6 Sep 21 - story 4

Unswervingly follow the correct path to resolve ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics

On Studying and Implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech at the Central National Work Conference

"Looking back on the party’s hundred years of history, the party’s national work has achieved the greatest achievement, that is, it has embarked on a correct path of solving national problems with Chinese characteristics." At the Central National Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech, comprehensively reviewing our party’s nationality. The glorious course and historical achievements of the work for a hundred years, in-depth analysis of the current new situation of the party’s national work, systematically explained our party’s important ideas on strengthening and improving national work, and made it clear that the Chinese nation’s community consciousness is the main line to advance the new era. The guiding ideology, strategic goals, key tasks, policy measures for the high-quality development of the party’s ethnic work. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech has a lofty purpose, profound ideology, and rich connotation. It scientifically answers major questions such as what flag to raise and what path to take in national work in the new era. It is highly political, ideological, and theoretical. It is the party’s rule of the country. The concentrated expression of the strategy in the field of the party's ethnic work is the latest achievement of the Sinicization of Marxist ethnic theory, which has pointed out the way forward and provided a fundamental follow for the party's ethnic work in the new era.

Since its establishment, our party has actively explored ways to resolve ethnic issues that suit our national conditions. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, our party creatively combined Marxist ethnic theory with the specific reality of China’s ethnic issues, blazed a correct path for solving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics, established the party’s ethnic theory and ethnic policies, and regarded ethnic equality as the foundation of the nation. One of the fundamental principles is the establishment of a system of ethnic regional autonomy. For the first time in history, the people of all ethnic groups have truly obtained equal political rights and jointly become masters. This put an end to the painful history of ethnic oppression and strife in old China and opened up development. A new era of equality, unity, mutual assistance and harmonious relations among all ethnic groups. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of my country, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has made a series of major decisions and arrangements on ethnic work, and has made new historic achievements in promoting the cause of national unity and progress in our country. The Chinese nation is close to each other and builds the Chinese dream together. This is a vivid portrayal of the cause of national unity and progress in our country in the new era, and it is also a distinctive feature of the innovation and promotion of national work in the new era. Practice has fully proved that the party’s ethnic theories and policies are correct, and the path of solving ethnic problems with Chinese characteristics is correct. Only the Communist Party of China can realize the great unity of the Chinese nation, and only socialism with Chinese characteristics can unite and develop all ethnic groups. , Prosper all ethnic groups.

Since the reform and opening up, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has emphasized the concepts of the big family of the Chinese nation, the community of the Chinese nation, and the consciousness of the Chinese nation’s community. The valuable experience of grasping ethnic issues and doing a good job in ethnic work has formed the party's important thinking on strengthening and improving ethnic work. General Secretary Xi Jinping made an incisive summary from 12 aspects: the historical position of the party’s national work in the new era must be grasped from the height of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation; The important task of national work; the main line of the party's national work in the new era must be to forge the consciousness of the Chinese nation community; it must adhere to the correct view of history of the Chinese nation; all ethnic groups must be equal; the banner of the great unity of the Chinese nation must be upheld; And improve the system of ethnic regional autonomy; must build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation; must promote extensive exchanges and integration of all ethnic groups; must adhere to the management of ethnic affairs in accordance with the law; must resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests; must adhere to the party’s leadership of ethnic work . Our party's important thinking on strengthening and improving national work is the crystallization of the party's national work theory and practice, and is the fundamental follow of the party's national work in the new era. The whole party must be complete, accurate, and comprehensive in grasping and implementing it.

After the continuous struggle of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups, we have achieved the first centenary goal, built a well-off society including ethnic minorities and ethnic regions on the land of China, and embarked on marching towards the second centenary goal. New journey. At the new historical starting point, we must accurately grasp and comprehensively implement our party’s important thinking on strengthening and improving national work, take the Chinese nation’s sense of community as the main line, unswervingly follow the correct path to resolve national issues with Chinese characteristics, and build the Chinese nation. Sharing a spiritual homeland, promoting exchanges and blending of all ethnic groups, accelerating the pace of modernization in ethnic areas, improving the level of legal governance in ethnic affairs, preventing and dissolving hidden risks in the ethnic field, promoting the high-quality development of the party's ethnic work in the new era, and mobilizing the entire party and the country The people of the ethnic groups are united and striving to achieve the second century of the goal of building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way.

The common unity, progress, and common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups are where the life, strength, and hope of the Chinese nation lie. In the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, no one nation can be absent. Striving for a new era and a new journey, let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, unswervingly follow the correct path of solving ethnic problems with Chinese characteristics, and maximize the wisdom and strength of the people of all ethnic groups. Work together and work tirelessly to create a better future for the Chinese nation and share the great glory of national rejuvenation!

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 28th, by wire