——實行生產(chǎn)自給，解決軍需民用。中央政府作出了“進軍西藏，不吃地方”及“精打細(xì)算，生產(chǎn)自給”等指示，提出“保障軍需，兼顧民用”，“統(tǒng)一采購，緊縮開支”等一系列財經(jīng)政策。人民解放軍進駐拉薩后，首先從羊毛出口貿(mào)易著手，解決軍需民用問題。中央政府撥款400億元(舊幣)，以高于出口印度市場的價格，收購西藏積壓的羊毛，打擊了上層反動集團囤積居奇，挑撥、破壞藏漢關(guān)系的圖謀，上層人士為此獲得豐厚的利潤，也體會到中央政府是切實維護藏族人民利益的，在經(jīng)濟上逐漸減少了對帝國主義勢力的依賴和聯(lián)系，積極向中央政府靠攏。

　　——開展統(tǒng)戰(zhàn)工作，促進民族團結(jié)和進步。在中央人民政府的推動下，1952年4月，十世班禪額爾德尼及班禪行轅人員自青海返回拉薩，實現(xiàn)了班禪與達賴的友好會晤。西藏工委不間斷地進行工作，解決了達賴與班禪相互之間的歷史遺留問題和現(xiàn)實問題。1953年，十四世達賴和十世班禪被選為全國佛教協(xié)會名譽會長，功德林活佛被選為副會長。1956年9月，成立了中國佛教協(xié)會西藏分會。1954年9月，十四世達賴、十世班禪聯(lián)袂赴京參加中華人民共和國第一屆全國人民代表大會第一次會議，體現(xiàn)了西藏各族人民平等參與管理國家大事的權(quán)利。與此同時，組織參觀團或觀禮團到內(nèi)地參觀、訪問，自1952年至1957年間組織了13批1000多人次到內(nèi)地參觀、訪問，其成員不斷擴大，包括從拉薩直至西藏各地區(qū)的上層僧俗官員、寺廟喇嘛、青年和婦女，增進了西藏與內(nèi)地的聯(lián)系和各民族的團結(jié)。

— Attaining self-sufficiency and satisfying both military and civilian needs. The central government issued such instructions as “sending troops to Tibet but not depending on local people for grain supply” and “tightening the budget and attaining self-sufficiency,” and put forward a series of financial policies such as “guaranteeing food supplies for the army and taking into consideration civilian needs” and “unified procure-ment and economical practice.” Soon after the PLA entered Tibet, the central government earmarked 40 billion yuan (old currency) to purchase local wool at prices higher than that exported to India. This move foiled the scheme of illegal hoarding and profiteering plotted by reactionaries of the Tibetan upper class with an aim to sow discord between Tibetans and Han people, and the revenue from export of such wool was used to support the PLA and the local people. It also greatly benefited many of the upper class, enabling them to acknowledge the central government’s goal of safeguarding the interests of the Tibetan people. They thus gradually reduced their dependence on and connection with the imperialist forces and drew closer to the central government.

— Carrying out united front work, and promoting na-tional unity and progress. Encouraged by the central govern-ment, the 10th Panchen Lama and his entourage returned to Lhasa from Qinghai Province to have a friendly meeting with the 14th Dalai Lama in April 1952. The CPC Working Committee of Tibet then made great efforts to help settle both the current practical problems and those left over from history between the Dalai and Panchen lamas, who in 1953 were elected as honorary presidents of the Buddhist Association of China, with Living Buddha Kundeling as vice president. In September 1956 the Tibetan branch of the Buddhist Association of China was set up. In September 1954 the 14th Dalai and 10th Panchen lamas went together to Beijing to attend the First Session of the First National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, which demonstrated that the Tibetan people enjoyed equal rights with other ethnic groups in participating in the administration of China’s state affairs. Concurrently, a total of 1,000 people in 13 groups were organized from 1952 to 1957 to visit the hinterland, including upper-class monks and lay officials to lamas, and common people including women and youngsters, which strengthened connections between Tibet and the hinterland and promoted national unity.