“少数民族之间也相互离不开”一语 ,赋予中国民族关系新的内涵。本文认为 ,各少数民族间的血缘连结和中国特殊的自然环境是其产生的坚实基础 ;两千多年的中国民族关系发展史是其量变的积累过程 ;鸦片战争后发生质变 ,质变完成的决定力量是中国共产党领导的新民主主义革命及其科学的、彻底的民族纲领 The phrase “minorities are also inseparable from each other” gives the new connotation of the ethnic relations in China. This article argues that the blood ties between ethnic minorities and China’s special natural environment are the solid foundations for its emergence. The history of the development of ethnic relations in China over 2000 years is the accumulation process of its quantitative changes. The qualitative change and the qualitative change after the Opium War The strength is the new-democratic revolution led by the CPC and its scientific and thorough national program