我国有22个人口在10万以下的少数民族。这些民族在社会经济发展、教育卫生事业、基础设施建设等方面处在相对落后的地位,也是“两基”攻坚中的重点、难点。为了全面提高人口较少民族地区人民群众的整体素质,促进当地经济、社会协调发展,深入贯彻《国务院关于深化改革加快发展民 My country has 22 ethnic minorities with a population of 100,000 or less. These ethnic groups are relatively backward in terms of social and economic development, education and health undertakings, and infrastructure construction. They are also the key and difficult points in the “two bastions” of tackling hardships. In order to comprehensively improve the overall quality of the people in less populated areas and promote the coordinated development of local economy and society, thoroughly implement the guideline of the State Council on Deepening Reform,