Luo Mei, vice-chair of the regional government, detailed Xizang's progress in developing healthcare services with the support of the Chinese central government. She also emphasized the important role Tibetan medicine, regarded as a treasure of the Chinese nation, has played in enhancing people's well-being.

Luo outlined that since 1986, the regional government has held numerous conferences discussing the development and preservation of Tibetan medicine across the region. Meanwhile, a healthcare service system for Tibetan medicine has gradually taken shape.

The region health commission reported last April that Tibetan medicine services can now be provided by all the region's community health service centers, 94.4 percent of its township hospitals, and 42.4 percent of its village clinics.

"Protecting, inheriting, and developing Tibetan medicine has become a key mission in building a new socialist Xizang. That is why it is crucial for us to strengthen exchanges and cooperation," she said.