Regulations on Tibetan Language and Writing in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 is to ensure and promote the learning, use, management, research and development of Tibetan language and script, promote the standardization, standardization and informatization construction of Tibetan language and script, and give full play to the role of Tibetan language and script in The role in various undertakings is determined in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Regional Ethnic Autonomy, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language, and the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. "Autonomy Regulations" and other laws and regulations, and combined with the actual situation of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (hereinafter referred to as the Autonomous Prefecture), these regulations are formulated. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the use and management of Tibetan spoken and written languages ??within the jurisdiction of the autonomous prefecture, except Mao County and Nationality Township. Article 3: The use and development of Tibetan spoken and written language is an important autonomy right of the autonomous prefecture. Local state agencies at all levels in the autonomous prefecture should protect the use and development of Tibetan spoken and written languages ??in accordance with the law, consolidate and develop socialist ethnic relations of equality, unity, mutual assistance, and harmony, and promote the unity, progress, and prosperity of all ethnic groups. Article 4: The autonomous prefecture adheres to the principle of combining protection and inheritance, popularization and improvement, promotes the prosperity and development of Tibetan language and writing, and gives full play to the role of Tibetan language and writing in the economic, political, cultural, social and ecological civilization construction of the autonomous prefecture. Article 5: When performing their duties, state organs and public institutions at all levels in the autonomous prefecture shall use the Tibetan spoken and written language or the common national spoken and written language. Article 6: The people's governments of autonomous prefectures and counties (cities) shall include funds for Tibetan language and writing work into the fiscal budget at the same level, and strengthen fund management, use and supervision. Chapter 2 Learning and Education Article 7 People’s governments at all levels in autonomous prefectures shall ensure that Tibetan citizens learn Tibetan spoken and written languages, and encourage citizens of other ethnic groups to learn and use Tibetan spoken and written languages. Article 8: Autonomous prefectures should strengthen the teaching of Tibetan language and script. Preschool education can use the national common language and Tibetan language to provide bilingual education in language, art, health, society, and science. Primary and secondary schools in Tibetan-inhabited areas should use the national common language and Tibetan as the basic teaching language, and other primary and secondary schools can set up Tibetan language courses as needed. Article 9 The autonomous prefecture shall strengthen the compilation, publication and distribution of Tibetan language education textbooks and auxiliary materials, literacy textbooks, local culture textbooks, vocational and technical textbooks, children's books, extracurricular books, popular science books, etc. in primary and secondary schools. Article 10: Autonomous prefecture administrative schools (academies), vocational and technical schools, and cultural skills training centers at all levels may offer Tibetan language courses. Qualified secondary vocational schools and colleges and universities can offer majors in Tibetan language and writing and related professional subjects taught in Tibetan language and writing. Chapter 3 Use and Management Article 11 Autonomous prefectures should promote, popularize and standardize the use of Tibetan spoken and written languages. Functional departments of state, county (city) people's governments are responsible for the supervision and management of the use of Tibetan spoken and written languages.

(1) The translation and review of important documents and reports, the standardization, translation and review of new words and terms in Tibetan language and social words are the responsibility of the Tibetan language and text compilation department;

(2) The culture, radio, television, news and publishing, sports, ethnic and religious departments are responsible for the terminology used in newspapers, magazines, books and other publications, the printing industry, film and television, the Internet, entertainment venues, etc.;

(3) The housing, urban and rural planning and construction, ethnic and religious departments are responsible for the use of slogans, plaques, publicity boards, shop windows, etc.;

(4) Company names, names of individual industrial and commercial households, advertisements, trademarks, packaging, descriptions, The wording on certificates and licenses shall be the responsibility of the industry and commerce, quality and technical supervision, and ethnic and religious departments;

(5) The wording on place name signs, administrative division boundary markers, and names of buildings with place name significance shall be the responsibility of the civil affairs, ethnic and religious departments. The department is responsible;

(6) The use of words on traffic signs, large and medium-sized vehicles, and taxi door badges is the responsibility of the public security, transportation, and ethnic and religious departments;

(7) Travel agencies The tourism, transportation, industry and commerce and ethnic and religious departments are responsible for the words used in , hotels, residential receptions, agricultural (animal husbandry) entertainment, tourist attractions, and highway tourism signs and advertisements;

(8) The wording of production safety warnings, signs, guides, etc. is the responsibility of the production safety supervision and management and ethnic and religious departments; (9) Planning and development of Tibetan language and bilingual teaching, and the training of bilingual teachers, It is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Ethnic and Religious Affairs. Article 12: Autonomous prefectures should standardize the use of Tibetan words in society.

Translation between Tibetan and common national languages ??should be accurate, accessible and elegant. Special names such as personal names and place names are mainly transliterated. We respect the customary translation of personal names and place names, and do not use ambiguous Chinese characters to translate personal names and place names. The characters used in the Chinese translation correspond to the Tibetan name, and the characters used in the name should be fixed. Article 13 The issuance of autonomous prefecture autonomy regulations, separate regulations, local laws and regulations, as well as important announcements, resolutions, decisions, orders, etc., shall be standardized in both Tibetan and national common languages. Article 14: Election documents, voter lists, voter certificates, representative candidate lists, ballot papers, representative election certificates and election committee seals, etc. formulated or published by autonomous prefectures shall use both Tibetan and national common languages. Article 15: Major meeting reports, resolutions, decisions, etc. of the people’s congresses at all levels in the autonomous prefecture shall be in both Tibetan and national common languages. During the meeting, reports will be made in Tibetan or the national common language, and translations will be provided, depending on the region and target audience; Tibetan representatives’ proposals, opinions and suggestions can be submitted in Tibetan, and the organizer will respond in Tibetan.

Other meetings, gatherings and various large-scale activities should use Tibetan and the national common language at the same time or provide translation between Tibetan and the national common language as needed.