A press conference is held in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 2, 2009, for the white paper titled "Fifty Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet" released by the Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet. [Xinhua]

Representatives of the Tibetan ethnic group vote during an election in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Janruary 20, 2008. Under the Chinese laws, the people of Tibet can directly elect deputies to grassroots-level people's congress, China's legislative body, who in turn elect deputies to provincial and national people's congresses, according to the white paper titled "Fifty Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet" released on March 2, 2009 by the Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet. [Xinhua]