《十七条协议》的签订，标志着西藏实现和平解放，西藏的社会发展从此揭开了崭新的一页。和平解放使西藏彻底摆脱了帝国主义的侵略及其政治、经济羁绊，维护了中国的国家主权、统一和领土完整，实现了全国各族人民的团结和西藏内部的团结，为西藏与全国一起共同进步和发展创造了基本前提。
二、和平解放60年的发展历程
和平解放是西藏历史发展的一个重要转折点。在此后的60年里，西藏历经民主改革、自治区成立、社会主义建设和改革开放各个历史阶段，走过了波澜壮阔的发展历程。
The signing of the 17-Article Agreement symbolized the peaceful liberation of Tibet, thus opening a new page in the history of social progress in Tibet. The peaceful liberation enabled Tibet to shake off imperialist aggression and imperialist political and economic fetters, safeguarded the national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of China, enhanced the solidarity among all ethnic groups of China and within Tibet, and created the basic preconditions for Tibet to advance and develop together with other parts of the country.
II. Sixty Years’ Development Since Peaceful Liberation
Peaceful liberation was an important turning point in the historical development of Tibet. Over the 60 years since then Tibet has gone through several phases of development, such as the Democratic Reform, establishment of the autonomous re-gion, building of socialism, and reform and opening up, scoring spectacular achievements.
(一)落实《十七条协议》，维护国家统一和民族团结，开启西藏现代化发展的崭新征程
——进军西藏，巩固边防。按照《十七条协议》及附件一的规定，从1951年9月到1952年6月，以十八军为主的各路进藏部队先后到达拉萨，进驻(抵)太昭、江孜、日喀则、山南隆子宗、亚东、察隅、改则等国防重镇，完成了进军西藏的任务，结束了西藏4000多公里边境线上长期有边无防的历史。
——统一处理西藏一切涉外事务。1952年9月6日，中央人民政府驻西藏代表外事帮办办公室成立，在中央人民政府外交部的领导下，具体办理西藏地方的一切涉外事宜。1954年4月29日，中印双方在北京签订了《关于中国西藏地方和印度之间的通商和交通协定》，同时互换照会，取消印度继承的英国侵略西藏遗留下来的特权。1955年中国和尼泊尔正式建立外交关系，并于1956年签订《中华人民共和国和尼泊尔王国保持友好关系以及关于中国西藏地方和尼泊尔之间的通商和交通协定》，取消了尼泊尔在西藏的特权，中尼友好关系在新的基础上得到巩固和发展。至此，完全实现了由中央人民政府统一处理西藏地区的一切涉外事宜。
1. Implementing the 17-Article Agreement, maintaining national unity and ethnic solidarity, and launching Tibet’s drive towards modernization
— Sending troops to Tibet and consolidating border defense. As stipulated in the 17-Article Agreement and its Ap-pendix I, the PLA troops with the 18th army as the major force marched into Tibet from September 1951 to June 1952, and were stationed in strongholds such as Gyamda, Gyangtse, Shi-gatse, Lhuntse Dzong, Dromo, Zayul and Gerze, bringing to an end the history of Tibet’s 4,000-km border being undefended.
— Handling Tibet’s foreign-related affairs on a centra-lized basis. On September 6, 1952 the foreign affairs office of the central government representative stationed in Tibet was set up, responsible for all the foreign-related affairs of Tibet under the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Central People’s Government. On April 29, 1954 the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of India signed in Beijing the Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet Region of China and India, abolishing the privileges India had inherited from the British invaders. In 1955 China established official diplomatic ties with Nepal, and signed the Agreement on Main-taining Friendly Relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Kingdom of Nepal and on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet Region of China and Nepal in 1956, which cancelled Nepal’s privileges in Tibet, advancing and consoli-dating the Sino-Nepalese relationship to a new level. To this day, all the foreign-related affairs of Tibet are dealt with by the Cen-tral People’s Government on a centralized basis.
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