Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, a native of Lhasa in
Tibet, has been elected as chairman of the third executive
council of the Aid Tibet Development Foundation, a non-profit
organization, at the foundation's third executive council which
concluded on Wednesday.
Born in 1910, Ngapoi is also the vice chairman of the National
Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
(CPPCC),
China's top advisory body.
The foundation has drawn more than 200 million yuan (US$25
million) of donations since it was launched in April 1987 by the
10th Panchen Lama and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme.
More than 600 supporting projects, covering the fields of
health, education and ecological protection, have been carried out
to help improve local Tibetans' living conditions.
(Xinhua News Agency March 16, 2006)