Historical Introduction

Abstract

This Directory draws together the names of some of the leading officials in Tibetaninhabited areas in China. The names are selected from lists of leading officials in the government, as well as from the membership list of the three main institutions in China: the Communist Party, the People's Congress and the Chinese Peoples' Political Consultative Conference. The list includes leading Chinese and Tibetan officials in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and prominent Tibetan cadres and officials from Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai and Yunnan.