"Since the practice of the opening-up policy, culture exchanges between Tibetan people and inland people as well as world people increased progressively. As worldwide exchange languages, culture and art become important media for folk exchange between countries and regions," said by Han Shuli, chairman of TAR Literature Association.

In recent years, international culture and art exchanges in Tibet are unprecedented active, sources from Han Shuli. Tibet Art Group performed in Australia with Cedai Drolma, a famous Tibetan singer as art advisory and held picture show there; Cooperated with Beijing Shambhala Culture Exchange Co., Ltd, Tibet Art Group successfully held "Entering Tibet" art exhibition in Shenzhen which introduced the marvellous ethnic culture and art of Tibet to inland and other countries' people.

Tibet Photographer Association successively held "Tibet in our eyes" and "Macao in our eyes" photo exhibitions in Macao and Tibet with Macao Photograph Assciation which deepened mutual understandings and exchanges between Tibetan people and Macao people.

Invited by the related departments in Nepal, Tibetan artists and litterateurs visited Nepal for three times to introduce achievements in literature and art made by them since the peaceful liberation. "We will tranlate a famous epic made by a famous poet in Nepal into Chinese with both parts' joint efforts, " said by Han Shuli.

On the CCTV New Year's Evening Gala this year, "Shinze Dance in Spring" performed by 70 Tibetan farmers from Xigaze showed Tibetan culture to people in the whole country.

The operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway greatly decreases the cost of culture exchange. Over 500 people from three art groups directly affiliated to TAR have taken part in performances in different local cities last year since the operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway.