乾隆初政时期的对英政策是清代中外关系史研究中的薄弱环节。阐明这个问题,有利于我们理解清代限关自守政策产生的完整过程。本文从社会环境决定对外政策的性质出发,运用可信的中外文重要史料,从乾隆初政时期中英关系的状况和特点、乾隆执政初年对英温和政策的产生、对英温和政策与乾隆其他内外政策的内在联系,以及对英温和政策的思想基础和社会基础等方面,扼要地考察了乾隆执政初期对英国实行温和政策的国际政治经济背景、国内政治社会基础和个人的思想基础,并肯定了乾隆推行温和政策的积极意义。 The policy toward Britain at the beginning of Qianlong period was the weak link in the history of Sino-foreign relations in the Qing Dynasty. To clarify this issue is conducive to our understanding of the complete process of the policy of self-restraint in the Qing Dynasty. Based on the social environment and the nature of the foreign policy, this article uses credible important historical materials both in Chinese and in foreign languages. From the situation and characteristics of the Sino-British relations during the Qianlong monarchy, The internal relations of other internal and external policies and the ideological basis and social foundation of the British moderate policy, the author briefly reviews the international political and economic background, the political and social basis and the individual ideological basis for practicing moderate policies in the early days of Qianlong’s administration It affirmed the positive significance of Qian Long’s promotion of a moderate policy.