195 1 On May 23, 2000, representatives of the Central People's Government and the local government in Tibet signed the 17-Article Agreement on the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, which created conditions for democratic reform, development and progress in Tibet. 1959, 10 In March, after careful planning, the upper-class reactionary groups in Tibet provoked an all-out armed rebellion in Lhasa and fled to India without success. In view of the fact that the upper reactionary ruling clique in Tibet has completely embarked on the road of treason,1On March 28th, 959, Premier Zhou Enlai issued the the State Council Order, decided to dissolve the local government in Tibet, put forward the policy of "rebelling against the border", and led people in Xizang to set off a magnificent democratic reform movement. On September 26th, preparatory committee for the tibet autonomous region passed the Resolution on Abolishing the Land Ownership of Feudal Serfdom Owners and Implementing the Land Ownership of Farmers, and decided to confiscate all the land and other means of production of serf owners who participated in the rebellion and distribute them to serfs and slaves. The land and other means of production of serf owners who did not participate in the rebellion were redeemed by the state and distributed to serfs and slaves.

Later, the state took1March 28, 959 as the time to abolish serfdom in Tibet. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of democratic reform in Tibet, March 28th was designated as the "Remembrance Day for the Liberation of Tibet's Million Serfs".