《十七条协议》以其遵行《共同纲领》的制度实践为“五四宪法”最终确立的民族政策进行了很好的进一步实验,因此在民族区域自治的内蒙古经验基础上增加了新的有益元素。《十七条协议》开创了新中国成立后通过谈判协商在解决国家统一的基础上解决少数民族自治问题的法律途径,因而在新中国解决民族自治问题的历史上具有开创性意义。该协议是对藏族加入新中国民族大家庭的事实的正式法律确认以及对该民族在新中国各民族中平等法律地位的正式法律确认,也是新中国对西藏行使国家权力的权力来源的首要法律根据。 The 17-Article Agreement carried out very good experiments with the system practice of “common program” for the ultimate fulfillment of the “national constitution of the May 4th Constitution.” Therefore, it added a new basis to the Inner Mongolia experience of regional autonomy of ethnic minorities Beneficial elements. The 17-Article Agreement created the legal way to solve the issue of ethnic minority autonomy through negotiations and consultations after the founding of new China. Therefore, it has had a groundbreaking significance in the history of resolving the issue of national autonomy in New China. This agreement confirms the formal legal confirmation of the fact that the Tibetan people joined the new nation of China and the official legal confirmation of that nation’s equal legal status in all ethnic groups in New China and is also the primary legal basis for the source of power for the new China in exercising state authority over Tibet .