Jia Qinglin (2nd L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, talks with residents of Longri village in the town of Jiangdang, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, August 29, 2005. Jia and members of the central delegation went to the Xigaze region in Tibet Autonomous Region to visit local people August 29. Jia is in Tibet to attend celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua Photo)

Jia Qinglin (R Front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, talks with residents of Longri village in the town of Jiangdang, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, August 29, 2005. (Xinhua Photo)

Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, presents Hada, a piece of silk used as a greeting gift among the Tibetan and Mongolian nationalities, to the spiritual tower of the 10th Panchen Lama in the Zhaxi Lhunbo Lamasery in the Xigaze region, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, August 29, 2005. (Xinhua Photo)