Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-23

Jun Zhengping: "We Are the People's Army, Going to Tibet to Serve the People"

钧正平：“我们是人民的军队，到藏区去为人民服务”

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Source-stated publication date	2026-05-23
Original URL	http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16462955.html
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钧正平：“我们是人民的军队，到藏区去为人民服务” “进军西藏宜早不宜迟”。新中国刚刚成立不久，在前往莫斯科的火车上，毛泽东同志就把解放西藏提到重要议事日程。彼时的西藏仍是一个黑暗、落后的政教合一的封建农奴制社会，无数的农奴没有任何生产资料和人身自由，食不果腹、衣不蔽体，人民的生活困苦不堪。与此同时，帝国主义势力对西藏依然虎视眈眈。打碎封建农奴制枷锁、驱逐帝国主义侵略者出西藏的使命，历史性地落在了中国共产党人的肩上。 1950年，原定驻防四川南部的解放军第五兵团十八军，在行军途中接到进军西藏的新任务。一纸命令，大军调头向西，开始向着茫茫雪山前进。开进前，部队抓紧开展了藏文学习，官兵们在黑板上写下这样一行字：“我们是人民的军队，到藏区去为人民服务。” 从川蜀大地到雪域高原，十八军将士跋涉两千四百余公里征途，翻越十余座海拔四千五百米以上的雪山，跨越数十条冰河，穿行渺无人烟的原始森林……困难和考验，来自敌人，更来自严酷的自然条件对生命和生存极限的挑战。但没有什么能阻挡这支队伍向前的决心。军长张国华和政委谭冠三向战士们发出号召：不管有多少艰难险阻，我们都要坚决完成进藏任务，把五星红旗插到喜马拉雅山上。漫漫征途，横贯在大军面前的是物资短缺、高寒缺氧、地形复杂……仅有茶马古道支撑不了部队的前进，官兵们有时只能边修路边进军。这条“天路”，后来成了改写西藏封闭落后面貌，引领藏族同胞走向幸福安康的川藏公路。经过一系列艰苦卓绝的行军，部队抵达了拉萨的东大门昌都地区。面对西藏旧势力的顽抗，十八军官兵们穿插突进、一鼓作气歼灭藏军有生力量。昌都之战，为最终和平解放西藏奠定了基础。 1951年5月23日，《中央人民政府和西藏地方政府关于和平解放西藏办法的协议》在北京签订，宣告西藏和平解放。5个月后，张国华、谭冠三率部进入拉萨。新华社拉萨电文记载：“拉萨各界人民两万人盛大集会，热烈欢迎张、谭两将军及全体指战员。” 这片世界屋脊历史上第一次有了这样的军队：背着药箱的军医，把药喂进了农奴的口中；扛着锄头的战士，把水引进了青稞田；不进寺庙、不动经幡、不住民房甚至不吃藏粮。“金珠玛米”（菩萨兵），这称呼像风一样传遍了整个高原，当地的藏族人民总是说“金珠玛米亚古都（解放军好）”。前不久，一句“天山那头有人民”的朴素话语令无数人动容，它和一支队伍“到藏区去为人民服务”的誓言遥相呼应，仿佛一场跨越时空的对话，共同述说着“为人民服务”的故事。无论时光如何流转、环境如何变迁，这种信念当永远奔涌于我们的血脉之中，历经考验，永不褪色。

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Jun Zhengping, a PLA political commentary outlet, published a historical narrative recounting the 18th Army's 1950 march into Tibet—covering the force's 2,400-kilometer advance from Sichuan, the Battle of Chamdo, and the army's conduct among Tibetan civilians after entering Lhasa in 1951. The piece closes by linking that historical episode to a recent viral story about soldiers in Xinjiang ('beyond the Tianshan Mountains there are people'), framing both as timeless proof that 'serving the people' is the PLA's permanent institutional identity. This is standard political work content that documents how the PLA's propaganda apparatus uses historical legitimation—specifically the Tibet liberation narrative—to reinforce the 'serve the people' ideological line among contemporary soldiers; its value is as a record of that framing technique, not as evidence of any new policy or operational development.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "钧正平：“我们是人民的军队，到藏区去为人民服务”." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-23. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16462955.html.

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