乌兰夫对我国民族区域自治制度的创立和发展贡献卓著。他是第一个省级自治区——内蒙古自治区的创建者和领导者,民族区域自治制度的主要推行者和长期实践者,民族区域自治法起草工作的卓越领导者和内容的总设计者,宣传民族区域自治法的组织者和身体力行者,民族区域自治经验的总结者和理论的权威阐释者。 Ulanhu made outstanding contributions to the establishment and development of the system of ethnic regional autonomy in our country. He is the first provincial autonomous region - the founder and leader of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the chief promoter and long-term practitioner of the system of ethnic regional autonomy, the outstanding leader in the drafting of the law of ethnic regional autonomy and the chief architect of the content. The organizers and practitioners of the law of regional autonomy, the summing-up of the experience of autonomy in ethnic regions and the authoritative interpreter of theory.