党的十六届五中全会提出建设社会主义新农村这个重大战略以来,在全社会产生了热烈反响,引起了广泛关注。民族地区占我国国土面积的64%,在经济、社会、文化各方面都具有比较突出的特点,民族地区的社会主义新农村建设成为很多读者十分关心的问题。为此,本刊记者采访了国家民委主任李德洙。 Since the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee proposed the major strategy of building a new socialist countryside, it has generated a warm response in the whole society and attracted wide attention. Ethnic areas account for 64% of China’s total land area and have prominent features in all aspects of economy, society and culture. The construction of a new socialist countryside in ethnic areas has become a topic of great concern to many readers. To this end, the reporter interviewed Li Dezhu, director of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission.