The 2018 Tibetan Buddhism Doctrine Interpretation Seminar has been held in Beijing with the theme “Tibetan Buddhism and Honest Thought”. Chinese media tibet.cn reported that Gyaltsen Norbu – the man appointed by China to fill the role of the 11th Panchen Lama in place of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima whom they abducted in 1995 – gave the opening speech, saying that the Tibetan Buddhist community “should serve the state, serve the people”.