Issues of the Formation of National Minorities in the Inner Mongolia of China

Goals. The article aims to give a brief overview of the development of education of national minorities in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region from 1949 to the present. The Inner Mongolia is the first national autonomy in the China and has historical, political, cultural and educational significance. Materials and methods. The issue is based on the analysis of official data, the results of scientific research by Russian, Chinese and foreign scholars. In our research, we relied on a systems approach and used general scientific and special methods. For example, problem-chronological, historical-comparative, historical-anthropological methods. Results. The main approaches to the implementation of the national policy of the Communist Party of China in the middle of the 20th century were determined. The authors are given a brief description of the cultural and educational situation in the Inner Mongolia in the last century. The major changes in national policy since the start of the reform and opening-up period were identified. The final part provides a description of the main parameters for the development of education of national minorities in the context of achieving the centenary goal put forward by the Communist Party of China and Xi Jinping by 2049.