assistance and prosperity as between nationalities and peoples. In this respect, China in 1988 and 1989 adopted a series of legislative and administrative measures which, taken together, have created a significant impact. 4. On 13 April 1988, the first session of the seventh National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China noted in its Report on the Work of the Government; "It is in the common interest of all nationalities of China to maintain harmony among themselves, and thereby enhance the unity of the mother country. Local governments at all levels must take care to protect the equal rights of minority peoples and to ensure self-government by the national autonomous areas. The schools must emphasize the harmony among peoples so as to develop a new kind of relationship between ethnic groups based on socialist equality, solidarity and mutual assistance." 5. The second session of the seventh National People's Congress adopted its Report on the Work of the Government on 4 April 1989, and the Report emphasized that "during the period of economic adjustment as well as in the entire process of modernization, we must devote our efforts to building up and developing social relations between nationalities based on equality, solidarity and mutual assistance. This is in the most basic interest of all, one without which it would be impossible either to modernize our country or to bring about the common prosperity of our people". 6. The General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Jiang Zeming, in his address on 29 September 1989, at the rally to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic, had this to say: "We must firmly and persistently carry out our programme to ensure the equality, unity and common prosperity of the various nationalities. We must fully trust 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the Chinese government's policies and measures aimed at promoting harmony, equality, and unity among nationalities and peoples, particularly in the context of economic development and modernization. The language used emphasizes the importance of social relations, self-government, and mutual assistance among ethnic groups.

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Education, Humanitarian aid and relief