民族区域自治是我国解决民族问题的基本政治制度。政治要以经济为基础。民族自治地方经济发展了，各族人民生活水平提高了，老百姓得到实惠，民族区域自治制度才具有坚实的基础，民族区域自治的优越性才能充分显示出来。否则，就如邓小平所指出的那样：“实行民族区域自治，不 Regional ethnic autonomy is the basic political system in our country to solve ethnic problems. Politics should be based on economy. With the economic development in the national autonomous areas, the living standards of all ethnic groups have been raised and the common people have gained substantial benefits. Therefore, the system of ethnic regional autonomy has a solid foundation and the superiority of regional ethnic autonomy can be fully demonstrated. Otherwise, as Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "The implementation of regional ethnic autonomy, no