(四)文化建设空前繁荣发展，宗教信仰自由受到尊重和保护

　　中央政府和西藏地方政府高度重视民族优秀文化的继承、保护和发展。藏语文的学习、使用和发展受到法律保障，藏文已成为国家第一个具有信息技术信息交换用文字编码国际标准的少数民族文字。国家累计投入14.5亿元对布达拉宫、罗布林卡、萨迦寺等文物古迹进行维修保护。西藏的传统手工技艺、民间美术、藏戏等76个文化项目已被列入国家级非物质文化保护名录，53位传承人入选国家级非物质文化遗产项目代表性传承人名录。布达拉宫、大昭寺、罗布林卡列入联合国世界文化遗产名录，藏戏和“格萨尔”成功入选世界非物质文化遗产名录，独具特色的藏医藏药走向世界，藏学研究事业空前繁荣。

　　广播电视和新闻出版事业快速发展。2010年，西藏已有广播电台4座、电视台5座，中波广播转播台27座，县级广播电视转播台68座，乡(镇)村级广播电视收转站9371座。西藏建成中国第一个少数民族语广播影视节目译制中心——中国西藏藏语广播影视节目译制中心。38万多户农牧民群众通过直播卫星可以收听收看到55套数字广播电视节目。广播、电视人口综合覆盖率分别达到90.28%和91.4%。目前，西藏公开发行的报刊种类已达58种，已累计出版各类藏汉文图书1.2万多种、2.5亿多册。

4. Ethnic culture in Tibet is enjoying unprecedented prosperity, and freedom of religious belief is respected and protected.

The central and regional governments always attach great importance to carrying on, protecting and developing the excel-lent traditional culture of the Tibetan ethnic group. The study, use and development of the Tibetan language are protected by law, and the Tibetan script has become the first ethnic-minority script in China that has international text coding standards for information exchange. The state has altogether apportioned 1.45 billion yuan to maintain and repair the Potala Palace, the Norbulingka and Sakya Monastery, and other cultural relics and historical sites. Tibet’s 76 distinctive cultural items such as folk handicrafts, folk art and Tibetan opera have been listed among items of state-level intangible cultural heritage, and 53 people have been recognized as representatives of the state-level in-tangible cultural heritage. The Potala Palace, Jokhang Monastery and Norbulingka have been listed as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites. Tibetan opera and the famous Legend of King Gesar have been put upon the World Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Tibetan medicine, with unique local features, has entered the world market, and Tibetology research is flourishing as never before.

Tibet’s radio, TV, press and publications are also growing rapidly. In 2010 the region had four radio stations, five TV stations, 27 medium-wave transmitting and relay stations, 68 radio and TV transmitting and relay stations at the county level, and 9,371 radio and TV receiving and transmitting stations at the township level. Tibet has built China’s first ethnic-minority-language radio and TV program dubbing center — Tibetan Radio and TV Program Dubbing Center. More than 380,000 households can receive 55 digital radio and TV pro-grams through the Direct Broadcasting Satellite. The radio and TV coverage rate has reached 90.28 percent and 91.4 percent, respectively. Tibet publishes 58 kinds of newspapers and pe-riodicals, and has accumulatively published 12,000 titles of books in Chinese and Tibetan, totaling 250 million printed copies.