as seen by impartial visitors

Editor's note: Over 130 scholars, officials and correspondents from more than 30 countries and regions attended the 2016 Forum on the Development of Tibet in Lhasa, which was hosted by the State Council Information Office and the regional government, on July 7. Following are excerpts from the comments made by some of the attendees:

Tibetan Buddhism has reached its prime, ushering in unprecedented opportunities and all the conditions needed to adapt to socialist society. These opportunities and conditions fall under six categories - social system, freedom of belief, integration of traditional Chinese and religious cultures, monastery management, religious content and cultivation of Tibetan Buddhist talents. Tibetan Buddhism must lay greater emphasis on talent cultivation and self-construction, for it can prosper only by adapting to socialist society.

Drukhang Tubdain Kaizhub, vice-president of Chinese people's political consultative conference in the Tibet autonomous region.