Greater role for Tibet, other frontier regions in China’s new five-year plan, with focus on integration

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(TibetanReview.net, Mar16’26) – China said Mar 15 that the frontier regions of the People’s Republic of China, especially Tibet and East Turkestan (Xinjang), had assumed a more prominent role in Beijing’s 2026-2030, 15th Five-Year Plan to build a unified domestic market, strengthen energy security and expand opening up, due to their strategic importance.

Chinese analysts say that by featuring them in core sections on transport, energy, digital infrastructure and regional integration, Beijing is closely weaving these frontier regions into China’s modernization tapestry, reported China’s official globaltimes.cn Mar 15.

In the section on transport, the plan ca...

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