On December 21, 2017, the official Tibet Daily publicised that Jiang Jie,member of the Standing Committee of District Party Committee and Standing Vice Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), led a team to Yumai Township, Longzi County, Shannan City to conduct field research to "guide the construction of a well-off and well-to-do demonstration township at Yumei Township". He pointed out that construction of the well-to-do townships and towns along the border with Tamar and the Tibet area will affect the development and stability of the border areas and will affect the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, border security and the consolidation of frontier defense. Referring specifically to CCP CCGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping's letters to the Zongzong and Zhuoga sisters of Yumai Township, he encouraged everyone to build their hometown and keep the border guarded. He emphasised that at the 19th Party CongressGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping had mentioned his important strategic thinking of "governing the country by treating the country side and stabilizing the border and reserving stability first" and "strengthening national unity and building a beautiful Tibet". He said the district party committee and government attach "great importance" to the work and that TAR Party Secretary Wu Yingjie and TAR Chairman Zha Zala had repeatedly given instructions and set up a special leading group for building a well-off demonstration rural well-being of Yukie Township. Demanding thatShannan City take overall consideration of the construction of the remaining well-to-do model villages and that Leading Groups shouldstrengthen the planning and construction of well-off villages at the border of Yumai, do a good job in schools, hospitals, toilets and other livelihood projects supporting andspeed up construction of border roads and industries so that all ethnic groups in the border areas and regions will work out of poverty as soon as possible while they are being solidified.
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