Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), stressed during his recent investigation in Yunnan that it is necessary to take the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line of the party's ethnic work and various work in ethnic areas in the new era, and strive to build a demonstration area for ethnic unity and progress in China. The establishment of national unity and progress in our country is a creative process of promoting exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, led by the Communist Party of China and widely participated by the masses of all ethnic groups, consolidating and strengthening socialist ethnic relations, forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, and promoting the cause of national unity and progress. As early as 70 years ago, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province held the first model representative meeting of national unity, and was the first in the country to carry out activities to create national unity and progress. After the reform and opening up, all ethnic areas throughout the country have gradually carried out activities to commend ethnic unity, and some autonomous regions have even set up "ethnic unity months." In 1988, the first National Commendation Conference for National Progress was held in Beijing, and for the first time, the national level proposed the "Founding of National Unity and Progress Cause Activities". In 1996, the "Resolution of the Communist Party of China on Several Important Issues Concerning the Strengthening of the Construction of Socialist Spiritual Civilization" fixed the activities of national unity and progress in the form of a document. In 2005, several provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Regional Ethnic Autonomy were implemented, and the activities of building national unity and progress were officially identified as a statutory activity of the state, marking that the activities of building national unity and progress embarked on the track of standardization and institutionalization. In accordance with the spirit of the National Work Conference, the people of all autonomous areas have promulgated regulations on national unity and progress, and issued decisions on national unity and progress activities. In 2010, the Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Propaganda and the State Ethnic Affairs Commission jointly issued the "Opinions on Further Carrying Out the Activities of Creating National Unity and Progress", and the activities of creating national unity and progress were more extensive and in-depth. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Comrade China has attached great importance to the work of national unity, stood at the strategic height of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, focused on forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation, planned and promoted the party's ethnic work in the new era, and innovatively promoted the creation of national unity and progress, and achieved remarkable results. In the creation of national unity and progress, party committees at all levels take forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the fundamental direction, take the important ideas of the general secretary on strengthening and improving ethnic work as the guide, take the strengthening of exchanges and exchanges among all ethnic groups as the fundamental way, and take the creation of the "model area of unity and progress" as a platform, always regard ethnic unity as a lifeline project, vigorously promote the cause of national unity and progress in grasping development, protecting the ecology and benefiting the people's livelihood, and constantly open up a new situation in the cause of national unity and progress in the new era. The first is to comprehensively promote the creation of national unity and progress in accordance with laws and regulations. On the basis of practicing the important exposition of the general secretary on national unity and progress, all localities have formulated plans and plans for specific work such as national unity and progress and the creation of model areas for national unity and progressIn order to build the areas inhabited by ethnic minorities into national demonstration areas for ethnic unity and progress, in accordance with the provisions of the "Constitution" and the "Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy" and other relevant laws and regulations, combined with the actual conditions of the region, the construction regulations have been formulated, and the thoughts and actions of the cadres and masses of all ethnic groups have been fully unified with the requirements of important decision-making and deployment with Comrade Zheng as the core, which has effectively promoted the in-depth integration of the masses of all ethnic groups. The promulgation of these regulations has opened a new journey for strengthening national unity and progress. The second is to build a position and brand to promote national unity and progress. In the process of forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line and promoting the demonstration of national unity and progress, all localities give full play to the role of grassroots party organizations, take communities (village committees), schools, enterprises, troops, etc. as the main positions, focus on strengthening the basic work of the grassroots level, and strive to enrich the brand connotation and determine the brand positioning in terms of enhancing the sense of gain, happiness and security of the people of all ethnic groups. For example, the Women's Federation of the Autonomous Region has deepened the "Rural Revitalization Women's Action" and other women's contribution series activities, declared and named the national "Women's Modern Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration Base", "Women's Poverty Alleviation Demonstration Base", and created nearly 100 women's demonstration bases at the autonomous region level. The third is to forge the sense of community of the Chinese nation in the work of promoting national unity and progress. In the creation of national unity and progress, all localities have always regarded publicity and education activities as the basic work of forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation and strengthening the cause of national unity, giving full play to the role of the party's mass line education practice platform and popular science education position, realizing multi-channel, all-round and wide coverage of the propaganda and promotion of national unity and progress, establishing and highlighting the Chinese cultural symbols and the image of the Chinese nation shared by all ethnic groups, enhancing the "five identities" and "three inseparables", enhancing the friendship of the masses of all ethnic groups, and uniting relatives and relatives. Positive energy for goodness and upwardness. Pay attention to the historical interpretation of ethnic exchanges and the narration of realistic practice stories, tell the connotation of the Chinese national community from economic, cultural, social and other aspects, and unite all ethnic groups in the new era in terms of ideals, beliefs, emotions and culture.
1. Mutual assistance and brotherhood provide important support to ensure that national unity and progress are solid and effective. Carrying out the creation of national unity and progress is a major policy decision and strategic deployment of the party and the state to strengthen and improve the work of ethnic groups, and is an important measure and effective carrier for promoting the cause of national unity and progress based on national conditions. With the in-depth development of the creation work, different levels of ethnic unity and progress creation areas have emerged in various places, and the construction of these creation areas and the commendation of models are of great significance for deepening the three ethnic exchanges, guiding the masses of all ethnic groups to forge a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, and promoting the cause of national unity and progress, so as to form a new pattern of the party's ethnic work. 
The author of this article is Bian Balam, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and a researcher at the Institute of Asia-Pacific and Global Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
*: "People's Political Consultative Conference Daily" (2024-01-09 Edition 03).
Author: Bian Balam Layout Editor: Wang Huifeng Xin**Editor: Hong Lin Review: Zhou Jiajia