党的十六届五中全会提出了建设社会主义新农村的目标。民族地区社会主义新农村的建设,是我国社会主义新农村建设的一项重要任务,也是构建社会主义和谐社会的必然要求。由于我区少数民族人口集中分布在农村牧区,因而必须把新农村新牧区的建设 The Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee put forward the goal of building a new socialist countryside. The building of a new socialist countryside in a minority area is an important task for the building of a new socialist countryside in our country and is also a necessary requirement for building a harmonious socialist society. As the minority population in our district is concentrated in rural pastoral areas, we must integrate the construction of new rural pastoral areas