第五次全国民族教育工作会议，今天隆重开幕了。首先，我代表国家民委和教育部向重视、支持民族教育工作的各级党委、政府以及为民族教育的发展，作出贡献的各民族教职员工和社会各界表示最诚挚的慰问和感谢。党和国家历来十分重视民族地区的建设和民族教育事业的发展，并对民 The Fifth National Work Conference on Ethnic Education was grandly opened today. First of all, on behalf of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Ministry of Education, I would like to express my most sincere condolences and gratitude to the party committees and governments at all levels that have attached importance to and support the education for ethnic minorities as well as the staff and workers of various ethnic groups who have contributed to the development of ethnic education and the community. The party and the state have always attached great importance to the construction of ethnic areas and the development of ethnic education,