Law of the People's Republic of China on Regional National Autonomy.
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This Law of the People's Republic of China on Regional National Autonomy is formulated in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China. Regional national autonomy is the basic policy adopted by the Communist Party of China for the solution of the national question in China; it is a basic political system of the State.
The Law consists of 7 Chapters: I. General Provisions; II. Establishment of National Autonomous Areas and the Structure of the Organs of Self-Government; III. The Power of Autonomy of the Organs of Self-Government; IV. The People's Courts and People's Procuratorates of National Autonomous Areas V. Relations Among Nationalities Within a National Autonomous Area; VI. Responsibilities of State Organs at Higher Levels; VII. Supplementary Provisions.
Regional autonomy shall be practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities. National autonomous areas shall be classified into autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties (art.2). On the principle of not contravening the Constitution and the laws, the organs of self-government of national autonomous areas shall have the power to adopt special policies and flexible measures in the light of local conditions to speed up the economic and cultural development of these areas (art.6). The state and the people's government at a higher level should give more support to the poverty-stricken areas in the national autonomous areas in terms of finance, materials, technology and talents, so as to help the poverty-stricken people get rid of poverty as soon as possible and achieve a well-off society (art.61). The self-government organs of ethnic autonomous areas set up public ethnic primary schools and ethnic middle schools with boarding and stipends mainly for ethnic minority pastoral areas and economically difficult ethnic minority mountainous areas to ensure that students attending compulsory education complete their studies (Art.37).
The Law consists of 7 Chapters: I. General Provisions; II. Establishment of National Autonomous Areas and the Structure of the Organs of Self-Government; III. The Power of Autonomy of the Organs of Self-Government; IV. The People's Courts and People's Procuratorates of National Autonomous Areas V. Relations Among Nationalities Within a National Autonomous Area; VI. Responsibilities of State Organs at Higher Levels; VII. Supplementary Provisions.
Regional autonomy shall be practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities. National autonomous areas shall be classified into autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties (art.2). On the principle of not contravening the Constitution and the laws, the organs of self-government of national autonomous areas shall have the power to adopt special policies and flexible measures in the light of local conditions to speed up the economic and cultural development of these areas (art.6). The state and the people's government at a higher level should give more support to the poverty-stricken areas in the national autonomous areas in terms of finance, materials, technology and talents, so as to help the poverty-stricken people get rid of poverty as soon as possible and achieve a well-off society (art.61). The self-government organs of ethnic autonomous areas set up public ethnic primary schools and ethnic middle schools with boarding and stipends mainly for ethnic minority pastoral areas and economically difficult ethnic minority mountainous areas to ensure that students attending compulsory education complete their studies (Art.37).
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Original title
中华人民共和国民族区域自治法.