西部大开发要重视解决民族问题

实施西部大开发是21世纪我国全面建设小康社会,开创中国特色社会主义新局面的一大战略.西部是我国少数民族最为集中的区域.西部大开发给西部民族地区带来了千载难逢的历史发展机遇.重视民族问题,正确解决好民族问题,对于推动西部大开发各项事业的发展,有着紧迫的现实意义.在西部大开发中,我们必须始终坚持民族区域自治制度,努力发展民族经济,大力培养少数民族干部,坚决维护民族团结.

The Ethnic Minority Issues of the Development of the Western Region

The development of the western region is an important strategy of building a well-off society in an all-round way and creating a new situation in building Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the 21 st century. The western region is the most concentrated areas where the most of the minority nationalities live in our country. The strategy of the development of the western region has provided the western region with good opportunities. Attaching importance to the ethnic minority issue and solving it properly has an urgent and practical significance for advancing the cause of the development of the western region. We must uphold the regional national autonomy all the time, make great efforts to develop the national economy, endeavor to train and select cadres from among ethnic minorities, and safeguard the unity of the nationalities with a firm hand.