云南是我国少数民族种类最多的省份,有25个世居少数民族,其中16个民族跨境而居。解放前,少数民族人口占全省总人口的40%,分布在全省各地,形成了各民族大杂居、小聚居的状况。由于历史、地理、自然环境、民族特性等原因,各少数民族社会经济发展极不平衡,分别处于原始公社制、奴 Yunnan is the most ethnic province in China with 25 ethnic minorities living in it. Among them, 16 ethnic groups live cross-border. Before liberation, the minority population accounted for 40% of the province’s total population, distributed throughout the province, forming a large mixed-race, small settlement of all ethnic groups. Due to historical, geographical, natural environment and national characteristics, the social and economic development of ethnic minorities is extremely uneven. They are in the primitive commune system, slaves