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China’s ethnic affairs officials urged to promote integration of minority groups
- Senior ethnic affairs policy directors gather for meeting to outline goals for this year
- The objectives include addressing ‘hidden dangers’ and launching cultural initiatives that ‘reflect the commonality of the Chinese nation’
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Vanessa Caiin Shanghai
China’s ethnic affairs officials have been asked to boost efforts to promote the integration of the country’s ethnic minority groups in the new year.
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The Tuesday meeting brought together senior ethnic affairs policy directors from around the country and outlined goals for China’s ethnic affairs policies.
Beijing has stressed the need to enforce President Xi Jinping’s vision of “forging a sense of community of the Chinese nation”, which calls for greater integration of ethnic minority groups.
The meeting noted that efforts should be made to “build a system of historical materials, a system of discourse and a system of theories on the community of the Chinese nation” and to “scientifically reveal the reasons, theories and philosophies of the formation and development of the Chinese nation”.
It called for efforts to launch cultural products and exhibits that “reflect the commonality of the Chinese nation” to “fully demonstrate Chinese cultural heritage”.
It also outlined the goal of addressing risks and “hidden dangers” in the field of ethnic affairs and safeguarding ethnic unity and stability.
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The meeting noted that ethnic affairs offices across China should “have a sense of responsibility and urgency” and “thoroughly implement” the latest decisions by Communist Party leaders on ethnic affairs.
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