The Comparison of Singapore and China' s Ethnic Policy

作为一个东南亚地区以华族为主要人口的多元种族国家,新加坡的种族和谐对其经济、政治的发展具有核心的作用,甚至关乎整个国家的存亡. 而中国则是一个以汉族为主的,拥有56个民族的泱泱大国,其民族和谐一直是政府关心的热点问题. 虽然新加坡规模小,但它是唯一 一个与中国有相似文化和民族构成的国家,因此,对比两国的民族政策对于中国更好地制定民族政策、解决现存问题具有重要的借鉴意义.Being a multi-ethnic society in Southeast Asia with Chinese race as the main population, racial harmony is a crucial factor to the development of Singapore' s economy, politics and even the survival of the en-tire nation. While China is a vast country with majority Han race and in total 56 ethnic groups, ethnic harmony has always been the main focus of the Chinese government. Although Singapore is a small country, it is the only country in the world besides China with majority Chinese population and has similar culture and ethnic structure to China. Therefore, having a comparison of Singapore and China' s ethnic policies will serve as important refer-ences to Chinese policy makers on how to implement better ethnic policies and resolving existing problems.5113-1173