党的十一届三中全会以来,群众性创建民族团结进步事业的活动逐步在全国各地广泛开展,涌现出许多自觉维护民族团结的先进集体和先进人物。1988年4月25—29日,在全国各地广泛深入地开展民族团结表彰大会活动的基础上,国务院在北京隆重召开了新中国建立以来第一次全国民族团结进步先 Since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, the mass activities to establish a cause of national unity and progress have been gradually carried out throughout the country and many advanced collectives and advanced persons who voluntarily defend national unity have emerged. On April 25-29, 1988, on the basis of conducting the extensive and in-depth activities of national unity and commendation in various parts of the country, the State Council solemnly held the first national unity and progress in the new China since its establishment in Beijing on April 25-29.