The China Tibet Information Center (CTIC) has recently been upgraded with a TRS content management and search engine system.

The multilingual website -- in Tibetan, Chinese and English -- was launched in 2000 to provide insights into Tibet in terms of politics, economy, history, culture, travel, religion and life. Now www.tibet.cn is the premier site for objective, wide-ranging and in-depth reports about daily events in China's Tibet.

With a goal of introducing Tibet to the world and helping to modernize the region, CTIC is an active participant in such events as the National Aid-Tibet Result Exhibition, 2001 Beijing Tibetology Proseminar, Beijing-Lhasa Road Rally, Tibet Century Symphony Concert, Gesar Proseminar, China-Nepal Cultural Intercourse Week, China Tibet Culture Week and the 50th anniversary of Tibet's peaceful liberation.

CTIC has also been influential in forming broader networks of Tibet information resources. In April of 2003 it conceived and sponsored the First Tibetan Internet Cooperation Conference. Delegates from Tibetan-language media organizations such as Xinhua Online's Tibet Channel, China Tibet News Net, Qinghai News Net, Tibet University Internet Center and the Northwest Nationality Institute's Information Research Center's Internet Center participated in the conference. The participants unanimously agreed to cooperate further, forming a Tibet web and working as a team to bolster individual strengths.

As the first Internet media sponsor supporting the selection of the Tibetan antelope as the mascot of the 2008 Olympics, CTIC is seeking raise worldwide awareness of the endangered species and assist in its protection. The Beijing Olympic organizing committee is scheduled to announce its final selection of the 2008 mascot in June 2005.

CTIC is dedicated to presenting daily events and life in Tibet directly and honestly to bring the greatest benefits to both users and region. Visitors to the site say it is the best medium for gaining a complete understanding the real Tibet.

(China Tibet Information Center April 8, 2005)