A group of 23 Chinese and foreign reporters started their trip to Tibet Wednesday and will visit Xigaze, Zham, Yatung and Gyantse in the next ten days to report Tibet's development.

The move, part of the reporters' trip to borders of China, is organized by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and China Radio International (CRI).

Photo taken August 19, 2009, shows a group photo of the 23 Chinese and foreign reporters who started their trip to Tibet on the Potala Palace Square, Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, photo from CRI Online.

The two-month trip was launched in mid-July, with CRI's 200 Chinese reporters and 24 foreign ones involved.

At a press conference, Pelma Trile, executive vice-chairman of the Tibet Regional Government, briefed the reporters on the great changes that had taken place in employment, incomes, education, health care and housing over the past five decades in Tibet.

Photo taken on August 19, 2009, shows a press conference for the launch of CRI reporters' trip to Tibet in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, photo from CRI Online.

He said, "The trip will offer a precious opportunity for you to know, feel and understand Tibet. I hope you will travel extensively in Tibet and present a real and developing Tibet to the world."

There are six foreign reporters in the trip to Tibet. They are from Nepal, Australia, Canada, Italy, Czech and Germany.