Kelzang Yeshe, who is a famed Tibetologist growing up from a Tibetan serf and orphan, has witnessed changes happening in the "World Ridge" and the history of Tibetan ethnic minority for over 50 years.

58-year-old Kelzang Yeshe was born in a serf family in Tohlung Dechen of Lhasa. His parents died in succession and he was brought up by his grandmother. Unfortunately, he turned to be an orphan with the death of his grandmother. In 1958, Kelzang Yeshe was admitted by Lhasa No.2  Primary School funded by the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

"All my tuition fee from primary school to university were afforded by Chinese Communist Party," said Kelzang Yeshe.

Since 1981 when he graduated from The Central University for Nationalities, Kelzang Yeshe has been engaged in the study of Tibetan literature. In recent years, he has published a lot of thesis and translation articles. He also attended international seminars to introduce the development of Tibetan literature and won the National Award of Literature Comment for Nationalities. Besides, he participated in compiling and translating "Tibetan General History (Tibetan & Chinese)", which is a million-character monograph and records the history of Tibet as an inseparable part of China.

The Tibetology research began from the peaceful liberation and has developed rapidly in recent years especially, according to Kelzang Yeshe.

In February 2001, Kelzang Yeshe, as a member of China Tibetology Delegation, visited Canada, Mexico and USA for academic exchange. He said, "Tibetology has become a hot subject overseas."

"In the course of exchange, we clarified the fact that Tibet is an inseparable part of our country since ancient times through our achievements on study," he said, "The history is the reason why the central government has been concerned about Tibet for years, which is aided by various parts of the country."