Inner Mongolia promotes national unity and builds a solid sense of the Chinese nation’s community through culture, sports and intertwined development

Cultural identity is the root of national unity and the soul of national harmony. In recent years, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has focused on building a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, deeply engaged in the construction of a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation, and promoted extensive exchanges, comprehensive exchanges, and in-depth integration among people of all ethnic groups.

The second Hemei Rural Air Volleyball Invitational Tournament of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region concluded recently in Otok Qianqi. Hundreds of players from various league cities across the region competed on the field to practice their skills and enhance friendship. Angsu Town, Otokqian Banner, has always been known as the "Prairie Volleyball Town". The permanent population of Aungsu Town is less than 8,000, but more than 5,000 people participate in volleyball. Farmers and herdsmen have spontaneously formed 49 volleyball teams, and the entire flag holds more than 400 volleyball events of various types every year.

Shao Sili, deputy director of the Education and Sports Development Center of Etuoke Qian Banner: In Etuoke Qian Banner, the Prairie Village Platoon has grown into a unique cultural and sports IP, which is an important link for people of all ethnic groups to live together, learn together, build and share together, and work together for fun.

In Wushen Banner, Ordos City, the Morinouqin Symphony Orchestra uses music to build a carrier for exchanges and blending of various ethnic groups. The orchestra innovatively integrates Mongolian characteristic instruments such as morinouqur, horse shoe drum, milk bucket drum, and tobshur with brass, woodwind, and percussion to form a unique artistic style that interweaves tradition and modernity. He has appeared on the stages of the National Center for the Performing Arts and the Central Opera House.

Teniger, director of the Wushen Banner Morinouqin Symphony Orchestra: We carry out artistic creation and interpretation based on the excellent traditional Chinese culture. Let people of all ethnic groups continue to enhance their cultural identity and enhance emotional integration while sharing the achievements of China's excellent traditional culture.

Gather synergy for development

Build a happy home together

People's livelihood and well-being are the common expectations of people of all ethnic groups and are also an important yardstick for measuring happiness index. Based on the regional reality of multi-ethnic settlements and multi-cultural integration, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will promote the in-depth integration of the inter-embedded development of people of all ethnic groups and the stabilization of employment and people's livelihood.

Through high-quality development of ethnic regional economies and consolidating the material foundation, it not only enhances the sense of gain and happiness of people of all ethnic groups, but also forges a strong sense of the Chinese nation's community in their common struggle.

In Ordos, in response to problems such as difficulty in employment and integration of migrant farmers and herdsmen in cities, the local government has built a "co-living and working together" inter-embedded platform, integrating more than 8,000 migrant farmers and herdsmen into the urban construction and development system, developing local and nearby jobs on a regular basis, accurately carrying out vocational skills training, and improving the income feedback mechanism to benefit the people, helping farmers and herdsmen achieve a stable increase in income at "doorsteps" and enhance the people's identity as "city builders". Over the past three years, a total of 304 "relief-for-work" projects have been implemented locally, with an output value exceeding 90 million yuan, helping more than a thousand farmers and herdsmen achieve long-term and stable income increases.

Baoyin Dalai, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Habagexi Street, Kangbashi District, Ordos City: Now we have developed and produced more than 180 kinds of handmade works, and set up 4 offline sales points. At the same time, we are exploring new online live broadcast models to bring goods to our homes, so that employment services can be provided without blind spots and fully covered, so that people can move, live stably, and get rich.

In Alxa Right Banner, the women's border guard team silently guards the 45.25-kilometer border. Since their establishment in 2023, they have taken root in the Gobi desert, carried out border inspections, hidden danger inspections, and built a strong border security defense line. At the same time, they have focused on the needs of the people in pastoral areas, provided convenient services, material assistance and other heart-warming services, built a bridge between the police and the people, and become a benchmark team for national unity and security construction in border areas.

In recent years, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has promoted the national unity and progress leading project throughout the region. The region has created a total of 116 national demonstration units for national unity and progress, built 2,810 demonstration sites for outstanding achievements, and cultivated more than 1,200 inter-embedded model communities; more than 5,000 youth exchange activities are carried out every year, covering nearly 1 million teenagers of all ethnic groups. Forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation is transforming into a vivid practice of the unity and struggle of people of all ethnic groups in Inner Mongolia.