Cultural Governance Mode of Response Mechanism and National

Identity of Ethnic-Minority Sport Culture Policy

Yunong Wu

The Sport Department of Baise University, Baise, Guangxi, 533000, China

Keywords: Ethnic Minority, Response Mechanism, Cultural Governance, Economic Foundation.

Abstract: As a multi-ethnic country, China still needs to make efforts to strengthen the national identity of each ethnic

and improve specific response mechanism. Thus, a strong sense of belonging and cohesion among all eth-

nics can be ensured to achieve common progress. At present, the economy of ethnic minority areas relative-

ly lags behind other areas, forming a severe contradiction with the urgent desire of development. On such

basis, government departments and local organs of self-government should actively rely on economy to de-

velop cultural governance plans according to local conditions. Therefore, the scientificity and effectiveness

of ethnic work can be ensured, thus promoting the development and prosperity of the whole country.

1 PROBLEMS IN THE

CULTURAL GOVERNANCE OF

ETHNIC MINORITIES

1.1 Relatively Backward Economy of

Ethnic Minority Areas

Since the reform and opening up, the economy and

culture undertakings of ethnic minority areas have

achieved constant development and prosperity,

showing a big change compared with previous

situation. Meanwhile, various preferential policies

have been implemented to ethnic minority areas.

Besides, all ethnic groups in China are working work

hard together for the prosperity of the country,

ensuring the work and policies in ethnic minority

areas implemented step by step. Therefore, the

policy objectives of ethnic equality, unity and

common prosperity become more and more clear.

However, in order to promote economic, political

and cultural prosperity of ethnic minority areas,

more efforts and attention should be paid to the

deficiencies of national governance. Besides,

government should start from the key and difficult

issues to overcome the main contradictions,

optimizing governance level and quality (Chen

Lufang, 2010). Since the economy of ethnic minority

areas is still a key

issue, a solid economic foundation

will directly affect the living quality of ethnic

minority areas as well as the practice of various

ethnic policies.

At present, the economic level of some ethnic

minority areas in China is still lower than national or

regional average level. Although economy in ethnic

minority areas develops rapidly, it still cannot get rid

of relatively backward economic development mode.

As a result, the development of those ethnic minority

areas becomes difficult. Geographic locations and

historical factors of those areas mainly lead to such

difficulties. For example, ethnic minority areas are

mostly featured with fragile ecological environment

and dangerous terrain, directly affecting the

development of agriculture, food and clothing as

well as the economy development modes. Besides,

the transportation that contacts with outside world is

also constrained, making it difficult for minority

people to travel out of the mountains and accept

advanced education and talent trainings. As a result,

it is difficult for ethnic minority areas to smoothly

integrate into modern labor forms and business

activities. Therefore, ethnic minority areas can

hardly develop their regional economies based on

above constraints (Wang Zhaoqian, 2014). Those

factors are reflected in some economic indexes, such

as per capita GDP, per capita total industrial output,

per capita consumption and saving level. In fact, all

those indexes have certain space for improvement.

Therefore, government should make more efforts to

develop Chinese ethnic economy, thus realizing

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ethnic policies of economic and cultural

development in those areas.

1.2 Ethnic People’s Pursuit of Urban

Lifestyle

Human is born with desires and demands that cannot

be ignored. The poor hope to gain wealth through

efforts. The young want to stand out among others

through persistent striving. All sorts of demands

come from the gap and differences between the ideal

and the reality. For a long time, population migration

and people’s persistent self-improvement are all for

the purpose of finding a better living environment,

making a rich life and realizing certain ideal.

Efforts from government, organs of self-government

and all Chinese people are needed to diminish the

gap and differences of development level between

national average and ethnic minority areas. Such

power comes from ethnic people’s yearning of

urbanization and urban lifestyle. Regardless of the

limitation influence of ethnic minority development,

ethnic people all want to get equal education

opportunities, wider choices of professions, and

more chances to know people and fresh things

(Zhang Jing, 2014). Therefore, more and more

young minorities are willing to integrate into the

operation mode of modern society and accept more

advanced society elements. After long-time wars

between nationalities and national integration,

minority people now prefer to walk out of past

activity areas and life circle with the help of national

support policies, convenient information

transmission and efficient transportation. They

gradually adapt to high-efficient and fast-pace urban

life. Meanwhile, the encouragement of local

governments and warm welcome from society also

contribute to the smooth transformation and

management work in ethnic minority areas, which

helps to find a new direction for cultural governance

at the same time.

1.3 Strong Development Demands of

Ethnic-Minority Sport Culture

Chinese ethnic minorities possess a strong cultural

connotation, and these national cultures become

more precious after the long-time historical

precipitation. There are 55 ethnic minorities in

China, among which most ethnics have their own

unique costumes, customs and lifestyles. Some

ethnics still keep their special native spoken and

written languages as well as histories. Chinese

people’s idea of tracing the source is reflected in the

protection and inheritance of those cultural heritages.

Ethnic minorities are keen to make their unique

ethnic culture accepted, respected and protected by

people.

Ethnic-minority culture includes two aspects:

material level and spirit level, both possessing a long

history and high-degree national identity. For

example, grand song of Dong minority is a unique

way of singing in Dong minority area. Originated

from the minority singing form of the Spring and

Autumn period, such singing form generates

harmonious melody through participants’ own

harmony. Grand song of Dong minority once won

widespread praise in the 1986 Paris Autumn Festival

in France. Obviously, these precious ethnic cultures

not only provide profound supports to Chinese

multi-civilization, but also arouse a worldwide

resonance, further proving the saying “of a nation, of

the world”. In addition, people usually have a strong

desire to develop their national sports cause,

especially local traditional sports. Sports cause can

ensure the social stability, national unity and border

security of China. Besides, it can also provide

systematic professional trainings and national-fitness

environment for minority people to maintain good

health and rich amateur cultural life at the same time,

thus forming a strong sense of belonging and

cohesion.

2 CULTURAL GOVERNANCE

MODE OF RESPONSE

MECHANISM AND NATIONAL

IDENTITY OF ETHNIC-

MINORITY SPORT CULTURE

POLICY

2.1 Cultural Governance Necessarily

Relying on Economy

Well-developed regional economy is the foundation

of cultural governance in ethnic minority areas. After

all, the economic basis determines superstructures

such as cultural-governance policies and measures.

Besides, economic foundation provides material

insurance and financial supports for a series of

cultural governance projects. In terms of work

assignments, governments need to control the main

direction of economic construction, and publish

policies conducive to economic construction of

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ethnic minorities. Meanwhile, government personnel

should be meticulous and serious about this work to

make sure those preferential policies accurately

implemented to minorities peoples. For example,

Luoyang Ethnic Affairs Commission in Henan

conducted a comprehensive survey of ethnic-

minority economy, sorting out and summing up the

concrete operation situation of three large-scale

Moslem food enterprises and two ethnic minority

villages. Afterwards, corresponding opinions,

suggestions, development solutions and supporting

policies were developed, laying a solid foundation

for the implementation of following policies.

In addition, China adheres to regional autonomy

of ethnic minorities, so local organs of self-

government also have corresponding rights of

independent development. Thus, national cultural

advantages and characteristics of different regions

and ethnics can be considered to achieve adaptive

and personalized economic development.

Furthermore, local organs of self-government can

take advantage of the special natural resources to

develop ecological economy in the region. Thus,

economic development projects such as

characteristic agriculture and ecological tourism gain

striving power and force through protecting and

restoring the living environment of that area. Once

the industrial chain is formed with certain standard

and scale in ethnic minority areas, it will directly

bring huge economic benefits for the region. With

sufficient funds support, corresponding cultural

governance activities can be implemented smoothly.

Increasing income also promotes the consumptions

of mobile phone and Internet. The development of

information network helps people to quickly

understand current national affairs and policies.

Meanwhile, it also brings convenience for national

governance policies to be spread and understood.

Therefore, various cultural governance activities get

more effective practice channels, strengthening

governance purpose and effects.

2.2 Establishing Response Mechanism

based on Respecting and Protecting

Ethnic Culture

Response mechanism, associated with social,

economic and cultural constructions, is a further

sublimation of government functions. It not only

emphasizes the actual demands of social public, but

also develops clear divisions and regulations for the

treatment methods, response effects and ideas tend

of these demands. However, proper adjustment

should be made to better conform to the special

culture and compatriots emotions of ethnic

minorities when applying response mechanism.

Governments and related staff should firstly carry

out detailed research work in regional governance to

understand its policy and humanistic environment as

well as regional development history of this area,

thus avoiding impractical plans or obstacles in policy

implementation.

Ethnic minorities, as living fossils of human

history evolution in China, play the roles of

enriching Chinese national cultures and forming

magnificent national traditions and features of ethnic

minorities. Torch Festival and Lesser Bairam are two

typical national traditions. Adult Ceremony,

Marriage Customs and Ancestor-Worshipping

Celebration are common ceremonies with ethnic

characteristics. Those ethnic elements, containing

emotional sustenance of ethnic minorities, are the

wisdom crystallization of predecessors. Therefore,

great importance should be attached to those ethnic

elements in specific work. As for the policy response

of culture and sports development in ethnic minority

areas, government should listen to the opinions of

local people and focus on the protection and respect

of national traditional cultures. Meanwhile, measures

and policies that hurt national emotions or do not

conform to local customs and cultures should be

firmly rejected.

Therefore, in order to achieve a “wise” response

mechanism, government should care more about

ethnic minorities and rely on ethnic people.

Meanwhile, it is also important to get a better

understanding of ethnic culture. Furthermore,

general national policies and regulations should be

refined to feasible measures in line with ethnic

emotions and regional environment, thus timely and

effectively meeting economic and cultural needs of

ethnic minority compatriots. Therefore, government

functions can be deepened and renovated through

response mechanism, turning good ideas and starting

points into visible achievements and effects.

2.3 Conducting Cultural Governance of

National Identity based on Local

Conditions

National identity has always been a serious issue

concerning ethnic unity and national prosperity. It

involves people’s recognition level of the country

and sense of belonging. Governments’ efforts on

economic construction and cultural governance in

ethnic minority areas have achieved significant

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effects. Since the founding of the People’s Republic

of China, governments have provided great financial

supports to ethnic minority areas. Especially after the

implementation of the Western Development

Strategy, the fixed assets investment in ethnic areas

has reached 3.0204 trillion RMB during the “Tenth

Five Years” period. Nowadays, characteristic

governance and supports have been implemented

with better plans to help minority people get rid of

poverty and

poor living conditions. In addition to

necessary financial supports, local conditions should

also be considered to further deepen ethnic people’s

national identity. More specifically, government

should analyze specific issues according to local

conditions, applying different measures of economic

construction and cultural governance to different

regions and ethnics. At present, eastern coast regions

are developing faster than western interior areas in

China. Therefore, government brought up a

counterpart support plan—one eastern coast city

supports one ethnic minority area or village through

sharing and transmitting economic resources and

talents. Thus, new development motive force can be

generated in relatively backward minority areas.

Meanwhile, the counterpart support plan also helps

people from two areas to forge deep friendship, thus

enhancing national cohesion and realizing national

unity and common prosperity.

Ethnic groups in China live together over vast

areas while some live in individual concentrated

communities in small areas. Therefore, governance

work should firstly develop an overall planning.

Then, government should come up with specific

plans in accordance with local characteristics after

field investigation of minority settlement areas. For

example, ethnic minorities in southwest area mainly

include Yi, Dong, Dai and Zhuang nationalities.

Most of those ethnic people live in the areas of well-

preserved ecological environment with some

dangerous but important terrains or wonderful

natural landscape. In addition to agricultural

farming, they also live on ecological tourism. Thus,

governments and organs of self-government at all

levels can rely on this form to strengthen traditional

culture of ethnic minorities such as languages,

words, painting, clothing, dancing and other aspects.

It is possible to make profits while protecting ethnic

culture. Such kind of cultural governance mode

combined with local economy enables traditional

cultural governance to effectively integrate with

modern economic operation mode. Meanwhile, it

also provides a certain amount of financial supports

for specific governance projects. Thus, civilization

of minority areas can be protected and retained more

systematically. People’s desire for developing their

own history and culture can be satisfied at the same

time. In return, ethnic people’s emotions and

national identity of the country will also be

improved.

3 CONCLUSIONS

As a multi-ethnic country, China’s governance of

economy and culture in ethnic minority areas is

closely related to domestic development, social

stability, national unity or even the country’s

survival. The cultural governance mode of response

mechanism and national identity needs the guidance

of correct national policy and scientific work

methods. More importantly, the dialectical

relationship between economic foundation and

cultural governance should be well controlled to

make them support and promote each other, ensuring

scientific cultural governance. Scientific

management mode plus joint efforts of all ethnic

groups will eventually contribute to smooth ethnic

development, ethnic unite and common prosperity of

all ethnic groups.

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