1961-1962年解决老挝问题的日内瓦会议，对于外交环境日益孤立的中国而言，是一次亮相国际舞台的重要机会。在中苏分歧扩大、中美对抗加剧的情况下，中国一方面加大力度支持世界革命，一方面也寻求与中间地带国家改善关系。日内瓦会议期间，中国既实现了维持老挝中立并为巴特寮革命赢取时间的目标，同时也借印支问题缓和了与法国的关系，为后续的中法建交提供了一次关键契机。虽然毛泽东此时尚未明确提出"两个中间地带"的外交战略，但这一政策正处于构建的过程中，中国在第二次日内瓦会议上的外交行动已符合这一外交战略的开展。

The enlarged Geneva Conference on Laos from 1961 to 1962 was an important occasion for new China to play an active role on the international stage.During the period of the enlargement of the Sino-Soviet divergence and the aggravation of the Sino-American antagonism,the Chinese diplomacy had two tendencies:on the one hand,China was increasingly supporting the world revolution;on the other hand,she tried to improve the relations with the countries in the "Intermediate Zone".At the Geneva Conference,China achieved the object of neutralizing Laos and gained the time for the revolution of the Pathet Lao,and meanwhile she also moderated the relations with France via the Indochinese problems.As a result,this conference became a key moment for the establishment of the Sino-French diplomatic relations.Though the diplomatic strategy of "Two Intermediate Zones" hadn't been formally proposed by MAO Ze-dong,the Chinese foreign policies in the Geneva Conference on Laos had already corresponded with this diplomatic strategy.