Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses a meeting on the work of Tibet Autonomous Region which last from Jan. 18 to 20 in Beijing, China. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China has made plans to achieve fast-paced development and lasting stability in Tibet Autonomous Region in a bid to ensure China's development as a whole, according to a high-level meeting held here this week.

Chinese President Hu Jintao and other senior leaders attending the meeting on the work of Tibet, from Jan. 18 to 20, agreed that more efforts must be made to greatly improve living standards of the people in Tibet, as well as ethnic unity and stability.

How these goals are achieved will be vital to the all-round development of China and its national security, Hu said at the meeting.