Xi Jinping led the Central delegation to arrive in Lhasa to attend the 60th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the country, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping led a central delegation to arrive in Lhasa on a special plane at noon on the 20th, to attend the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Xi Jinping and others were warmly welcomed by people of all ethnic groups in Tibet at the airport and in the city of Lhasa. Wang Huning, member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and leader of the central delegation, and Cai Qi, member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China and Director of the General Office of the Central Committee, also arrived on the same plane.