The Information Office of the State Council and the Foreign Ministry have organized a four-day visit to Tibet for reporters from nine international media organizations.

An Italian reporter asks questions during the press conference held by the Information Office of the Tibet Autonomous Region government in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2009.[Chogo/Xinhua]

This was the first time a foreign reporting group was invited to Tibet since the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Lhasa last year. Officials from the Tibet Autonomous Region described its economic and social development, and the current social situation since the riots in March last year.