BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China (CPC), will publish a commentary Thursday stressing that the country's unity is in the "ultimate interests" of people of all ethnic groups.

"As a country of multiple nationalities, the idea of national unity is the basic foundation for the safety of all ethnic people, and it is also the great power that keeps Chinese civilization going on and on," the commentary says.

"In the face of ethnic separatists both in Tibet and Xinjiang, the Chinese government, people of all ethnic groups and overseas Chinese all showed their firm belief in unity, which is a common tradition that has developed over thousands of years