China News Service, Beijing, September 23rd The Ethnic Development Blue Book "China's Ethnic Development Report (2025): Guangxi's Experience in Forging a Strong Consciousness of the Chinese National Community" (hereinafter referred to as the "Blue Book") was recently jointly released by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Social Sciences Literature Press.
The blue book is edited by Wang Yanzhong, a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and is divided into one general report, five sub-reports, and eight special reports. The book is based on the situation of Guangxi, which is the autonomous region with the largest ethnic minority population in the country and a national demonstration zone for ethnic unity and progress. It systematically sorts out the historical foundation, practical paths, and results of Guangxi’s construction of a demonstration zone for building a strong awareness of the Chinese national community. It analyzes practical challenges and puts forward countermeasures and suggestions, providing local experience for ethnic minority areas across the country to promote the construction of a Chinese national community.
The blue book points out that Guangxi has always adhered to the comprehensive and correct implementation of the party's ethnic policies, always insisted on strengthening and improving ethnic work in the direction of enhancing commonality, and constantly promoted ethnic unity and integration. It took the lead in launching the construction of a demonstration zone for the awareness of the Chinese national community, and accumulated valuable experience in promoting the high-quality development of ethnic work.
The blue book mentioned that Guangxi has multiple identities such as border provinces, ethnic minority areas, southern ecological barriers, old revolutionary areas, and resource-rich areas. It has unique geographical advantages and important strategic status. In the domestic and international dual circulation pattern, Guangxi undertakes the transfer of industries in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Economic Belt internally, and relies on the seaside economy to deeply participate in China-ASEAN cooperation externally. It is an important support area for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road".
The blue book states that Guangxi is not only an important part of the pluralistic integration of Chinese culture, but also a vivid practice field for ethnic integration and cultural innovation. In recent years, through a series of innovative practical explorations, Guangxi has made remarkable achievements in inheriting and carrying forward China's excellent traditional culture, solidly promoting the cause of national unity and progress, and building a platform for cultural exchanges and mutual learning.
"The concept of political unification, economic unity and struggle for prosperity and development, cultural co-construction, sharing and Chinese cultural identity, and social intermingling and mutual help are important factors in promoting the integrated development of all ethnic groups in Guangxi." The blue book pointed out that in the new era, Guangxi continues to use diversified practices to promote the expansion and deepening of exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups.
For example, in terms of cultural tourism, Guangxi has launched the "Tourism to Promote Exchanges, Exchanges and Integration Plan of Various Ethnic Groups - Gui Zai Action", combining its own advantageous resources to launch distinctive themed tourism products, integrating cultural content, cultural symbols, and cultural stories into tourism products and routes. In terms of community practice, Guangxi has promoted the work of building a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation through measures such as establishing a liaison station for National People's Congress representatives working with overseas Chinese, creating a "Home for Overseas Chinese" platform, and establishing a diversified resolution center for overseas Chinese-related disputes.
The blue book points out that the entire region of Guangxi has gradually formed a pattern of ethnic work under the unified leadership of the party committee, management by the government in accordance with the law, the United Front Department taking the lead in coordination, the ethnic work department performing its duties, all departments working together, and the whole society participating. The measures are solid, distinctive, and bright. It has achieved extremely significant results in economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, and ecological civilization construction.
