On May 27, 2005 (April 20, 2005 in the lunar calendar), the Central Ethnic Work Conference and the Fourth National Commendation Conference for Ethnic Unity and Progress. On May 27, 2005, the Central Ethnic Work Conference and the Fourth National Commendation Conference for Ethnic Unity and Progress were held in Beijing. Hu Jintao attended and delivered a speech, pointing out: Ethnic work in the new century and new stage must take the common unity and struggle of all ethnic groups, common prosperity and development as the theme. On the 31st, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting to study and deploy further strengthening ethnic work and accelerating the economic and social development of ethnic minorities and ethnic areas, and reviewed the "Draft Decision of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Further Strengthening Ethnic Work and Accelerating the Economic and Social Development of Ethnic Minorities and Ethnic Areas.