Social Sciences in China, No. 4, 2025

On the Methodological Principles of Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively

Huang Jianjun • 4 •

On Groups as Subjects of Ethical Responsibility

Gan Shaoping • 22 •

Reconfiguring Global Power in the Age of Artificial General Intelligence

Yu Nanping • 41 •

Improving Central-Local Fiscal Relations—A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Based on Central Transfer Payments

Jia Junxue, Zhang Kewei and Liu Wenbin • 60 •

The Statutory Typification of Absolute Rights in Chinese Patent Transactions

Zhang Yi • 78 •

China’s Structural Transformation Through the Lens of Evolving Production Networks

Guo Kaiming • 97 •

The Discourse Construction and Ways of Expression of the Spatial View in Western Zhou

Lin Diandian • 119 •

On Human Geographical Structure of Counties and Foundation of the Unified Empire during the Qin and Han Dynasties 

Ma Xin • 141 •

Yi and Local Resources for Building a Rule-Based Society—Revisiting the Custom of Xianjin Qinlin

Ling Peng • 163 •

Theoretical Foundations of Data-Driven Linguistics

Liu Haitao • 184 •