Tibet is located in the high Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Surrounded by tall mountains,it, thus,forms a relatively complete inland geograph-ical unit,and is largely sealed off from the rest of the country. The climate and infrastructure condi-tions of the high plateau impede communication be-tween the Tibetan market and the national market. The development of Tibet is facing difficulties. On the one hand,the“invisible hand”of the market cannot fully play its role in promoting Tibet’s de-velopment;and,on the other hand,the sole reli-ance on the“visible hand”of the state administra-tion for the socio-economic development of Tibet lacks strong market support. In 1994,the Central Government’s Third Tibet Work Forum established a formal system regarding assistance for Tibet’s de-velopment. It is ,“taking responsibility by divid-ing the region into zones, providing assistance through complementary counterpart relationships, which were periodically rotated”. This became a method for handling this difficulty. The purpose of providing assistance through complementary coun-terpart relationships to Tibet was to promote Tibet’s self - development capability, and develop a“hematopoietic”system for socio -economic de-velopment.