They believe they are an important foundation in maintaining social stability, long-term peace and security in ethnic regions.
[5] In addition to ethnic groups, religious adherents and prison inmates are to be guided toward the five identifications.
[6] At the Second Central Work Conference on Xinjiang held in Beijing in May 2014, Xi Jinping "emphasized the need to firmly establish the correct views of the motherland and ethnicity among all ethnic groups, promote the socialist core values and the socialist core values system, enhance the identification of all ethnic groups with the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, and the socialist path with Chinese characteristics.
It is necessary to strengthen ideological and political work, create a positive social atmosphere, and guide people of all ethnic groups to pursue a modern civilized life.
"[12] A revised version of the United Front Work regulations were published in 2021, with the word "trial" removed from the title.