民族贸易是指我国少数民族之间、少数民族同其他民族之间所发生的商品交换活动的总和,是商品流通在少数民族地区的特殊表现形式。它包括少数民族地区的国内贸易、边境贸易和对外贸易。特别地,由于我国民族地区一般都地处中西部较不发达的省市,农业仍然是这些地区的主体产业,农产品贸易因而显得更为重要。吉首大学王兆峰教授、张海燕副教授合著的《民族地区 National trade refers to the sum of commodity exchange activities among ethnic minorities, ethnic minorities and other ethnic groups in our country and is a special manifestation of the circulation of commodities in ethnic minority areas. It includes domestic trade, border trade and foreign trade in minority areas. In particular, since ethnic regions in our country are generally located in the less developed provinces and municipalities in the central and western regions, agriculture remains the dominant industry in these regions and trade in agricultural products therefore becomes even more important. Jishou University Professor Wang Zhaofeng, Associate Professor Zhang Haiyan co-authored the “ethnic areas.”