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The "Yihai Alliance 彝海結盟" is the first manifestation and major victory of the Chinese Communist Party's policy of ethnic minority in practice, adding the most glorious stroke to the miraculous Long March.In the process of passing through an area of Yi people, the Red Army of the Workers and Peasants of China proposed: "The Red Army of the Chinese workers and peasants, the emancipation of small and weak nationalities; all the civilians of the Yi nationality and Han nationality are brothers and compatriots." and "establishes the local government of the Yi people, the management of the Yi people depends on the Yi nationality", etc. It laid a solid foundation for the formulation of national policies and the system of regional ethnic autonomy after the victory of the revolution.

In Yihai country, the Red Army also established the first red arm of ethnic minority areas - Guji (or Guoji) Detachment of the Chinese Red Army of Yi peoples. The alliance has ensured that the Red Army of the Workers and Peasants in China has successfully passed through Liangshan (In southern Xikang). In the extremely difficult circumstances at that time, the Red Army’s main force saved valuable living strength. In Liangshan, there were nearly 10,000 young people of the Yi nationality who participated in the Red Army. The ethnic minorities in Liangshan made great contributions to the victory of the Chinese revolution.