胡锦涛总书记强调指出:“共同团结奋斗、共同繁荣发展,这就是新世纪新阶段民族工作的主题”。这是对新时期民族发展规律的新认识和新概括,既是我党几十年来民族理论、民族政策的经验归纳,也是对世界各国解决民族问题经验教训的深刻总结;既顺应了百年来中华民族伟大复兴的历史要 General Secretary Hu Jintao emphatically pointed out: “To work together in unity and common prosperity and development is the theme of ethnic work in the new phase of the new century.” This is a new understanding and a new generalization of the law of national development in the new period. It is both an experience summation of our party’s theory on ethnic affairs and ethnic policies during the past decades and a profound summation of the experiences and lessons learned by nations in the world in solving ethnic issues. The history of the great rejuvenation should be