民族地区经济发展思想是邓小平民族理论最重要的内容之一．认真学习、研究邓小平关于民族地区经济发展的思想，对于加快民族地区经济发展具有重要的现实意义。一、集中力量发展经济是民族地区工作的根本任务以经济建设为中心，加快经济建设的步伐，是社会主义的根本任务，也是 The thought of economic development in minority areas is one of the most important contents of Deng Xiaoping’s theory of ethnic groups. To study and study Deng Xiaoping’s thinking on the economic development in ethnic areas is of great practical significance for accelerating the economic development in ethnic areas. I. Focusing on Economic Development Is the Fundamental Task of Work in Ethnic Areas Taking economic construction as the center and accelerating the pace of economic construction are the fundamental tasks of socialism and