This is a city with glorious tradition, whose natural disposition is to support the army and give preferential treatment to the families of the army men and martyrs.

This is a city insisting on harmonious development, whose bloodline is integrated with the national defense.

In Lhasa, there is such a saying: Yarlung Tsangpo River is long, but not as long as the friendship between the army and the people; there are many flocks and herds on the plateau, but not as many as the stories of double support; the Himalayas is high, but not as high as the mass’s cry for the Party.

Since 2004, Lhasa has won the title of “National Double-support Model City” for successive six times, won the title of “Regional Double-support Model City” of Tibet Autonomous Region for seven times, and has been praised by the headquarters, military region, and Tibet military region as advanced unit of national defense mobilization, national defense education, and conscription work for 12 times. The joint efforts and sweat of the army and local people are behind a series of “crown of laurels”.

“We must enhance the national defense before promoting economic growth and must pay attention to the armed forces before the war.” - Promote the synchronous development of double-support work and urban construction.

Previous municipal party secretaries of Lhasa always pay the same attention to the Party governed armed forces work and economic construction, and attempt to arrange the key work, attend the key event, and solve the key problem by themselves. In November 2011, after Qi Zhala, the standing committee member of the Party Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region, took up his post as the municipal party secretary of Lhasa and the first party secretary of Lhasa Garrison Command, he came to Lhasa Garrison Command, the first station for his inspection work. He said, “The first secretary must perform the first responsibility and must pay attention to the national defense even he does not wear the military uniform. We must enhance the national defense before promoting economic growth and must pay attention to the armed forces before the war in the ethnic minority area in the borderland.