明代,在中央王朝平定云南、加强对西南民族地区统治的过程中,贵州地区的战略地位不断提高,在这样的背景下,明王朝加强了对贵州的统治和经营,并最终于永乐十一年(1413年)将原隶属于云南、四川和湖广行省的地区划出,单独设置了贵州省。贵州行省的建立,不仅奠定了今天滇、川、黔三省行政区划的雏形,稳定了西南民族地区的局势,有利于统一多民族国家的发展,还促进了贵州民族地区的经济社会发展的划时代变迁。 In the Ming dynasty, when the Central Government drew up Yunnan and strengthened its rule over the ethnic areas in Southwest China, the strategic status of Guizhou continued to rise. Under this background, the Ming Dynasty strengthened its rule and management over Guizhou and eventually ended the 11th year of Yongle (1413) set aside the former part of the provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan and Hubei Province, the area set aside, set up a separate Guizhou Province. The establishment of Guizhou Province not only laid the foundation for the administrative divisions of Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces today, stabilized the situation in the ethnic areas in Southwest China, facilitated the development of the multi-ethnic country, and promoted the economic and social development in Guizhou’s ethnic areas Historical changes.