Chinese Dream, who built national unity and progress.

On November 3, 2013, Comrade Xi Jinping conducted an investigation in Paibi Township, Huayuan County, Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Xiangxi, and talked with the villagers as they walked.

Photo taken by our reporter Zhang Mu

Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaosong, Cui Qingxin and Huang Xiaoxi

The ideal gathers strength and unites to create the future.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping as its general secretary, has had a profound insight into the changes in the international situation, and has made an in-depth study of the propositions of the times put forward by the development of the cause of the party and the state on ethnic work. We have profoundly considered the fundamental plans for speeding up the development of ethnic minorities and ethnic minority areas under the new situation, and made a series of major policy decisions and arrangements to lead the healthy development of the cause of national unity and progress.

At the helm of the tide-- the new CPC Central Committee has pointed out the direction for doing a good job in ethnic work under the new situation, and enriched the connotation of the times for the correct way to solve ethnic problems with Chinese characteristics.

Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, it has been the best and fastest period for ethnic minorities and ethnic areas to develop in terms of economy, politics, culture, society and ecological civilization. Harmonious coexistence, concerted efforts and harmonious development have become the distinct main colors in the picture of ethnic relations in our country.

In recent years, the domestic and international environment of ethnic work has become increasingly complex. In China, with the acceleration of industrialization, urbanization, informationization, and agricultural modernization, and with the frequent and in-depth exchanges between ethnic groups, great changes have taken place in the distribution pattern of ethnic groups. Looking at the world, with the rise of terrorism, separatism, and extremism, ethnic issues are increasingly becoming a key issue affecting peace and development.

The CPC Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping as its general secretary, attaches great importance to ethnic work. From the roof of the world to the Loess Plateau, from the copycat in the southwest to the north and south of Tianshan, from the frontier of the North to the coconut forest in the South China Sea, since the 18th CPC National Congress, comrades of the standing Committee of the political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee have gone deep into eight ethnic provinces and autonomous counties of some provinces to conduct in-depth investigation and study on the development of ethnic minorities and ethnic minority areas. Two meetings of the political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and five meetings of the standing Committee of the political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee have been held to study ethnic work in depth. Four executive meetings of the State Council were held to make specific arrangements for speeding up the development of ethnic minority areas; the fourth national work conference on counterpart support to Xinjiang, the second central symposium on Xinjiang work, and a teleconference on the 20th anniversary of counterpart support for Xizang's work were held; comrades of the standing Committee of the political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee gave important instructions and instructions nearly a hundred times on major issues of common struggle and common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups.

Through in-depth research and scientific research, the navigator of the huge ship "China" has answered a series of major problems facing the current ethnic work--

The road of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the fundamental way to solve China's ethnic problems.

In March this year, at the joint meeting of members of ethnic minority circles at the second session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, Xi Jinping pointed out that adhering to the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the correct political direction that must be firmly grasped to do a good job in ethnic work under the new situation. It is necessary to comprehensively implement the party's ethnic policy, adhere to and improve the system of regional ethnic autonomy, and constantly enhance the recognition of the people of all ethnic groups to the great motherland, to the Chinese nation, to Chinese culture, to the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and to better safeguard national unity, social stability, and national unity.

To unswervingly follow the correct road of solving ethnic problems with Chinese characteristics is to take a clear-cut stand to adhere to and improve the party and state's basic theories, basic policies, basic laws, basic systems, and institutional mechanisms on ethnic issues. it is to make every nation and every citizen unite under the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Speeding up development is the essence of promoting national unity and progress.

In recent years, the achievements of economic and social development in ethnic minority areas have attracted worldwide attention, and the problems and difficulties they are facing are also very prominent. Many poverty alleviation targets and minimum living security targets are in ethnic minority areas. Ethnic minority areas are still the focus and difficulty of China's development and the "deficiency" of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.

Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out at the two national sessions this year: "the core issue of strengthening unity is to actively create conditions, do everything possible to speed up the economic and social development of ethnic minorities and ethnic minority areas, and promote the common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups."

"the core of speeding up the development of ethnic minority areas is to speed up the pace of building a moderately prosperous society in ethnic minority areas in an all-round way." This important conclusion put forward by the General Secretary during the investigation in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province in November 2013 pointed out the direction for accelerating the development of ethnic minority areas.

Unity and stability is an important prerequisite for the common development and progress of the Chinese nation.

In May this year, the second Central Symposium on Xinjiang work was held in Beijing, and the General Secretary repeatedly stressed the importance of national unity:

"cadres and masses of all ethnic groups should cherish national unity as much as they love their own eyes and cherish national unity as much as they cherish their own lives."

"National unity is the lifeline of the people of all ethnic groups. All ethnic groups should understand each other, respect each other, tolerate each other, appreciate each other, learn from each other, help each other, and hug each other like pomegranate seeds. "

The key to doing a good job in ethnic work lies in the party and the people.

The core role of the party's leadership is the key for us to overcome risks and challenges and continue to win victories; the policy decisions and arrangements of the central authorities can only be implemented by cadres at all levels. However, at present, the construction of the party's grass-roots organizations and cadres in ethnic minority areas can not fully meet the practical needs of reform, development and stability.

When conducting an investigation in Xinjiang in April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed the need to persistently regard the training of ethnic minority cadres as the top priority in the building of the contingent of cadres, and to firmly safeguard the reunification of the motherland in accordance with the criteria of having both ability and political integrity and putting morality first. Outstanding ethnic minority cadres who have a firm stand, clear head, and resolute actions on the major issue of right and wrong are selected to leading posts at all levels.

These innovative new ideas, new viewpoints, new judgments, and new requirements provide a fundamental basis for doing a good job in ethnic work under the new situation and point out the way forward.