民族乡自主权是一个含义广泛的“权利”概念,由于社会关系中主体地位的不同,表现出权利和权力两种属性。作为权利而言,自主权指民族乡少数民族和民族乡地方获得国家特殊帮助的权利。作为权力而言,自主权指民族乡国家机关(民族乡人民代表大会和民族乡人民政府)依法管理内部事务的权力。 The autonomy of ethnic townships is a concept of “rights” with a wide range of meanings. Due to the different status of subjects in social relations, the autonomy of townships shows the two attributes of rights and powers. As a right, autonomy refers to the special right of the ethnic minorities and ethnic townships to obtain state help. As power, autonomy refers to the power of the state organs (ethnic minority people’s congresses and ethnic township people’s governments) of ethnic national townships to manage their internal affairs according to law.