世纪之交，以江泽民同志为核心的党中央站在历史和政治的高度，作出了实施西部大开发的战略部署。西部大开发急需大量人才，而少数民族人才的培养又依赖于教育，特别是民族高等教育。西部大开发对民族高等教育提出新的要求，同时也为民族院校的发展创造了良好的机遇。因此，怎 At the turn of the century, the party Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core has made strategic arrangements for the great development of the western region on the historical and political level. The large-scale development of the western region urgently needs a large number of talented people, and the training of minority nationalities relies on education, especially higher education for nationalities. The great development of the western region has set new demands on higher education for ethnic groups and at the same time it has created good opportunities for the development of national institutions of higher learning. So, how