Nearly 100 Beijing-based diplomats from over 50 countries and reporters with four foreign news agencies visited an exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet here on Monday.

Bangladesh' s Ambassador to China Munshi Faiz Ahmad said as China witnessed rapid development, Tibet was undergoing development every day.

Ahmad, who was warmly received by the local people during his visit to Tibet two years ago, said the exhibition comprehensively showed the tremendous changes taking place since Tibet was peacefully liberated.

Jorge Nobre, a diplomat with Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verde, visited Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region, in 2004. He said at that time, the downtown area of Lhasa was not that developed, while now it had become very hustling and bustling.

Nobre said Tibet's accomplishment was out of his expectation.

The Chinese government played an important role in the development of Tibet,said Lucia Manrique, first secretary of Spanish Embassy.

The exhibition, being held from June 15 to July 8, with 500 photos, more than 30 relics, 30 tables and graphs and video clips, focused on the remarkable development in Tibet during the past six decades.

It is organized by the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Information Office of the State Council, National Development and Reform Commission, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Xinhua News Agency.

The exhibition is free and open to the public. It will be held once again in mid July in Lhasa.