党的十六大提出了全面贯彻“三个代表”重要思想的任务 ,表达了对党和国家各项工作的新要求。民族工作是我们党和国家的重要工作内容之一 ,直接关系到维护国家的统一、推动各族人民共同发展和实现中华民族伟大复兴的大计。因此 ,民族工作坚持以“三个代表”重要思想为宗旨 ,是 The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward the task of fully implementing the important thinking of the ’Three Represents,’ and expressed new requirements for various tasks in the Party and the state. National work is one of the important tasks of our party and our country and is directly related to the plan of safeguarding the unification of the country and promoting the common development of all ethnic groups and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Therefore, the national work upholds the important thinking of the ’Three Represents as its purpose and is