编者按：今年12月11日是广西壮族自治区成立40周年纪念日，在迎接自治区成立40周年大庆之际，对广西40年来特别是改革开放以来的民族工作进行理论上的总结与思考，这是十分必要的，它将为我们面向21世纪做好民族工作起到一定的借鉴作用。本期发表桂中声同志撰写的《新时期广西 Editor’s Note: Dec. 11 this year marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. On the occasion of celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the autonomous region, it is a theoretical summary and reflection on the ethnic work in Guangxi since the reform and opening up over the past 40 years. It is very necessary that it will play a certain reference role in our national work in the 21st century. This issue published by Guizhong Sheng comrades "the new era of Guangxi