The primary and middle school students basketball is a basis of the whole personnel training system of basketball, it can not only enhance the sound development of children＇s physical, but also improve basketball popularization in China, and transport back-up talent for our high level of basketball action. Through the study on the development of basketball in primary and secondary schools of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, this essay can identify the issues affecting the development of basketball in primary and secondary factors, and conduct an overall and systematic analysis, in favor of primary and secondary school students of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang basketball development, and it also has some reference for national basketball development of primary and secondary schools.