Yesterday I learned from the provincial government that, in accordance with the spirit of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission's "Reply Letter on the Belonging of the Kemu and Mang People in Yunnan Province to the Bulang Ethnic Group", the provincial government has recently officially approved the relevant requests from the governments of Honghe Prefecture and Xishuangbanna Prefecture, agreeing to

The Mang and Kemu people belong to the Blang tribe.

According to reports, the Mang and Kemu people are two special ethnic minority groups in China.

The Mang people live in Jinping County, Honghe Prefecture, with a population of 681; the Kemu people live in Jinghong City and Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, with a population of 3,291.

Because they have lived deep in the virgin forest for a long time, the Mang and Kemu people live in extreme poverty.

Since May last year, Yunnan Province has fully launched efforts to support the development of the Mang and Kemu people.

According to relevant plans, departments at all levels will invest 160 million yuan within three years to implement 12 projects in terms of infrastructure construction, industrial cultivation and people's livelihood security.

As of the end of April this year, *** had invested 75.73 million yuan in support funds to complete the construction of village roads in many villages, solved the drinking water problem for 1,997 people, helped 263 households build new houses, and completed the conversion of more than 5,000 acres of slopes to terraces and middle roads.

Low-yield fields were renovated, 7 primary schools were built, 19 villages were covered by radio and television, more than 3,000 acres of economic forest were planted, and 1,810 people were included in rural subsistence allowances and rural medical assistance, making the development level of the Mang and Kemu people reach the local medium or above.

In February this year, the National Ethnic Affairs Commission confirmed that the Mang and Kemu people belong to the Blang ethnic group.

For this reason, the provincial government agreed to classify the Kemu and Mang people as the Blang people based on the approval.

Jinping Mang people: Finally feel like returning home Reporter Wang Zonglin At the end of last year, Mang people over 18 years old wrote their names on paper and pressed their fingerprints, hoping to end thousands of years of wandering and recognize their ancestors.

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In mid-April this year, the National Ethnic Affairs Commission finally approved the Mang people’s return to the Blang ethnic group.

Now that the Mang people have found a home, the Jinping County Public Security Bureau is stepping up efforts to help them apply for ID cards.

Yesterday afternoon, Deputy Director Li of the Honghe Prefecture Ethnic Affairs Committee said that 16 years ago, Honghe Prefecture organized experts headed by Professor Yang Lujin to conduct research on the Mang people.

At that time, Professor Yang Lujin discovered that the languages ????of the Mang people and the Kemu people were similar.

With the support of the Jinping County Government, the local government has sent Mang villagers representatives to Mengla and Jinghong in Xishuangbanna Prefecture many times to talk and communicate with the Kemu people.

Most of their languages ??are very similar, and some of their customs are also similar.

The experts then sought the opinions of the Mang people, who agreed to belong to the Blang tribe.

Deputy Magistrate Huang of Jinping County said that after the National Ethnic Affairs Commission approved the issue of the Mang people’s ownership in mid-April this year, the government promptly conveyed the news to the Mang people through the local poverty alleviation working group.

Because the Mang people have not returned to their clan for a long time, they still do not have ID cards, which also brings many problems to them to go out to work and find employment.

After the Mang people returned to their clan, the local government immediately discussed with the public security organs and started to enter information and apply for ID cards for the Mang people over 18 years old.

A Mang teacher said happily on the phone yesterday: "All the Mang people are very happy. After so many years, they finally feel like they are home." At the end of this month, they will move into the new houses built by the government.