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

Taking the sheep industry in Jingyuan County as a case study, this research focuses on the practice of division of labor and collaboration between the Hui and Han ethnic groups within the sheep industry chain. It reveals the underlying virtuous cycle mechanism of "division of labor—integration—mutual trust." Based on differences in resource endowments, the Hui and Han ethnic groups form a complementary division of labor in improved breed breeding, breeding and disease prevention, and slaughtering and sales. Through resource recycling and technology sharing, they achieve deep economic integration, which in turn promotes the escalation of cultural mutual trust from basic tolerance and shared rule-making to emotional identification. This not only demonstrates the practical vitality of Fei Xiaotong's theory of "the pattern of diversity in unity of the Chinese nation" but also provides a reference sample with both theoretical and practical value for implementing rural revitalization and building the Chinese national community in multi-ethnic regions.