本文对“八五”期间贵州民族地区在推进改革开放、发展社会经济文化、提高人民生活水平、促进民族团结等方面所取得的实绩进行了全面的总结，分析了贵州民族地区经济发展所存在的差距及制约因素，进而指出要加快民族地区的发展，必须深化对社会主义市场经济条件下发展民族地区经济的特殊性、国家扶持和自力更生的相互关系、民族地区加快发展的有利条件和潜力等方面的认识。 This article comprehensively summarizes the achievements made by Guizhou’s ethnic regions in advancing the reform and opening up, developing the social economy and culture, raising the living standard of the people and promoting national unity during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period. It analyzes the existing problems in the economic development in Guizhou Minority Areas Then, it points out that in order to speed up the development of the minority areas, we must deepen the particularity of the economic development in ethnic minority areas under the socialist market economy, the mutual relations between state support and self-reliance, the favorable conditions and potential for accelerated development in ethnic areas Understanding.