黨的十八代以來,以習近平為核心的黨中央在汲取歷史經驗的基礎上,在國家和社會事業的急劇變革中,形成了新時代中國特色社會主義民族理論。這一理論既是對馬列主義、毛澤東思想、鄧小平理論、"三個代表"重要思想和科學發展觀的繼承和發展,更是馬克思主義民族理論的新飛躍。這一理論具有鮮明的理論、道路、制度和文化特色,為馬克思主義民族理論增添新內容,增強了馬克思主義民族理論的生命力,注入了民族發展的新動力,明確了民族工作的歷史方位,為多民族國家解決民族問題、發展民族事業提供了中國方案。

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core has formed the national thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in a new era on the basis of historical experience and according to the drastic changes of the state and social development. This thought is not only the inheritance and development of Marxism,Leninism,Mao Zedong’s thoughts,Deng Xiaoping’s theory,the important thought of three representatives and the scientific concept of development,but also a new development of Marxist national theory. With its distinctive theoretical,road,system and cultural characteristics,this theory is of great significance and has enhanced the vitality of Marxist national theory by adding new contents and new motivation for ethnic work,clarifying historical orientation of ethnic work,and providing the Chinese scheme for the development of national course.