Regional autonomy for ethnic minorities means that under the unified leadership of the state regional autonomy is practiced in areas where people of ethnic minorities live in concentrated communities ; in these areas organs of self - government are established for the exercise of autonomy and for people of ethnic minorities to become masters of their own areas and manage the internal affairs of their own regions 中国的民族区域自治是在国家的统一领导下，各少数民族聚居的地方实行区域自治，设立自治机关，行使自治权，使少数民族人民当家作主，自己管理本自治地方的内部事务。
