A senior Chinese official said on July 27 the government's policies on ethnic affairs are "on the right track" and have helped create conditions for equality, unity and common prosperity among the country's different ethnic groups.
Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Luis Alberto Vargas, the president of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), in Beijing, China, July 26, 2009.
Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, made the remark in his meeting with Luis Alberto Vargas, the President of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), who is in China to attend The 16th IUAES World Congress held in China southwest province Yunnan.
Jia said the living standards of the ethnic groups were rising steadily and their political, economic and cultural rights were well safeguarded.
