在“三个代表”重要思想中 ,“代表中国先进生产力的发展要求”这一条对巩固社会主义的民族关系具有指导意义。马克思、恩格斯曾讲 :“各民族之间的相互关系取决于每一个民族的生产力、分工和内部交往的发展程度。”这是马克思主义创始人对民族关系和生产力之间关系的经典表述 In the important thinking of the ’Three Represents,’ the article on “Representing the Requirements of the Development of Advanced Productive Forces in China” is of guiding significance in consolidating the ethnic relations in socialism. Marx and Engels once said: “The interdependence of peoples depends on the degree of development of each nation’s productivity, division of labor and internal contacts.” This is a classic expression by Marxist founders about the relationship between ethnic relations and productive forces