For 5,000 years, a history of China is the history of the integration of various ethnic groups into a pluralistic and integrated Chinese nation.
The wheel of history is rolling forward, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has reached a critical stage.
"The process of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation is bound to be a process of extensive exchanges, exchanges and blending of all ethnic groups, and a process of common unity and struggle and common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly made important instructions on promoting exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups, emphasizing the need to promote extensive exchanges, exchanges and integration of all ethnic groups, and promote Chinese-style modernization with the great unity of the Chinese nation. On October 27, 2023, when the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee held the ninth collective study on forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation, General Secretary Xi Jinping placed the promotion of exchanges, exchanges and integration of various ethnic groups in the profound and grand narrative system of "the great unity of the Chinese nation", "Chinese-style modernization" and "the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation", which fully reflects that promoting exchanges and integration of all ethnic groups is an important strategic consideration for forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Pilot orientation, steady and far-reaching. In the new era, the Party's ethnic work has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes, providing strong support for promoting Chinese-style modernization through the great unity of the Chinese nation and promoting the common struggle of all ethnic groups to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way.
Forward-looking and planning layout——
"It is necessary to promote extensive exchanges and blending of all ethnic groups"
The Great Wall Garden in Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia is a large multi-ethnic community where people of Han, Hui, Manchu, Mongolia, Tibetan and other ethnic groups live in harmony with each other. On the traditional festival of the Chinese nation, residents of all ethnic groups gather together to celebrate the festival.
▲On September 25, residents performed a dance in the Great Wall Garden Community Square. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mao Zhu
In June this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Great Wall Garden Community during his inspection in Ningxia to gain an in-depth understanding of the community's promotion of exchanges and integration among people of all ethnic groups. "I told the general secretary that there are 8 people in our dance team, 4 of whom are ethnic minorities, and the dance we dance is called "Chinese Hand in Hand". This is not only everyone's expression of a happy life in the new era, but also a portrayal of the Chinese nation's family. Feng Guiying, captain of the fan dance team of the community art troupe, said.
National unity is the lifeline of the people of all nationalities on the mainland. Governing the country and securing the country is focused on the grassroots. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly visited the multi-ethnic community and conducted extensive exchanges with the people of all ethnic groups:
In the Linhuang Jiayuan Community of Xing'an Street, Songshan District, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, it is emphasized that the community is the common home of the people of all ethnic groups, and the unity of the ethnic groups is one family.
In Guyuanxiang Community, Tianshan District, Urumqi City, Xinjiang, it was emphasized that it is necessary to give full play to the role of the grassroots party organizations in the community as a fighting fortress, sink the focus of work, closely follow the thoughts and hopes of residents of all ethnic groups, help everyone do good things, do practical things, solve problems, and promote the people of all ethnic groups to fraternize and help each other.
In Panlong Community, Liangqing District, Nanning City, Guangxi Province, he expressed the hope that people of all ethnic groups in the community would come and go more, help each other, make close friends, be harmonious neighbors, and build a happy home together......
Behind the deep concern is General Secretary Xi Jinping's profound thinking on ethnic work and the cause of national unity and progress in the new era.
The torch of thought illuminates the new journey of national rejuvenation.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has focused on the new situation and new characteristics of ethnic work in the new era, profoundly grasped the new tasks and new requirements put forward by the development of the cause of the Party and the country on ethnic work, creatively put forward the major thesis of "forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation", made a series of important instructions, and formed General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thoughts on strengthening and improving ethnic work. Guided by this, the national work in the new era has been promoted in depth.
Exchanges and integration among various ethnic groups are the only way to enhance national unity, forge a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, and promote the building of a community of the Chinese nation. Building a multi-ethnic community is an important way to promote the exchange, exchange and integration of people of all ethnic groups.
▲On the evening of August 26, the 12th National Minority Traditional Sports Games (hereinafter referred to as the Games) series of activities of "Enjoy with One Heart" - "Covenant of Mountains and Seas" Hainan and Xinjiang Youth Women's Football Friendly Match was held at Hainan Qiongzhong Women's Football Training Base. Source: National Pictorial
The State Ethnic Affairs Commission, in conjunction with relevant departments, has implemented the "Mutual Development Plan for the Masses of All Ethnic Groups" in an orderly manner, encouraging and supporting the people of all ethnic groups in the border ethnic areas to work, start businesses, live and live in the eastern and central regions, and encouraging and supporting enterprises in the eastern and central regions to invest, develop, and construct in the border ethnic areas. We will carry out a wide range of "youth exchange programs for people of all ethnic groups", continue to expand and increase the scope of activities, and promote young people of all ethnic groups in border ethnic areas and eastern and central regions to carry out various forms of exchange activities, so as to plant the seeds of forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation in the depths of the hearts of young people of all ethnic groups. We will continue to deepen the "Plan for Promoting Exchanges and Exchanges among All Ethnic Groups through Tourism", and launch six actions, including value guidance, backbone training, exhibition promotion, improvement of explanation, optimization of research and pilot demonstration, so as to inject new connotations into the tourism industry to forge a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation. We should make good use of working mechanisms and platforms such as east-west cooperation, counterpart assistance, fixed-point assistance, college students' volunteer service in the western region, and private enterprises entering the frontiers, and earnestly promote the work of "three exchanges" in a down-to-earth and in-depth manner.
The Chinese nation has been forged through exchanges and blending of various ethnic groups, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will also be realized through exchanges and blending of various ethnic groups.
The outline is sonorous and sonorous——
Let the flower of national unity and progress bloom more and more brilliantly
The National Unity Oath Monument is known as "the first monument of national unity in New China". In 1950, representatives of all ethnic groups in the Pu'er Prefecture of Yunnan Province were invited to Beijing to participate in the celebration of the first anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and were cordially received by Mao Zedong and other party and state leaders. On New Year's Day in 1951, the people of all ethnic groups in the Pu'er Prefecture made an oath monument based on the customs and habits of ethnic minorities, expressing "one heart and one morality, unite to the end, and under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, vow to strive for the construction of an equal, free and happy family!" Forty-eight representatives of all ethnic groups signed the monument.
▲The people of all ethnic groups in Ning'er danced the unity dance in front of the national unity oath monument. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Pu'er Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China Xu Shibin/photo
Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his reply letter to the descendants of the Pu'er National Unity Oath Tablet that over the past 70 years, the people of all ethnic groups have worked together for the party and unity, promoted the economic and social development of the border areas and made historic achievements, and wrote a vivid chapter of national unity and progress. He stressed: The Chinese nation is one big family, and the 56 nationalities are a family that loves each other. I hope that you will carry forward the glorious tradition of your ancestors, better continue to write the story of the oath monument, and let the good story of national unity be passed on from generation to generation. The people of all ethnic groups should keep in mind the sense of community of the Chinese nation in their hearts and integrate it into their blood, jointly defend the territory of the motherland and build a beautiful homeland, so that the flowers of national unity and progress will bloom more and more brilliantly.
As the years go by, the glorious tradition of unity of all nationalities has endured for a long time. The establishment of national unity and progress is an important way to promote extensive exchanges, exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups.
Since 2012, a total of 2,055 demonstration zones and demonstration units for ethnic unity and progress have been named across the country, and ethnic unity and progress have been extended to enterprises, villages, institutions, communities, schools, etc., to promote exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups.
▲The "Unity and Forge Ahead in the New Era - The Tenth Batch of Demonstration Units of the National Ethnic Unity and Progress Demonstration Zone" jointly produced by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and China Central Radio and Television will be broadcast on CCTV Comprehensive Channel (CCTV-1) and CCTV on the evening of May 3, 2023. Screenshot of the video
On May 3, 2023, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and China Central Radio and Television Station carefully planned and jointly recorded the special program "Unity and Forge Ahead in a New Era - The Tenth Batch of National Ethnic Unity and Progress Demonstration Zone Demonstration Unit Awarding Activities" was broadcast, vividly telling the touching story of the people of all ethnic groups holding hands and forging ahead in unity under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It is a broad social mobilization that forges the sense of community of the Chinese nation.
From the National Unity Propaganda Month, which originated at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, to the addition of the connotation of "progress" during the period of reform and opening up, to the launch of the pilot project of "creating a national demonstration state for ethnic unity and progress" launched by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission in the new era, and even to the creation of a "comprehensive flowering" in the western region and the eastern and central regions, the coverage of the creation of national unity and progress has continued to expand, the content and form have become increasingly rich, and the degree of social participation and mass recognition has been continuously improved.
Inner Mongolia, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Ningxia, Xinjiang and other places have issued local regulations to promote ethnic unity and progress, 12 prefectures (cities) including Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan have issued regulations on ethnic unity and progress, Tongliao City in Inner Mongolia has written the sense of forging the Chinese national community into the "14th Five-Year Plan", and Kunming City in Yunnan Province has specially built projects to promote "three exchanges", and promoting "three exchanges" has become a common responsibility of everyone.
Blending of water and milk, deep affection——
The nations hugged each other like pomegranate seeds
When it comes to national unity, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized on many occasions that "all ethnic groups hug each other tightly like pomegranate seeds".
During General Secretary Xi Jinping's visit to Xinjiang in 2014, he heard the metaphor of "pomegranate seeds" from a Uyghur villager. In 2022, when General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Xinjiang again, when he said to the people of all ethnic groups, "We want to be like pomegranate seeds", the words did not fall, and thousands of voices replied loudly and loudly: "Hug each other tightly." ”
On February 25, 2021, there was such a moving scene at the National Poverty Alleviation Summary and Commendation Conference.
Li Kai, the first secretary of Sanhe Village, Zhaojue County, Sichuan, walked on the podium and said excitedly to the general secretary: "The villagers miss you very much, let me say 'Kashasha (thank you)' to you again." "In the past, Sanhe Village used to have water, electricity, and medical treatment...... It's hard.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Sanhe Village and sat by the fire pond with cadres and masses to seek a common solution to alleviate poverty. A year later, the problems were solved one by one, and the villagers moved from the deep mountains to the new village on Pingbazi, and every household posted a sticker: "Communist Party Wajiwa (very good), General Secretary Xi Kashasha (thank you)!" ”
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, all 420 poverty-stricken counties located in ethnic autonomous areas have been lifted out of poverty, and 28 ethnic groups with small populations have been lifted out of poverty as a whole, and together with the people of the whole country, they have achieved a well-off life in an all-round way. From the snowy plateau to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, from the Daxinganling Mountains of Heilongjiang to the Nujiang River in Yunnan, one project after another has benefited the people, so that the people of all ethnic groups can share the fruits of reform and development, and the sense of Chinese national community is rooted in the heart.
In recent years, all localities and departments have been upright and innovative, further deepening the connotation, enriching the form, and innovating methods, so as to effectively promote the exchanges, exchanges and integration of various ethnic groups in a tangible and tangible way:
-- Exploring new paths for counterpart assistance. Ningxia takes advantage of the climate to become a raw material planting place for Fujian wine; Relying on hydropower resources, Sichuan Wumeng Mountain provides conditions for the transfer and upgrading of the textile industry in coastal areas; Yunnan's coffee, walnuts, mushrooms and other agricultural and sideline products are precisely connected with the Shanghai and Guangdong markets, enriching the city's "vegetable basket" and "fruit plate...... The scope of cooperation between the east and the west has been expanding, and unique assistance models such as Fujian-Ningxia cooperation and Shanghai-Yunnan cooperation have emerged, which have promoted regional coordinated development, coordinated development and common development, revitalized the "game of chess", smoothed the "dual circulation", and promoted the "three exchanges" of various ethnic groups.
-- Hold mass exchange activities on a regular basis. Guizhou uses the "Village Super" and "Village BA" events to promote all ethnic groups to deepen understanding and enhance friendship while sharing the joy of sports. Guangxi's "March 3rd" festival highlights the theme of national unity, which is not only a joyful moment for all ethnic groups to share food, appreciate culture and exchange eagerly, but also a grand event for all ethnic groups to gather together and unite to eulogize a better life and the great motherland.
——Build a national work brand. Zhejiang has built a "Zheli Garnet Red" cluster brand, embedded "Garnet Red" homes, post stations, studios, volunteer service teams, etc. into various grassroots positions, and opened up a "three crossing" micro-platform around the people of all ethnic groups. Jiangsu has launched the "Red Pomegranate Employment Action" to welcome people of all ethnic groups in ethnic areas to work and live in Jiangsu with open arms, and to encourage and support Jiangsu enterprises to invest and start businesses in ethnic areas.
▲The atmosphere of the National Ethnic Unity "Village BA" Basketball Invitational Tournament was warm. Photo courtesy of Taijiang County Rong Media Center
Neighborhood Festival, Hundred Family Banquet, "Village BA" ...... All localities have taken creation as the starting point to create a new carrier for extensive exchanges and exchanges among the people of all ethnic groups, and the pattern of "you have me, I have you" has been continuously consolidated, and all ethnic groups have been promoted to hug each other tightly like pomegranate seeds.
The water and milk are blended, and the love is deep.
In the big family of the Chinese nation, all ethnic groups should hug each other tightly like pomegranate seeds, go hand in hand, help each other, and jointly care for the flower of national unity and progress.