On Xinjiang-governing Guidelines At The Second Xinjiang Work Seminar Of The State Council

As a border area with the inhabitance of different ethnic groups and the existence of different religious beliefs in the mainland China, Xinjiang manifests the posture of the integration and coexistence of multiple ethnic groups, and the characteristic of the inclusiveness of different cultures in the long-standing history. Particularly speaking, as the strategic defense of the northwest border area in China since the founding of new China, Xinjiang has played the role as an important portal of the opening towards the west and a crucial strategic base of resources. The Party and the state have persistently attached utmost importance to the stability and development of Xinjiang. In accordance with the practical situation of Xinjiang in different stages, they have implemented a series of major strategic decisions of promoting the development of Xinjiang. The second Xinjiang Work Seminar of the State Council is taken as the starting point in this paper, in which the central government’s new guidelines of governing Xinjiang are interpreted and analyzed. It is hoped that the new guidelines of governing Xinjiang at the second Xinjiang Work Seminar of the State Council can be comprehended and intensively explored. Furthermore, some suggestions in the layer of execution are proposed, hoping to offer suggestions to realize the social stability and long-term political stability of Xinjiang.The second Xinjiang Work Seminar of the State Council was convoked from May 28 to May 29, 2014. It provided important strategic deployment in the direction of development in the present and the following stage in Xinjiang, and pointed out the direction of implementing social stability and long-term political stability of Xinjiang. It was proposed that the essential question confronting Xinjiang was still national unity. A series of major measures, such as giving priority to stability, facilitating religious harmony, reinforcing infrastructure construction, improving the people’s livelihood energetically, enhancing national identity and continuing to promote corresponding Xinjiang-supporting program, were proposed to picture the development of Xinjiang.The method of combining theory with practice is applied in this paper, in which Xinjiang-governing guidelines at the second Xinjiang Work Seminar are thoroughly analyzed and unscrambled. First of all, the Party’s guidelines of governing Xinjiang in different stages since the founding of China are reviewed. The guidelines, which inherit and innovate continuously, are consistent with the practical situation of Xinjiang and the fundamental interests of people in different ethnic groups at that time. Secondly, the necessity of convoking the second Xinjiang Work Seminar is elaborated in light of the historical background, the international and domestic background and the current situation. Thirdly, the content of Xinjiang-governing guidelines at the second Xinjiang Work Seminar is intensively unscrambled. Fourthly, the new deployment of Xinjiang-governing guidelines at the second Xinjiang Work Seminar is analyzed. Fifthly, the Xinjiang-governing guidelines are theoretically pondered over. Finally, suggestions of implementing the Xinjiang-governing guidelines at the second Xinjiang Work Seminar are proposed. These suggestions are reinforcing the Party’s guidance; making endeavors to construct harmonious national relations; energetically promoting cultural construction; promoting the religious harmony of Xinjiang.