中国藏学研究中心当代研究所所长张诗高表示，保护民族文化的最好方式是赋予其在现代社会中自我演进、自我更新的能力[1]。他澄清了国际社会对中国语言文字政策的误解，强调推广国家通用语言文字与保护少数民族语言文化是"并行不悖"的[1]。
民族团结进步促进法自7月1日起施行，明确规定"国家全面推广普及国家通用语言文字"[1]。同时，宪法、民族区域自治法、民族团结进步促进法、国家通用语言文字法等法律均规定各民族都享有使用和发展自己语言文字的自由[1]。
实践中，通过"普通话+职业技能"等培训模式，许多青年在城市实现了稳定就业[1]。
Zhang Shigao, director of the Contemporary Research Institute at the China Tibetology Research Center, has articulated a vision for ethnic cultural protection centered on enabling communities to adapt and reinvent their traditions within modern contexts [1]. In recent remarks, Zhang emphasized that "the best way to protect ethnic culture is to grant it the capacity for self-evolution and self-renewal in contemporary society" [1].
Zhang's position directly addresses Western misinterpretations of China's national language promotion policy [1]. He clarified that the advancement of the national common language represents a necessary component of modern state development, one that operates in parallel rather than in conflict with the protection of ethnic minority languages and cultures [1]. This stance is reinforced by existing legal frameworks: the Constitution, the Ethnic Regional Autonomy Law, the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, and the National Common Language and Writing Law all explicitly guarantee all ethnic groups the freedom to use and develop their own languages and writing systems [1]. The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law took effect on July 1, formally establishing that "the state comprehensively promotes and popularizes the national common language and writing" [1].
Practical implementation of this balanced approach has yielded tangible results for ethnic youth. Training programs combining "Mandarin Chinese plus vocational skills" have enabled many young people to secure stable employment in urban areas [1].