Ethnic Autonomous Areas, The Financial Autonomy

In China, Regional national autonomy means that the minority nationalities, under unified state leadership, practice regional autonomy in areas where they live in concentrated communities and set up organs of self-government for the exercise of the power of autonomy. Regional national autonomy embodies the state's foll respect for and guarantee of the right of the minority nationalities to administer their internal affairs and its adherence to the principle of equality, unity and common prosperity for all its nationalities.The organs of self-government of national autonomous areas shall have the power of autonomy in administering the finances of their areas. Financial autonomy has played an enormous role in giving foll play to national autonomies. It is the economic basis of regional national autonomy. Without the guarantee of finance, any other autonomy will not easily be realized.With the reform and open system, people in national autonomous areas have made great achievement under state's support. But there are still many problems in practicing financial autonomy. According to the requirement of Development in Western China, the state should gradually support the equal common services to all the regions. It gives us a new topic on research of financial autonomy.This thesis introduces the basic theory on financial autonomy,analyses the actuality of implementing financial autonomy, points the main problems, and finally concludes the advice for improving national financial autonomy.