由于历史文化等方面的原因，国外一些读者对西藏的历史发展和西藏的今天的政治、经济、文化、生活状况知之不多。本书采用汉英双语形式出版，通过文字、图片、图表，向人们展示了一个真是鲜活的，与世界闻名同步发展的西藏。以帮助广大读者，特别是外国读者确切了解西藏的过去和现在。了解西藏的真实面貌。
Due to various reason,some foreign reders konw little about Tibet's historical evolution and its present politics,econormy,society,culture and life.In order to help reders,especially foreign ones,get a better picture of Tibet,this bilingual book ueses a wealth of texts,photographs,tables and diagrans to unveil a ture Tibet that has been advancing in step with the world civilization.