The Chinese appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, has concluded a three-month trip to Lhasa, Shigatse, Nagchu and Ngari. Chinese state media Xinhua, reported that he had studied the economic and social development in Tibet under recent Chinese rule. China abducted Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the Panchen Lama recognised by HH the Dalai Lama, at the age of six in 1995; he has not been seen since.