民族和睦的法学思辨——从民族区域自治看中国宪法的政治基础

＂民族區域自治制度＂是中國憲法中的重要制度，它與中國共産黨領導下多黨合作制、全國人民代表大會制和＂一國兩制＂一道構成了中國特色社會主義憲政的制度基礎，并展現出中國憲法與其他國家憲法不同的風貌。但要理解這一憲政制度，必須理解中國憲政的政治哲學基礎以及中國文明形成的歷史傳統。

Review of Political Basis of China＇s Constitution from Perspective of Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities

According to the thoughts of Leninism, national equality will inevitably lead to national self-determination. The Communist Party of China （CPC） also stuck to the policy of national self-determination in the early years following its establishment. But later, China did not embark on the path of forming a federal republic on the basis of national self-determination as adopted by the former Soviet Union. Instead, China adopted the system of regional autonomy for ethnic minorities, which was to a great extent determined by China＇s histodcal and present traditions. In 1957, late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai （1898-1976）, in talking about China＇s adoption of the system of regional autonomy for ethnic minorities in Regional Autonomy Beneficial to National Unity and Common Progress, pointed out： ＂The situation of China is quite different from that of the Soviet Union. In China, ethnic Han Chinese constitute a large population, but they live in small areas of land. Meanwhile, ethnic minodty groups constitute a small population,