Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,General Secretary Xi Jinping has especially emphasized the co-development of ethnic minorities in China,Chinese nation,and ethnic groups in the world.On the basis of the dialects of historical materialism and China’s traditional ethnic theory,a series of new viewpoints,new arguments,and new theses regarding ethnic issues these days and future have been raised up,and the rich and logical ethnic work thought of Xi Jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristic socialism for a new era has been formed."The new era ethnic thought"is composed of nine parts including ethnic politics,ethnic economics,ethnic culture,rule-of-law of ethnic areas,ethnic unity,ethnic regional autonomy,ethnic ecological civilization,the great rejuvenation of Chinese nation,and community with shared future for humanity.It profoundly answers a series of theoretical and realistic questions regarding peaceful development,co-development,and shared development of ethnic minorities in China,the Chinese nation,and ethnic groups in the world.The new era ethnic thought manifests the Communist Party of China’s courage of theoretical innovation of,quality of advance with the times,and great vision of the Chinese nation striving for constructing community with shared future for humanity.