A Study on Multi-Ethnic Economic Collaboration in the Development of Local Specialty Industries: A Case Study of the Sheep Industry in Jingyuan County

Abstract

Based on the case of the sheep industry in Jingyuan County, this paper studies the division of labour and cooperation between the Hui and Han ethnic groups in the chain of the sheep industry. It is the basic virtuous cycle mechanism of "division of labour - integration - mutual trust". Due to the difference in resource endowments, the Hui and Han ethnic groups have set up a complementary division of labour in improved breed breeding, breeding and disease control, slaughtering and sales. Resource recycling and technology sharing have promoted deep economic integration, and as a result, the cultural trust among the people has developed from basic tolerance and shared rule-making to emotional identification. Thus, Fei Xiaotong's theory of the "pattern of diversity in unity of the Chinese nation" can be applied in practice, and it has also served as an excellent model for implementing rural revitalization and building a Chinese national community in multi-ethnic areas.