When were China’s five autonomous regions established?

The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Government was established on April 23, 1947. The Inner Mongolia People’s Representative Conference was held in Wangye Temple (today’s Ulanhot City). Mongolia, Daur, Ewenki, Han, Manchu, 393 representatives of Hui, Korean and other ethnic groups attended the meeting. The meeting passed a resolution to establish the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Government, which includes Chahar Province, Hinggan Province, and parts of Ningxia Province, Rehe Province, Heilongjiang Province and Suiyuan Province, and elected Ulanhu as the chairman of the autonomous government.

The meeting decided that May 1st of each year would be the anniversary of the establishment of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Government. In November 1949, with the approval of Premier Zhou Enlai of the Government Affairs Council of the Central People's Government, the autonomous government moved to Zhangjiakou.

On March 5, 1958, Guangxi Province was renamed "Guangxi Tong Autonomous Region", and the provincial-level "Guangxi Tong Autonomous Region" was established. In 1965, Qinzhou and Lianzhou were once again included in Guangxi. On October 12 of the same year, with the approval of the State Council, "Guangxi Tong Autonomous Region" was renamed "Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region". Since 1978, the anniversary of the establishment of the autonomous region has been designated as December 11, coinciding with the day when the Chinese People's Liberation Army captured all of Guangxi, Youjiang Soviet Union and the Seventh Red Army was established.

On July 15, 1957, the Fourth Session of the First National People's Congress passed a resolution to establish the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, which was established based on the original administrative area of ??Ningxia Province. On October 25, 1958, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was formally established. The autonomous region governs 2 cities, 1 district, and 17 counties: Yinchuan City, Wuzhong City, Zhongwei County, Zhongning County, Tongxin County, Lingwu County, Yanchi County, Jinji County, Guyuan County, Xiji County, Haiyuan County, Longde County, Jingyuan County.

In 1949, Peng Dehuai's First Field Army of the People's Liberation Army occupied Lanzhou on August 26, and then occupied all of Gansu. Afterwards, through the mediation of Zhang Zhizhong, the military and political chiefs of the National Revolutionary Army in Xinjiang, Tao Zhiyue and Bao Erhan, announced an uprising against the Provisional National Government in Guangzhou. On September 25, the First Corps of the First Field Army, led by General Wang Zhen, captured Urumqi. October 1, 1955 was the founding day of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang has 14 prefectures, prefectures, and cities, and 90 counties (cities), including 34 are border counties (cities).

On May 23, 1951, the Central People's Government and the Tibetan local government signed the "Agreement between the Central People's Government and the Tibetan Local Government on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" (commonly known as the "Seventeen-Article Agreement"). The peaceful liberation of Tibet. On February 9, 1955, the seventh plenary session of the State Council passed the "Decision of the State Council on the Establishment of the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region."

On April 22, 1956, the Tibet Autonomous Region Preparatory Committee held its founding meeting in Lhasa and was officially established. The Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso serves as the chairman, Panchen Erdeni Chokyi Gyaltsen serves as the first deputy chairman, and Zhang Guohua serves as the second deputy chairman. Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme served as Secretary-General.

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In China, all ethnic groups are equal. Regardless of their population, economic and social development level, customs and religious beliefs, they are all part of the Chinese nation and have equal rights. status, enjoy the same rights and perform the same obligations in accordance with the law in all aspects of national and social life, and oppose all forms of ethnic oppression and ethnic discrimination.

National unity refers to the harmony, friendship, mutual assistance, and unity of various ethnic groups in social life and interactions. National unity requires that on the basis of opposing ethnic oppression and ethnic discrimination, we must maintain and promote unity among and within various ethnic groups. People of all ethnic groups should work together to jointly promote the development and prosperity of the country, oppose ethnic divisions, and safeguard national unity. .

The Chinese government has always believed that ethnic equality is the premise and foundation of ethnic unity. Without ethnic equality, ethnic unity will not be achieved; ethnic unity is the inevitable result of ethnic equality and is the key to promoting the true equality of all ethnic groups. Assure.

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