在今天中国的国家发展中，尤其是在推进边疆治理体系现代化的进程中，边疆治理的地位和意义日渐凸显。可是，纵观中国的边疆治理，虽然取得了巨大的成就，但也面临着严峻的挑战。为此，全面研究古今中外的边疆治理，总结历史上边疆治理的经验和教训，探求创新边疆治理方式的路径，是国家治理和国家发展的必然要求。从这个意义上说，能否实现边疆治理的创新，直接关系到边疆治理的成效，乃至国家治理的水平。（In today China's national development, especially in the process to promote the modernization of the frontier governance system, the status and significance of the frontier governance become increasingly prominent. However, throughout the China's frontier governance, although it has made great achievements, it also confronts serious challenges. Therefore, to comprehensive study the frontier governance at all times and in all over the world, summarize the frontier governance experience and lesson in history, as well as explore the path to innovate the frontier governance pattern will be the inevitable requirement of national governance and national development. In this sense, whether the innovation of the frontier governance can be realized or not is directly related to the effect of the frontier governance and even the level of the national governance.）