在云南民族关系上,当前最热门的话题,是民族间经济差距越拉越大。我认为:经济差距的拉大,只是一种表面现象,实质上反映了各民族生产力水平上的差距,其中最重要的又是少数民族劳动者素质上的差距,文化技术水平上的差距。而缩小差距的根本途径是发展民族教育,特别是发展有利于直接提高生产力水平和劳动者生产技能的民族教育。教育部门不 The most popular topic in Yunnan’s ethnic relations is the widening gap between the ethnic economies. In my opinion, widening the economic gap is only a superficial phenomenon that essentially reflects the disparity in the productivity of all ethnic groups. The most important of these is the gap in the quality of the ethnic minority laborers and the level of culture and technology. The fundamental way to bridge the gap is to develop ethnic education, especially the development of national education that is conducive to directly raising the level of productive forces and the production skills of workers. Education department not