Research on the Countermeasures for Rural Revitalization of the Ethnic Minorities in Border Areas A Case Study of Heihe City in Heilongjiang Province

Heihe City in Heilongjiang Province is a major inhabited area of the northern minorities, including 7 ethnic townships and 74 ethnic villages, where 38 ethnic minorities such as Manchu, Daur, Oroqen, Ewenki, and Russian live, with a population of nearly 70,000. To promote the minority rural revitalization in border areas, it is necessary to do the following practices: conform to the basic spirit of the Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Implementing the Strategy of Rural Revitalization, accurately grasp General Secretary Xi Jinping's requirements of "Three Generals and One Guarantee", and do a good job in top-level design; build a new mechanism for the development of minority rural industries in the border areas, solidly promote the revitalization of ethnic minority rural industries in the border areas; do a good job in the innovation of carrying forward and inheriting minority cultures in the border areas, inherit the rural civilization and solidly promote the cultural revitalization of ethnic minority villages in the border areas; implement the new development concept, to “conserve” lush mountains, promote green development and solidly promote the revitalization of rural ecology; "firmly build" fortress, solidly promote the revitalization of ethnic minority villages in the border areas, lead in developing the border areas and enriching the people; implement targeted poverty alleviation. Keywords—rural revitalization of minority in border areas; countermeasures; discussion