After more than a month of fighting, China declared a unilateral ceasefire from a position of strength, having seized Indian territory. The Chinese simultaneously announced that they would begin withdrawing their forces on December 1, 1962, vacating their territorial gains in the eastern sector (where the borders of India, Myanmar, Tibet, and Bhutan converge) but retaining the areas seized in the western sector (in the original princely state of Jammu and Kashmir).
在战斗进行一个多月后，占领了印度领土的中国以强者姿态宣布单方面停火。中国同时宣布将从1962年12月1日起开始撤军，并让出其在东部（即印度、缅甸、西藏和不丹交界区域）所占领的土地，但保留对西部（查谟和克什米尔）的占领。这些撤军行动与中国战前所订立的目标是吻合的。