本文对我国民族问题在西部大开发中的发展趋势作了分析。文章认为 ,我国现阶段民族问题的基本属性以非对抗性的矛盾为主 ,以发展中的矛盾为主。这一矛盾属性不会在西部大开发中发生改变 ,但既有的一些民族问题的内容将会发生程度不同的变化 ,即东西部发展差距拉大的趋势将得到逐步遏制 ;民族自治权利不够完善和政策滞后的问题将得到逐步解决 ;经济利益矛盾将增多 ,文化纠纷将持续存在 ;民族分裂主义活动将持续存在 ,但规模和影响将受到遏制 ;民族传统文化将受到较大冲击 This article analyzes the development trend of our nationality in the western development. The article holds that the basic attributes of the ethnic issue in our country at this stage are dominated by non-confrontational contradictions and the contradictions in development are the main ones. This contradictory attribute will not change in the course of developing the western region. However, the contents of some existing ethnic issues will undergo different degrees of change. The trend of widening the gap between the eastern and western regions will be gradually checked. The national autonomy is not perfect enough. And the policy lag will be gradually resolved. The conflicts between economic interests will increase and cultural disputes will persist. Ethnic separatist activities will persist, but their scale and impact will be checked. Ethnic traditional culture will be greatly affected.