民族立法是宪法法律赋予民族自治地方人大的一项重要职权。依据宪法、立法法和民族区域自治法的有关规定,民族自治地方人大有权依照当地民族的政治、经济和文化特点,制定自治条例和单行条例,可以对法律和行政法规的规定作出变通规定,但不得违背法律或者行政法规的基本原则。民族立法权是民族地区行使自治权,解决实际困难与特殊问题的重要保障。 National legislation is an important power conferred on the NPC by the constitutional law. According to the relevant provisions of the Constitution, the Legislation Law and the Law on Regional Autonomy, people’s congresses of ethnic autonomous areas have the right to formulate autonomous regulations and separate regulations in accordance with the political, economic and cultural characteristics of the local ethnic groups, and can make provisions for the provisions of laws and administrative regulations. But shall not violate the basic principles of laws or administrative regulations. National legislative power is an important guarantee for the exercise of autonomy in minority areas and the settlement of practical difficulties and special problems.