migration between Tibet and inner China

Tibet Autonomous Region is an important part of China. People who have Tibet travel can understand the attention that Chinese government has payed on it. Chinese government has been devoted to the social development of Tibet. Population flow between Tibetan-inhabited areas and the rest of China is conducive to harmonious social development.

Since ancient times, China's inland people have been moving westward to Tibetan-inhabited areas, and Tibetan people have been moving eastward from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to inland plains and basins.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, a large number of inland people moved into Tibetan-inhabited areas in response to the government's calls to aid the construction of the country's border regions, while at the same time, Tibetan people also entered central and eastern areas to study and work.

Since the reform and opening-up policy was implemented in the late 1970s, this two-way population flow has sharply increased in scale, and migrants have become more demographically diverse.

Inlanders have not only migrated to Tibet Autonomous Region, but also to Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan provinces, whereas Tibetan people have primarily chosen inland urban destinations.

The bi-directional population flows between Tibetan-inhabited areas and other regions in the country have not only promoted exchanges, communication and integration among different ethnic groups but have also helped spread Tibetan culture and religion across the country and even to the outside world.

Meanwhile, the two-way population flow has also helped boost the competitiveness and economic power of Tibetan-inhabited areas and the development of the whole national economy, and promoted harmony between ethnic groups.