党的第三代领导集体的民族工作实践贯穿着民族工作与社会经济、政治、宗教、教育等各项工作相统一的思想 ,其中又特别重视处理好民族问题与宗教问题、民族工作规律与教育工作规律的关系。“三个代表”思想不仅为促进少数民族和民族地区的全面发展提供了理论指南和精神源泉 ,也为 2 1世纪中国民族理论和民族工作的发展指明了方向 The national work practice of the third generation of the CPC collective leadership runs through the ideology of integrating ethnic work with various tasks such as social economy, politics, religion and education. In particular, it takes special measures to deal with ethnic issues and religious issues, the law of ethnic work and education The law of work. The “three represents” theory not only provides theoretical guidance and spiritual source for promoting the all-round development of ethnic minorities and ethnic areas, but also points the way for the development of Chinese nationality theory and nationality work in the 21st century