Tibetology in Contemporary China

The Tibetan race is one of the 56 ethnic groups which form the Chinese nation. It is distributed mainly in the Tibet Autonomous Region and areas inhabited by the Tibetans in the four provinces of Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan. Tibetology is a comprehensive science specialized in studying the history of the Tibetan race, its status quo and future development. Though China is hometown to Tibetology, the cause experienced ups and downs over the past 1,000 years. It didn't boom until in 1949 when the People's Republic of China was founded.

1)Tibetan Studies Centers and Tibetan Studies Workers
A. Tibetan studies centers.
B. Academic organizations
C. Tibetan Studies Workers

2)Major Research Fruits
A. Books on Tibetology
B. Tibetan Classics Compiled and Published.
C. Chinese Documents Compiled and Published
D. Foreign Tibetan Studies Works translated and Published

3)Development of Tibetan Studies
A. Research Into Politics and Legal System
B. Research Into the Economic Development in Tibet
C. Social Formation and Historical Research
D. Research Into Religion and Philosophical Thinking
E. Research Into Literature and Art
F. Research Into Written Tibetan Language Education

4)Traditional and Continuous Nature of Tibetology in China
A. Tibetology in Ancient Times
B. Maturity and Development of Tibetology in Contemporary Period
C. Flourishing of Tibetology in Contemporary Period

5)Prospects of Tibetology in China
A. Academic research Will Be Conducted in Close Cooperation With Concrete Work
B. There Will Be More Cooperation Between natural and Social Sciences
C. Effort to Gather Documents Will Promote Academic research. China is rich in documents and historical records on Tibet
D. Tibetan Studies Workers Are Younger in China