The feudal serf system that mingled politics with religion in old Tibet seriously hindered the development of the social productive forces. Therefore,for a long time its economy was in a primitive and backward state.

• 在旧西藏，政教合一的封建农奴制度严重束缚了社会生产力的发展，西藏的经济长期处于极其原始、落后的状态。