Xi receives visit from Panchen Rinpoche

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called on Panchen Rinpoche to make greater contributions to promoting ethnic unity and religious harmony, as well as the stability, development and progress in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region.

Xi made the remarks while receiving a visit from Panchen Erdeni Chos-kyi rGyal-po in the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing. During the visit, Panchen Rinpoche presented Xi with a hada, a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness, and briefed the president on his studies and work in recent years.

Congratulating Panchen Rinpoche on the progress he made in various respects, Xi expressed the hope that Panchen Rinpoche will carry on the glorious tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in loving the country, and resolutely safeguard national unity and ethnic solidarity.