Minzu is a phonetic expression of"nation"in Chinese,and as a kind of discourse for external publicity in the field of Minzu with Chinese characteristics,its generation has gone through the process from the distinction between Minzu and tribes,to the debate on Minzu Vs.ethnic groups,and to the theory that equates Minzu with nation-state.At present,its domestic practice is mainly seen in the Minzu field and the related use of place name translation,while its foreign practice is mainly found in the relevant use of Chinese Minzu studies and the name translation of Minzu colleges and universities.Although its scope of practice is relatively concentrated,Minzu discourse provides a possibility for the external publicity of innovative Minzu theories and policies of socialism with Chinese characteristics.For the new era,Minzu discourse can be used as a new symbol to strengthen the confidence in the Minzu field in external publicity to achieve value reconstruction,and as a new strategy to tell well the story of the Chinese national community to achieve paradigm reconstruction,so as to push relevant research to a new stage of"interpreting the national community"and establishing the translation for Zhonghua Minzu(Chinese nation).