党的十六大强调指出,要全面贯彻党的民族宗教政策,坚持和完善民族区域自治制度,巩固和发展平等团结互助的社会主义民族关系,促进各民族共同繁荣进步。这为兵团做好新形势下少数民族工作,加快少数民族经济发展指明了方向。一、以“三个代表”重要思想为指导,加快兵团少数民族经济发展步伐兵团是由多民族组成的党、政、军、企合一的特殊组织,担负着保卫边疆、建设边疆、繁荣边疆、巩固边防的历史重任。作为自治区的重 The 16th CPC National Congress emphasized that it is necessary to fully implement the party’s national and religious policies, uphold and improve the system of regional ethnic autonomy, consolidate and develop the socialist ethnic relations based on equality, solidarity and mutual assistance, and promote common prosperity and progress among all ethnic groups. This pointed out the direction Corps made in handling the work of ethnic minorities in the new situation and speeding up the economic development of ethnic minorities. I. Guided by the important thinking of the ’Three Represents,’ speeding up the pace of economic development of the minority nationalities in the Corps The Corps is a special organization formed by the multi-ethnic groups of the Party, the government, the army and the one in charge of enterprises and one responsible for defending the frontier areas and building border areas, Prosperity of the frontier, consolidate the historical task of border defense. As the weight of the autonomous region