回回民族是中国境外的穆斯林移民群体,包括阿拉伯人、波斯人、突厥人,与中国境内的汉、蒙古、维吾尔等民族成分融合而成的一个稳定的民族共同体。回族及其先民与中国的国际贸易紧密联系,它对中国中古时期封建社会的发展作出了重要贡献,也对回族的萌芽形成与发展和中国伊斯兰教 Hui nationality is a group of Muslim immigrants outside China, including Arabs, Persians and Turks. It is a stable national community formed by the integration of nationalities such as Han, Mongolia and Uyghur in China. The Hui people and their ancestors were closely linked with China’s international trade. They made important contributions to the development of the feudal society in the Middle Ages in China, and also contributed to the formation and development of Hui’s germination and the development of China’s Islam