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Xi Jinping's Important Propositions on Agricultural Development: A Shining Example of the “Second Integration” Lin Guangbin, Lin Zhiyuan 2026, 60 (8):  5-16.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1287KB) ( )   Xi Jinping's important propositions on agricultural development are a shining example of the “Second Integration”. As an important component of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the latest achievement in the development of Marxist economics of the 21st century, these propositions provide systemic responses to the challenges facing Chinas agriculture, rural areas, and farmers in the new era and set out strategies for their development, and they have guided a series of economic practices in the agricultural and rural spheres in the new era. These propositions not only inherit the fundamental stance, viewpoints, and methods of Marxism, but also resonate intrinsically with the philosophy of agriculture as the foundation, the wisdom of food governance, the strategies of grain governance, and the practice of land governance embodied in Chinas fine traditional agricultural economic thought. Through absorption, transformation, and inheritance, they achieve the creative transformation and innovative development of traditional intellectual resources into modern governance capacity, thereby demonstrating the organic unity of theoretical consciousness, cultural confidence, and practical application. Taking as its core the independent economic knowledge formed in the practice of China's agricultural economic development, and adopting a systemic perspective that integrates food, grain, land, and ecology, this paper explores how Xi Jinping's important propositions on agricultural development inherit and carry forward China's agricultural economic thought, generate development and innovation at the margin, and thus offer a Chinese solution for global agricultural development. Related Articles | Metrics

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“Governance by the Communist Party of China”: Its Formation and Evolution, Theoretical Implications, and Epistemological Significance Geng Huamin, Lin Kaige 2026, 60 (8):  17-26.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1262KB) ( )   “Governance by the Communist Party of China” is a signature concept that serves as the key to understanding why the Communist Party of China possesses such formidable capacity for party governance. The concept originates in the great practice of the Partys leadership of China's revolution, construction, reform, and the new era; it is rooted in the governing wisdom of Chinas fine traditional culture; it absorbs and draws upon the useful achievements of humanitys theories of governance; and it has taken shape amid the vivid practice of exercising full and rigorous selfgovernance over the Party in the new era, giving it deep theoretical origins and a solid practical foundation. As a system of meaning, the concept is composed of such elements as the subject, object, content, method, and effectiveness of governance, and in its creation, it exhibits the distinct features of independent originality, systemic integration, overall generalization, and diversity of discursive resources. It helps deepen the understanding of the miracle of party governance by which “governance by the Communist Party of China” guides “Chinas governance”, and provides a conceptual exemplar of signature significance for constructing the independent knowledge system of the discipline of CPC history and Party building. Related Articles | Metrics

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The Emergence and Evolution of the Communist Party of China's Conception of a “Large Party” Hong Xun 2026, 60 (8):  27-38.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1194KB) ( )   What is a “large party”? Clarifying this question is not only an important entry point for observing the course of the Communist Party of Chinas own development, but also a fundamental prerequisite for answering well the historical question of how to address the unique challenges faced by a large party. The “largeness” of a large party is manifested not merely in the scale of its organization and the size of its membership, but still more in such intrinsic qualities as firmness of political character, loftiness of ideological vision, breadth of perspective and mind, weightiness of historical responsibility, and farreaching global influence. Since its founding, the Partys understanding of its own position as a “large party” has not been achieved at a single stroke; rather, through longterm practice, it has gradually deepened into an understanding of the multiple political, organizational, and ideological elements that a “large party” should possess. Through the cognitive evolution from “a large party of the masses” to “a large political party of the Chinese proletariat”, “a nationwide large party”, “a large party governing a large country”, and “the worlds largest governing party”, the conception of the “large party” has been given scientific shape. Tracing the emergence and evolution of the Partys conception of a “large party”, and revealing the intellectual course by which the Party has come to understand “what a large party is” and “how a large party is to be built”, together with its historical significance, helps us grasp profoundly the inherent laws governing the building and development of Marxist political parties, and thereby provides intellectual support for effectively resolving the unique challenges faced by a large party. Related Articles | Metrics

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The Threefold Premises for the Coordinated Development of Material and CulturalEthical Advancement from the Perspective of the Chinese Path to Modernization Chen Junkun 2026, 60 (8):  39-49.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1163KB) ( )   Promoting the coordinated development of material and culturalethical advancement is a distinctive hallmark and an inherent requirement of the Chinese path to modernization. Reflecting from the perspective of the Chinese path to modernization on the threefold premises for the coordinated development of material and cultural-ethical advancement is of considerable significance. The theoretical premise clarifies the dialectical relationship of “unbalanced unity” between material and culturalethical advancement, and elucidates the conceptual connotations of the two and the logic of their interaction. The historical premise, in light of the stage-by-stage leaps by which the Chinese path to modernization has moved from catching up to keeping pace and on to leading, traces the practical forms and the inherent laws of evolution of the coordinated development of material and culturalethical advancement under different historical conditions. The value premise anchors itself in the fundamental goal of wellrounded human development and provides a normative benchmark for evaluating how effectively material and culturalethical development have progressed together. The three premises respond in turn to the three foundational questions of conceptual definition, historical evolution, and ultimate value orientation, and together build a complete framework of theoretical analysis for understanding the coordinated development of material and culturalethical advancement. Related Articles | Metrics

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Conceptual Differentiation and Research Approaches Regarding the “Independent Knowledge System of the Chinese Path to Modernization” Li Pan, Lin Bohai 2026, 60 (8):  50-59.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1158KB) ( )   Since the major proposition of “China's independent knowledge system” was put forward, the academic community has carried out research on it at multiple levels, across multiple disciplines, and in multiple fields, with the study of the “independent knowledge system of the Chinese path to modernization” being one such strand. At present, existing research has yet to conduct an in-depth differentiation between the “independent knowledge system of the Chinese path to modernization” and concepts such as “China's independent knowledge system” and the “theoretical system of the Chinese path to modernization”, resulting in a degree of conceptual confusion. The “independent knowledge system of the Chinese path to modernization” and “China's independent knowledge system” differ in their essential connotations and problem orientations, while exhibiting unity in their goal orientations, fundamental standpoints, cultural roots, and methods of construction. The “independent knowledge system of the Chinese path to modernization” and the “theoretical system of the Chinese path to modernization” differ in their content elements and formal characteristics, yet the two are mutually constitutive. On the basis of clarifying conceptual connotations and delineating conceptual boundaries, it is necessary to strengthen foundational, theoretical, and comparative research on the independent knowledge system of the Chinese path to modernization, to erect its foundational framework, to expand its academic depth, and to clarify its global coordinates and comparative advantages. Related Articles | Metrics

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Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Labor Theory of Value Xie Fusheng, Guo Ziang, Zhang Chenyue 2026, 60 (8):  60-75.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1375KB) ( )   Generative artificial intelligence (AI) exhibits a level of intelligence that traditional machines do not possess. Does this mean that the labor theory of value is no longer applicable? Generative AI is essentially a probabilistic computational model: it lacks the conscious purposiveness unique to human labor and does not possess unlimited adaptability, and it is the result of a further separation between the conception and execution of human labor. In the real economy, it primarily substitutes for conventional cognitive work, and its application scenarios are confined to industries with a high degree of standardization and relatively fixed workflows. Generative AI activities lack social subjectivity, are not part of abstract social labor, and do not create new value. Generative AI can only gradually transfer the “old value” embedded in itself into new products. The application of generative AI indeed raises individual labor productivity, and departments that adopt it capture value transferred from other departments; these values collectively constitute the source of value for generative AI products. Related Articles | Metrics

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The Logics of the Formation of Ownership and Their Unification: A Historical Materialist Perspective Chen Guangsi 2026, 60 (8):  76-90.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1221KB) ( )   From the standpoint of historical materialism, every society defines the relations of possession over the means of production in a particular manner and by drawing on particular factors, thereby establishing a system of ownership of the means of production, within which the productive forces play the fundamental, determining role. This gives the logics of formation of ownership both diversity and unity. Ownership in classical antiquity and ownership in Western European feudal society followed a logic of formation of “political dominance with the economy embedded within it”, whereas capitalist ownership follows a  logic of “economic domination with politics subordinate to it”. As the negation of the negation of these two, socialist ownership follows a logic of formation of “political guidance with economic coordination”, in which the political logic guides the formation of ownership on the basis of the fundamental nature and the common interests of socialism, while the economic logic, proceeding from the objective requirements of developing the productive forces, coordinates with the political logic to promote the continual adjustment and improvement of ownership. These logics of formation reflect, in different forms, the fundamental and determining role of the productive forces in the formation of ownership, and are therefore unified at root in that determining role; they also reflect, in dialectical motion, the trend toward the socialization of the productive forces, and will therefore ultimately be unified, in the future communist stage, in the mode of motion by which the productive forces unfold in accordance with their own social nature. Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on Constructing the Independent Knowledge System of the Discipline of Ideological and Political Education: Retrospect and Prospect Li Dongpo, Fu Yaoyao 2026, 60 (8):  91-103.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1207KB) ( )   Constructing an independent knowledge system for the discipline of ideological and political education is both an expression of the discipline's own consciousness in responding to the need to bring out its full potential, and an important part of the practice of accelerating the development of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. Around this proposition, the academic community currently presents an overall trend marked by a notable rise in disciplinary consciousness together with the acrosstheboard advance of system construction, the initial formation of a genealogy of concepts together with multidimensional theoretical interpretation, the extensive tapping of resources of all kinds together with a conscious search for cultural roots, the increasingly clear disciplinary boundaries together with the prudent absorption of interdisciplinary resources, and the simultaneous advance of scholarly construction and practical translation. At the level of core issues, researchers have focused on six areas, i.e. examining the disciplines scholarly foundations, clarifying its value implications, reflecting on its essential attributes, analyzing its complex structure, exploring its inner logic, and investigating pathways for its construction, which together define the central problematic of current research. Yet alongside this marked progress, existing research also faces deepseated bottlenecks, including the pressing need to improve the efficiency of knowledge production within the discipline, the insufficient integration of macrolevel structuring with microlevel analysis, the limited depth in uncovering the underlying principles of construction, and the lack of organized collaboration among knowledge producers. To accelerate the advancement toward a systematic and comprehensive  independent knowledge system for the discipline of ideological and political education, it is imperative to adopt holistic thinking, raise disciplinary awareness, adhere to a problem-oriented approach, maintain a creative attitude, and strengthen the building of the academic community, so as to consciously contribute disciplinary wisdom to the process of building a system of knowledge in philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese ethos. Related Articles | Metrics

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On the Discursive Power of Ideological and Political Education Liu Yunbin, Huang Rongsheng 2026, 60 (8):  104-114.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1170KB) ( )   The discursive power of ideological and political education is the comprehensive force fully manifested by the discourse of ideological and political education on the basis of its own inherent attributes, through intersubjective discursive communication, and in the realization of a discursive function directed at transforming the spiritual world of those being educated. Built upon the Marxist thinking on discourse, it gives expression to a lawgoverned understanding of the building of cultural leadership over the course of the Partys centurylong struggle, of the development of the nations communication capacity, and of the practice of discourse in ideological and political education, and it manifests the contemporary value of empowering the building of a strategic communication system with Chinese characteristics, of aiding the distillation of signature concepts in ideological and political education, and of guiding the shaping of a pluralistic discursive landscape in the era of digital intelligence. The discursive power of ideological and political education, in the dimension of discursive attributes, presents itself as discursive authority, discursive competence, and discursive efficacy; in the dimension of discursive interaction, it presents itself as discursive attention, discursive adaptability, and discursive transformability; and in the dimension of discursive function, it presents itself as discursive enlightening power, discursive justificatory power, and discursive continuity power. To practice the discursive power of ideological and political education, we should take the Marxist stance, viewpoints, and methods as the discursive cornerstone, take addressing the questions of China, the world, the people, and the times as the discursive agenda, take explaining the principles thoroughly, clearly, and vividly as the discursive approach, and take enhancing the political, ideological, theoretical, and emotional identification with the Partys innovative theories as the ultimate discursive purpose. Related Articles | Metrics

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Regional Policy in China's Neighborhood Diplomacy: The Logic of Its Emergence and the Transformation of Diplomacy Han Aiyong 2026, 60 (8):  115-126.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1287KB) ( )   In the course of building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries, the introduction of regional policy in Chinas neighborhood diplomacy has given rise to a gradually forming policy system for China's neighborhood diplomacy spanning the macro, meso, and micro levels. Regional policy has been able to emerge because of the overall requirements of building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries, the projection of geopolitical change at the regional level, and a favorable environment for regional interaction. The introduction and implementation of regional policy reflect a transformation in the ideas and practices of neighborhood diplomacy, display the new neighborhooddiplomacy vision of “a shared future”, embody a more proactive and enterprising diplomatic style and, in practice, coordinate development and security and actively explore a new model of state interaction driven by the dual engine of “economy plus security”. The implementation of regional policy has opened up new prospects for friendly cooperation between China and its neighbors and has laid a solid regional foundation for building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries. Related Articles | Metrics