湖北利川属武陵山少数民族地区经济社会发展试验区,有土家族、苗族、侗族、壮族等11个少数民族,全市少数民族人口共53.22万人,占全市总人口的59.2%。近年来,利川牢牢把握“共同团结奋斗,共同繁荣发展”的民族工作主题,以抓学习、求团结、树典型、结对子、思稳定、促发展为主线,以深化民族团结进步示范 The Lichuan is a test area for economic and social development in Wuling Mountainous Minority Areas. There are 11 ethnic minorities such as Tujia, Miao, Dong and Zhuang. The minority population of the city is 532,200, accounting for 59.2% of the total population of the city. In recent years, Lichuan has firmly grasped the theme of national work of “common solidarity and common prosperity and development”, and took the study of seeking unity, tree typicalness, twinning, stability and development as the main line to deepen the demonstration of national solidarity and progress