China News Service, Beijing, May 25th, title: 60 years later, why are "children of the country" on the hot search?

　　China News Agency reporter Wang Huan

　　"We may be the largest family in the world and have the most relatives." Sun Baowei runs a veterinary drug store in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. He is the youngest of the orphans who were sent to Siziwang Banner 60 years ago.

　　During the National Two Sessions in 2021, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, participated in the deliberations of the Inner Mongolia delegation and mentioned the historical story of national unity of "three thousand orphans entering Inner Mongolia".

　　Disasters, famines, and diseases. From 1959 to 1961, when many parts of East China were in crisis, the herdsmen of Inner Mongolia opened their arms and accepted more than 3,000 “children of the country” like Sun Baowei into the grasslands.

　　"Children of the country"-return to people's attention with the attitude of "net celebrity".

The stories of selfless great love and national unity of the ancestors to build a country have aroused deep resonance among the younger generations from all over the world.

　　"Those who share the same desires from above and below win, and those who work in the same boat win." From the concept of "great unification" rooted in the Chinese civilization to forging the consciousness of the Chinese nation's community, unity and unification is the common aspiration of the Chinese sons and daughters, and it is a combination of centuries-old party theory and practice. "very smart".

　　The Communist Party of China "creatively combined the Marxist ethnic theory with the specific reality of China's ethnic issues, and blazed a correct path for solving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics."

　　This path may give a glimpse of its essence from five dimensions.

　　One is an ethnic policy that conforms to national conditions.

　　"The heart of the people, but morality and righteousness." During the Revolutionary War, the Communist Party of China united and led the people of all ethnic groups in a bloody struggle to achieve "the universal music plays Khotan," and the sense of community is unprecedentedly enhanced.

The CCP regards ethnic equality as one of the fundamental principles of nation-building, established a system of ethnic regional autonomy, and guaranteed the right of ethnic minorities to be the masters of the country with the Constitution, and formed a socialist ethnic relationship featuring equality, unity, mutual assistance, and harmony.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CCP has innovated and promoted national work in the new era, and the cause of national unity and progress has achieved leap forward.

　　The second is sustained economic and social development.

　　The strategy of western development, the “action to rejuvenate the border and enrich the people,” focuses on supporting ethnic groups with small populations. The CCP adheres to the policy of combining state assistance, support from developed regions, and self-reliance in ethnic regions. The total economic output of the eight ethnic provinces has increased by more than 40 years. 300 times, the economic strength is significantly improved, and the economic structure continues to be optimized.

　　The Jingpo, Lisu, Dulong and other ethnic groups have directly transitioned from primitive society and slave society to socialist society, realizing "the sun and the moon are changing into the new sky, and one step across the millennium".

The Nu, Kirgiz, and Mulao ethnic minorities in China will all be lifted out of poverty by 2020. They will bid farewell to absolute poverty and fulfill the promise of “building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.

　　The third is to attach importance to personnel training.

　　"It is important for politics, not before employing people."

At the beginning of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Li Dazhao directly led and participated in the development of advanced communist elements among the Mongolian people; a group of ethnic minorities such as Deng Enming and Xiang Jingyu became the pioneers of the early revolutionary movement.

　　As the "leading goose" that promotes the development and progress of ethnic regions, the training of ethnic cadres has always been regarded as an important task by the CCP.

From 1994 to 2020, the counterpart provinces and cities, central state agencies and state-owned enterprises selected 9682 outstanding cadres to aid Tibet.

So far, Tibetans and other ethnic minorities account for 70.53% of the cadres in the region, providing strong talent and intellectual support for regional development.

　　The fourth is equal cultural identity.

　　On RMB banknotes, there are five ethnic languages: Han, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uighur and Zhuang.

Unity and diversity are important characteristics of Chinese culture. Since its founding, the CCP has repeatedly emphasized that the development of culture must respect nationality, highlight diversity, and promote commonality.

　　15 ethnic cultures and arts, including Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam, Dong Dage, Mongolian Changdiao Folk Song, and Hezhe Imakan, have been included in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List, accounting for more than 1/3 of China’s “intangible cultural heritage”.

　　Fifth, respect customs and habits.

　　There are different styles in a hundred miles, and different customs in a thousand miles.

The most fundamental means to protect the people's legitimate freedom of religious belief and the customs and habits of ethnic minorities is the law.

The promulgation of policies, measures, laws and regulations that are conducive to building a mutual embedded social structure of various ethnic groups is the successful experience of ethnic work summarized by the CCP in the long-term revolutionary struggle, and it is also an important part of contemporary China's ethnic policy.

　　The Constitution and the Law on Regional National Autonomy clearly stipulate that all ethnic groups have the freedom to maintain or reform their own customs and habits.

　　The “children of the country” who came to the grassland for the first time sixty years ago probably could not distinguish between provinces, cities and autonomous regions, nor did they know the meaning of Han and Mongolians, but they knew warmth and love.

　　History provides a possible path for today's choices, and today is tomorrow's history.

What kind of historical bags are we preparing for the children in the future?

　　"Promote all ethnic groups to embrace each other like pomegranate seeds, and promote the Chinese nation to move towards a community with a shared future that is more inclusive and cohesive." Looking back after Yi Jiazi, Xi Jinping reminded him of "building a sense of the Chinese nation's community." profound. (Finish)