Abstract: Higher national identification in the frontier regions is conducive to ethnic solidarity, social stability and regional development. However, relatively lagging economic development in these regions, geographical and cultural differences between the frontier and heartland regions, and severe international challenges bring about problems concerning national identification, which not only hinder the governance modernization process of frontier regions, but also undermine national security and frontier stability. Therefore, it is imperative to focus on the overall strategy of national development. This involves strengthening ties through culture, history, law, interests, and honor, and continually enhancing governance capability. Additionally, there is a need to continuously improve governance capability of national identification by strengthening supply capability of mainstream ideology, effectiveness of governance performance, and supply capability of orderliness of governance procedure.

Key words: new era, frontier region, national identification, governance capacity