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Lhasa Gets New Communist Party Chief After Regional Leadership Reshuffle

Published: Mar. 24, 2026 4:15 p.m. GMT+8

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Dawa Tsering

Lhasa, the capital of Xizang and known as the “City of Sunlight,” has a new top official. Dawa Tsering, a member of the standing committee of the Xizang Communist Party committee and chief of the Shigatse municipal Communist Party committee, has been appointed as the new chief of the Lhasa municipal Communist Party committee.

He succeeds Xiao Youcai, who has turned 60 and currently serves as deputy head of the Communist Party group and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Xizang People’s Congress. Both are high-ranking ethnic Tibetan officials.

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Dawa Tsering has been appointed as the new chief of the Lhasa municipal Communist Party committee, succeeding Xiao Youcai.
Tsering, 53 and an ethnic Xizangan, previously led the Shigatse municipal Communist Party committee and has held various roles in the Communist Youth League and regional government.
His appointment brings both local administrative experience and background in mass organizations to Lhasa’s top official post.

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What Happened When

June 1972：: Dawa Tsering was born in Saga county, Shigatse, Xizang.

June 2014：: Shigatse was upgraded to a prefecture-level city.

2016：: Dawa Tsering succeeded Liu Jiachen as head of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Youth League of China central committee.

June 2020：: Dawa Tsering took on the concurrent role of department director as deputy head of the Communist Party group of the regional Department of Natural Resources in Xizang.

November 2021：: During the reshuffle of Xizang’s Communist Party committee, Tsering was newly elected as a member of the standing committee and succeeded Liu Jiang as secretary-general of the Xizang Communist Party committee.

July 2024：: Dawa Tsering succeeded Silang Nima as chief of the Shigatse municipal Communist Party committee.

March 23, 2026：: Dawa Tsering presided over an expanded meeting of the Lhasa municipal Communist Party standing committee, marking his first public appearance as the new chief of the Lhasa municipal Communist Party committee.

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