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China Develops Broadcasting to Serve Western Development

The United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television officials briefed leaders of no-Communist parties on the broadcasting work in China's western areas at a recent meeting.

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President calls to increase radio, TV coverage in Tibet, Xinjiang

Earlier this week, Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee, said that increasing broadcasting coverage in northwest China, the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Uygur Region in particular, would help promote economic development and maintain social stability in the regions.

He said the project of expanding radio and TV broadcasting networks in the regions is of great importance and that efforts should be made to speed it up.

The president said that the project, which was launched in September 2000, would transmit the central authorities' policies and various TV programs to a greater number of households in the regions. In Detail

Great efforts made in developing broadcasting

During their recent inspection tours of the Western regions, leaders of non-Communist Parties had suggested increasing broadcasting coverage in the areas.

At the briefing, Xu Guangchun, director of the administration and deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, said the administration, along with its local branches, has made great efforts in developing the broadcasting work in the country's western areas.

According to Xu, China has established and upgraded a large number of medium and short wave radio transmitting stations duringthe past year, which has remarkably improved the broadcasting coverage in the western autonomous regions and provinces.

Vice-Premier Calls for Wider Radio, TV Coverage in Inland Regions

Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing called for improved radio and TV coverage in remote western regions during an inspection of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. He urged those involved in radio and TV to improve the quality of their programs, with stress on higher moral, artistic and entertainment values.

Expanding the radio and TV networks to the inland regions is of great importance in promoting economic development, social stability and ethnic harmony in the border regions, the vice-premier said. Full Story

Three-fourths of Tibetans Accessible to TV, Radio Services

Three-fourths of Tibetans now have access to TV and radio services, thanks to the rapid development of the services in the vast and yet sparsely-populated region.

The Tibet People's Broadcasting Station was founded in 1959 and began to offer services to the whole region the following year.

The Tibet TV Station, which was set up at the latest date in China, was founded in 1985 and could only cover the Lhasa area then. Full Story

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