公民宗教信仰自由权利得到保障。西藏自治区存在藏传佛教、苯教、伊斯兰教和天主教等多种宗教，在藏传佛教内部还存在宁玛、噶举、萨迦、格鲁等不同教派。各民族宗教信仰自由权利受到宪法和法律的保护。各种宗教、各个教派都平等地得到尊重和保护，实现了真正的宗教宽容。任何国家机关、社会团体和个人不得强制公民信仰宗教或者不信仰宗教，不得歧视信仰宗教的公民和不信仰宗教的公民。西藏现有各类宗教活动场所1787座，住寺僧尼4.6万余人，活佛358名；清真寺4座，伊斯兰教信徒3000余人；天主教堂1座，信徒700余人。寺庙学经、辩经、晋升学位、受戒、灌顶、诵经、修行等传统宗教活动正常进行，每逢重大宗教节日都循例举行各种活动。信教群众家中普遍设有经堂或佛龛，转经、朝佛、请寺庙僧尼做法事等宗教活动正常进行。活佛转世作为藏传佛教特有的传承方式得到国家的尊重。1995年，西藏自治区按照宗教仪轨和历史定制，经过金瓶掣签，报国务院批准，完成了第十世班禅转世灵童的寻访、认定以及第十一世班禅的册立和坐床。2007年，国家宗教事务局通过《藏传佛教活佛转世管理办法》，进一步规范了活佛转世。民主改革以来，已有60余名新转世活佛按历史定制和宗教仪轨得到批准认定。
——新西藏的发展道路，是可持续发展之路
西藏是国家重要的生态安全屏障，对亚洲乃至世界都有着重要意义。多年来，西藏在发展过程中，始终遵循经济规律、社会规律和自然规律，不以牺牲自然环境为代价，注重经济、社会、生态的和谐统一，走可持续发展之路。中央政府坚持以人为本的科学发展观，把环境保护放在突出位置，作为发展的重要选项。西藏自治区政府提出了建设西藏生态安全屏障以及建设生态西藏、美丽西藏的战略目标，努力探索高原环境下实现西藏可持续发展的新路子。
Citizens enjoy full freedom of religious belief. In Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Bon, Islam, and Catholicism coexist with a number of other religions, and within Tibetan Buddhism there are different sects such as Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug. The freedom of religious belief of various ethnic groups is respected and protected by the Constitution and the laws, with all religions and sects being treated equally. This equates to true religious tolerance. No state organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or disbelieve in, any religion, nor may they discriminate against citizens who believe in, or do not believe in, any religion. Currently, Tibet has 1,787 sites for different religious activities, over 46,000 resident monks and nuns, and 358 Living Buddhas; there are four mosques and over 3,000 Muslims, and one Catholic church and 700 believers. Traditional religious activities such as learning the scriptures and debate, promotion through degrees, initiation as a monk or nun, abhisheka (empowerment ceremony), sutra chanting, and self-cultivation are held on a regular basis, while ceremonial activities are also held at important religious festivals in accordance with conventions. Ordinary believers usually have a scripture hall or a Buddha shrine at home, and such religious activities as circumambulation while reciting scriptures, Buddha worship, and inviting lamas or nuns from monasteries to hold religious rites are normally practiced.
Living Buddha reincarnation is a succession system unique to Tibetan Buddhism and is respected by the state. Through traditional religious rituals and historical conventions like drawing lots from a golden urn, the Tibet Autonomous Region searched for and identified the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama, and conferred and enthroned the 11th Panchen Lama with the approval of the State Council in 1995. The State Administration for Religious Affairs issued the Measures on the Management of the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas of Tibetan Buddhism in 2007 to further institutionalize the reincarnation process of Living Buddhas. Since democratic reform in Tibet, over 60 incarnated Living Buddhas have been confirmed through historical conventions and traditional religious rituals.
- The development path of new Tibet is sustainable.
Serving as the important ecological safety barrier in China, Tibet's role is significant not only in Asia but on a global level. In recent decades, in keeping with economic, social and natural laws, Tibet has avoided development at the expense of the natural environment. Instead it has followed a sustainable path compatible with the harmonious coexistence of economy, society, and ecological environment. Guided by the Scientific Outlook on Development, the central government lays great emphasis on environmental protection, deeming it as an important part of development. Aiming at the strategic objectives of building the ecological safety barrier as well as ecological and beautiful Tibet, the regional government strives to establish and follow a new sustainable pattern of development on the Tibet plateau.
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