一、社会主义初级阶段民族地区的主要矛盾是人民日益增长的物质文化需要同落后的社会生产之间的矛盾我国少数民族聚居区大都地处边疆,自然条件较差,经济文化相对落后。在社会主义时期,根本问题是加快发展,逐步缩小和消除与较发达地区在经济发展上的差距,实现各民族的共同繁荣。社会主义初级阶段,阶段斗争无疑会在一定范围内长期存在,也可能与民族、宗教问题交织在一起,形成复杂局面。但在一般情况下,主要矛盾不是 I. The main contradiction in the ethnic minority areas in the primary stage of socialism is the contradiction between the growing material and cultural needs of the people and the backward social production. Most of the ethnic minorities inhabited in China are located in the frontier with poor natural conditions and relatively backward economy and culture. In the socialist period, the fundamental issue is to speed up development, gradually narrow and eliminate the gap with the more developed regions in economic development, and bring about the common prosperity of all ethnic groups. The initial stage of socialism and stage struggle will undoubtedly exist for a long time to a certain extent. They may also be intertwined with ethnic and religious issues and form complicated situations. But under normal circumstances, the main contradiction is not