No.1 2025

CONTENTS

Upholding Systematic Thinking： An Innovation in the Worldview of the New Era // Hou Huiqin

Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thinking and the Foundational Logic of Socialist Cultural   Theory with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era // Ding Liqun

From “Regarding the People as the Foundation of the State” to “Putting the People First”： Creative Transformation and Innovative DevelopmentZuo Peng

Reflections on the Unique Values of Chinese Modernization from Three Perspectives Miao Ruidan & Fang Yichao

Preface to Volume 51 of the Second Chinese Edition of  The Collected Works of Marx  and Engels

Revisiting Marx： The Transformation of Axial Research Paradigms in the Birth of the Philosophical Revolution // Ren Ping & Fan Yun

Lenin’s Theory and Practice in Preventing and Controlling Bureaucratism and   Meaningless Formalism： Contemporary Relevance // Lu Weizhou & Liao Bin

Dialectics of Civil Society and Colonization: From Hegel to Marx //Tian Yisong

The Continued Expansion of Marx’s International Currency Theory： Strategic Reflections on the Present Path of RMB Internationalization //Liu Haoyan

Marx and Engels on the Capitalization of Land Ownership and the Transformation  of the State // Zhang Milan

The Evolutionary Logic and Paradigmatic Shifts in Marx’s Early Critical Theory of Justice // Wang Wenxuan

The Formation Logic of New Quality Productive Forces in Building an Autonomous Knowledge System for Chinese Economics //Ren Baoping & Guo Han

The Digital Economy’s Promotion of New Quality Productive Forces: Internal Logic，Challenges, and Strategic Advancements //Yan Lianfu & Wang Xiaoyu

“SRDI” SMEs Developing New Quality Productive Forces: Unique Advantages,

  Functional Mechanisms, and Practical Pathways //Zhai Xuquan

The Translation, Dissemination, and Initial Applications of Marxism in Natural Justice and Equity // Li Yingrui

The Development of Marxist Theory inJapan: From the Study of the History of Social Thought to the Theory of the World System—An Interview with Professor //  Kunihiko UemuraLi Qiankun & Fang Qinglan

Mao Zedong’s Exploration and Contributions to the Modernization of the People’s  Republic of China // Zhang Guozuo & Yang Ruonan

Mao Zedong’s Opposition to Neo-Colonialism: Explorations and Inspirations // Xia Shaoguang On the Leading Power of Political Communication // Xiang Jiuyu

A Historical Survey of the Construction of an Autonomous Knowledge System for  Political Communication Education as a Discipline // Gao Guoxi

Three-Dimensional Explorations of Preserving Fundamental Principles and Breaking   New Ground in Youth Patriotic Education in the New Era // Cai Zhonghua

The Constructive Logic and Cognitive Control Mechanisms of the Digital Capitalist  Spectacle Order // Xie Lixia

The Cultural Logic of Technofeudalism：Reflections on the Ideological Risks of   Digital Technology // Xue Rui

A Critical Analysis of the Contemporary Capitalist Surveillance Industrial Complex // Tian Fangchen

An Exploration of the Event-Based Historical Perspective in Foreign Marxist Theories // Hu Yaohui

Carl Grünberg and the Early Frankfurt Institute for Social Research // Wang Yunpeng

Report on the State of Domestic Academic Research on Marxist Theory in 2024 //Project Group of the Fourth Research Department at the Institute  of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee

MAIN ABSTRACTS

Upholding Systematic Thinking:An Innovation in the Worldview of the New Era

Hou Huiqin

A profound understanding of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, approached from the heights of worldview and methodology, represents a critical undertaking in contemporary theoretical research. Among these, upholding systematic thinking emerges as a pivotal entry point. Systematic thinking underscores the universal interconnection, as well as the dynamic and developmental essence of all things, unveiling their holistic mode of existence and the intrinsic patterns of systematic motion. As such, it constitutes the foundational thought framework of dialectical materialism. In response to the challenges posed by the new wave of technological revolution and industrial transformation, alongside the pressing question of humanity’s trajectory in this era, systematic thinking offers profound guidance in both worldview and methodology for the New Era of peaceful development. From this vantage point, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era can be more deeply grasped as the quintessence of contemporary Chinese Marxism, Chinese culture, and the Chinese spirit. It embodies a new leap in the adaptation of Marxism to the Chinese context, forming a comprehensive and scientifically rigorous system.

Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thinking and the Foundational Logic of Socialist Cultural Theory with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era

Ding Liqun

  Xi Jinping’s cultural thinking profoundly encapsulates the foundational logic of socialist cultural theory with Chinese characteristics in the New Era. Anchored in the creative transformation and innovative development ofChina’s rich cultural heritage, it constitutes a complete theoretical system that addresses a series of interconnected issues. First, the “future-oriented” perspective on cultural tradition lays the ontological foundation for the creative transformation and innovative development ofChina’s traditional culture. Second, the essence of this transformation and development is to achieve a paradigm shift that modernizes and reconstructs traditional culture, aligning it with contemporary realities. Third, cultural subjectivity and cultural practice are central to this process. The creative transformation and innovative development of traditional culture not only highlight the Chinese nation’s cultural subjectivity but also manifest in its practical cultural activities. Cultural subjectivity is reflected in people’s conscious awareness and reflection on culture, as well as in their practical engagement with innovative cultural activities. This fosters cultural self-confidence, strengthens cultural identity, promotes civilizational exchanges and mutual understanding, and enables the creation of new forms of civilization. Finally, the outcome of these efforts is the emergence of new forms of modern civilization. The promotion of Chinese modernization provides a reference model for humanity’s future civilizational development, while the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity offers a global historical platform for the creation of a new civilizational paradigm.

Revisiting Marx: The Transformation of Axial Research Paradigms in the Birth of the Philosophical Revolution

Ren Ping & Fan Yun

  This paper revisits Marx’s intellectual legacy by examining the transformation of axial research paradigms, elucidating how his philosophical revolution signified both a historical shift in worldviews and a redefinition of foundational research paradigms underpinning intellectual progress. During the era of the Textual-Literary Interpretative Paradigm, Marx focused on textual and literary analysis, transitioning from Kant and Fichte’s philosophies of subjective freedom to Hegel’s speculative philosophy. In the subsequent Dialogical Paradigm, Marx not only critiqued classical philosophy but also subjected his own ideas to rigorous scrutiny, constructing the foundational theory of historical materialism through intellectual exchanges with his contemporaries. Finally, under the Reflective Paradigm of Problems, Marx shifted his focus to the intrinsic dynamics of capital, moving from the “critique of copies” to the “critique of the original,” thereby advancing the theoretical framework of historical materialism. Marx’s philosophical revolution emerges as a research paradigm with the Reflective Paradigm of Problems as its core, complemented by the Textual-Literary Interpretative Paradigm and the Dialogical Paradigm as its “two wings.” This tripartite framework offers profound insights for the innovation of an autonomous system of contemporary Chinese Marxist philosophy.

The Formation Logic of New Quality Productive Forces in Building an Autonomous Knowledge System for Chinese Economics

Ren Baoping & Guo Han

  The construction of an autonomous knowledge system is an intellectual process that transforms practical experience into a structured body of knowledge, with a revolution in terminology at its heart. The concept of new quality productive forces, originally proposed by Xi Jinping, represents a groundbreaking theoretical achievement in building an Autonomous knowledge system for Chinese economics. Grounded in a terminology revolution, it introduces a novel conceptual framework, advancing Marxist productivity theory into uncharted territory. The formation of new quality productive forces embodies the synthesis of resource allocation capabilities and resource creation capabilities, marking a significant innovation in Marxist productivity theory. From a historical perspective, within the context of global history, new quality productive forces signifies a qualitative leap in human productive forces, driven by the Fourth Industrial Revolution. From the vantage point of national history, it represents the latest development in the trajectory of advanced productivity in the People’s Republic ofChina. From a theoretical standpoint, the formation of new quality productive forces arises from the dialectical contradictions inherent in productivity itself. This development adheres to the paradigm of “science and technology-industry-productivity,” wherein the integration of new science and technology into emerging industries generates innovative factors. These factors, grounded in new technological advancements, catalyze a structural transformation in productivity, culminating in qualitative change and the reconfiguration of productivity’s fundamental elements.

On the Leading Power of Political Communication

Xiang Jiuyu

The leading power of political communication arises from the practices of political communication education, serving as a compass for the growth and success of its educational objectives. To fully grasp the theoretical essence and practical imperatives of this power, one must holistically comprehend its interwoven theoretical orientations across the macro, meso, and micro levels. From the vantage point of building a robust educational state, this power stands at the forefront of the six key forces that define such a state, underscoring the distinctive identity of a socialist educational system with Chinese characteristics and embodying the vision of Chinese educational modernization. Within the framework of political communication education, this power represents the organic integration of theoretical, political, cultural, value-based, faith-driven, and moral leadership, thereby reflecting the nurturing strengths inherent in the system. Viewed through the prism of mainstream ideology, the leading power of political communication is fundamentally an ideological force—a manifestation of the expansive power of mainstream ideology. It safeguards and consolidates Marxism’s guiding role in the ideological domain and attests to the historic achievements of mainstream ideological development in the New Era.

The Cultural Logic of Technofeudalism: Reflections on the Ideological Risks of Digital Technology

Xue Rui

  Technofeudalism, a concept recently introduced by Western leftist theorists to analyze emergent forms of digital capitalism, has largely been explored within the domain of political economy, leaving its cultural logic and ideological risks insufficiently examined. The “re-feudalization” of digital capitalism tends to extend into the realms of culture and ideology, where its cultural logic and risks are rooted in the monopolization and exploitation of cultural resources by digital technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Under the dominance of technofeudalism, digital technologies have evolved into instruments of cultural control, leading to ideological risks such as the fragmentation (“fiefdom”) of cultural spaces, the trivialization of culture through pan-entertainment, and the erosion of subjectivity in cultural development. At its core, the ideological character of technofeudalism emerges from the collusion of capital and technology, with capital serving as the ultimate origin of its ideological risks. Against this backdrop, this paper investigates the cultural patterns and ideological perils of the digital capitalist era, analyzing the monopoly logic, compensatory logic, and dominance logic that underpin technofeudalism.

A Critical Analysis of the Contemporary Capitalist Surveillance Industrial Complex

Tian Fangchen

  In the era of big data, surveillance has become a pervasive force. Surveillance capitalism, as a novel manifestation of capitalism in the digital age, harvests vast quantities of personal data through mass monitoring of user behavior, transforming this data into commodities that yield immense profits. This phenomenon has not only unlocked new avenues for capital accumulation but has also provided Western capitalist states with a powerful tool to fortify their global hegemony, extending its influence far beyond the economic sphere. Under the shared pursuit of surveillance interests, capitalist regimes have converged with surveillance capitalism, culminating in the rise of the “surveillance industrial complex.” As a distinct interest group driven by the pursuit of surveillance gains, the surveillance industrial complex thrives on economic, political, and military surveillance, inflicting harm that spans individual lives to sovereign nations. Its destructive potential now rivals that of the infamous “military-industrial complex.” To resist the unchecked growth of this new power bloc, it is imperative to dismantle its technological hegemony by mastering core innovations, establish a fairer and more rational international order through the formulation of new global standards, and foster a collective digital civilization through pragmatic international cooperation.