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2026, Volume 43,  Issue 4

Party Construction, Ideology and Politics
The Construction of the Discourse System of the Communist Party of China’s View of Governance Performance in the New Era
Zhou Xin
2026, 42(4): 1-8. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2026030034
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The view of governance performance is an important manifestation of the ruling party's governance philosophy and a crucial standard for regulating the governance behavior of leading cadres. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with the advent of a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, high-quality development and the modernization of the national governance system have become important goals of national development, and the traditional performance evaluation method centered on economic growth has gradually shown its limitations. From the perspective of the construction of a political discourse system, this paper systematically analyzes the scientific connotation, construction logic, and contemporary value of the discourse system of the view of governance performance in the new era, based on a review of the historical evolution of the Communist Party of China’s discourse on the view of governance performance. The study argues that the correct view of governance performance in the new era has formed a discourse system with putting people-first as its core value, high-quality development as its practical orientation, historical responsibility as its temporal dimension, and practical work orientation as its behavioral norm. This system is embedded in cadre assessment and national governance practice through institutional mechanisms, providing important value guidance for promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.
The Core Essence and Contemporary Value of Xi Jinping’s Important Expositions on Historical Confidence
Zheng Meiping
2026, 42(4): 9-17. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2025040017
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Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has placed the study and research of history in a prominent position in governing the country, attaching great importance to the role of Party history in guiding the present and educating the people, creatively proposing the epochal proposition of historical confidence, forming a theoretical system that is rich in content, profound in implication, and complete in structure. These efforts have made guiding and original theoretical contributions and practical explorations on how to take the right path in the new era. Xi Jinping’s important expositions on historical confidence covers fundamental dimensions such as generative logic, connotative essence, theoretical characteristics, practical orientation, and value significance. It is an active response to practical issues such as ideological risks, summaries of historical struggle experiences, and tasks of ideal and belief education. Its core essence lies in establishing a content system of historical cognition theory, historical identity theory, historical value theory, and historical initiative theory, interpreting the theoretical stance of the Chinese Communists in treating history, grasping history, and creating history, and clarifying the practical guidelines for the entire Party and society to shoulder the historical responsibilities of the new era with a high degree of political consensus, historical consciousness, and historical initiative. This important statement is a theoretical innovation achievement of the Sinicization and modernization of Marxism, and has great guiding significance and contemporary value for guiding the Party and the people to continuously draw wisdom and strength from history, strengthen the “Four Confidences”, enhance spiritual support, and cultivate a confident demeanor.
The Spatial Labyrinth of Capital: Spatial Critique and Reflection on Platform Capitalism
Chen Lin
2026, 42(4): 18-27. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2025050052
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As a capitalist economic model emerging in the digital era, platform capitalism organizes production activities centered on digital platforms, reshaping the traditional economic structure and spatial order. Relying on the systematic coupling of algorithmic architecture and platform manipulation, platform capitalism anchors users’ subjective consciousness within the spatial maze meticulously constructed by capital. In the production sphere, platform capitalism converts users’ traces in digital space into commodified data flows through algorithmic technologies, thereby establishing a concealed system of digital exploitation that gives rise to unjust contradictions and conflicts in the production process. In the political sphere, digital space has evolved into a crucial arena for power contests, where diverse political forces engage in multi-dimensional games through algorithmic manipulation and behavioral discipline, forging an interest-oriented operational order of digital space that erodes the autonomy of digital space. In view of this, it is imperative to carry out corrective measures in terms of the value rationality of digital technology development, the standardized operation of power in digital space, and the public attribute of fluid digital space. This will promote the paradigm shift of digital space development toward digital justice and, under the guidance of “platform socialism”, explore transformative paths that transcend the underlying logic of platform capitalism.
Examination and Mitigation of Ideological Risks of ChatGPT-like Artificial Intelligence
Luo Teng, Wang Yongyou
2026, 42(4): 28-39. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2025010020
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With the gradual promotion and deep application of ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence, the ideological field has shown a new picture characterized by the concealment of political intentions, multidimensional modes of action, blurred field boundaries, and autonomous content generation, presenting new features of the marked increase in the concealment, openness, pervasiveness and complexity of ideological risks. Analyzing from multiple dimensions, such as politics, capital, technology, and subjects, it is found that political embedding, capital control, ubiquitous interconnection and human-machine mutual shaping are the underlying causes of ideological risks. Based on this, value attributes should be reshaped by mainstream values, capital manipulation should be regulated by institutional construction, intelligent technology should be standardized by technical ethics, and human-machine relations should be governed by co-regulation of human intelligence, so as to better mitigate the ideological risks of ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence.
Higher Education Studies
Integrated Ideological and Political Education Across Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Levels in Universities: Experience Review, Practical Challenges, and Optimization Strategies
Zhao Xinliang, Shen Jingxuan, Chen Shengnan
2026, 42(4): 40-49. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2025060126
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From the perspective of “ideological and political leadership”, this paper constructs a “five-force synergy” analysis framework encompassing mechanism leadership, organizational leadership, teaching and research leadership, professional leadership, and practical leadership. By employing a combination of questionnaire surveys and semi-structured interviews, the study conducted research on 12 universities in Beijing, systematically examining the current practice of integrating ideological and political education across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels in universities. The findings reveal that there is still room for improvement in the hub role of policy platforms, resource radiation efficiency, collaborative vitality of teachers, and vertical continuity of curriculum and textbooks in the current integration of ideological and political education across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels in universities. To address this, this paper proposes to start with improving policy guarantee mechanisms, enhancing teacher development mechanisms, optimizing internal management systems, and deepening collaborative teaching and research mechanisms. By doing so, it aims to establish an implementation path for integrating ideological and political education across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels in universities in the new era, effectively leveraging the ideological and political leadership of universities.
Structural Characteristics and Determinants of University Students’ Global Competence from the Perspective of Rooted Cosmopolitanism
Zhang Zhijun, Liu Jia, Liu Yifei
2026, 42(4): 50-60. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2024090103
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This paper adopts Appiah’s “Rooted Cosmopolitanism” as the theoretical lens, surveying university students enrolled in the “Youth Global Competence Development Program” in 2023 via questionnaire to investigate the structural characteristics of global competence and the mechanisms through which learning engagement influences its development, thereby providing empirical support for constructing a global competence development framework with Chinese characteristics. Through exploratory factor analysis, three distinct factors were extracted, namely Glocal Responsibility, Global Competence Core, and Intention for International Mobility, and it was found that items tapping local identity and macro-level global responsibility loaded onto a single factor, lending empirical support to the applicability of rooted cosmopolitanism in the Chinese context. Through multiple regression analysis, the results showed that classroom participation exerted a more prominent influence on the knowledge-and-skill dimension and the behavioral-intention dimension, while extracurricular learning engagement exerted a more prominent influence on the value-oriented dimension, and neither gender nor grade exhibited statistically significant effects on any dimension.
The Construction of Global Competence of Chinese Youth in the New Era under the Background of Great Changes Unseen in a Century
Pan Meng, Liu Liyuan
2026, 42(4): 61-69. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2026010006
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Currently, the world is undergoing accelerated great changes unseen in a century, and the characteristics of the younger generation are experiencing significant shifts. Grounded in the strategic demands of high-quality development and high-level opening-up, the construction of global competence of Chinese youth in the new era has become a critical proposition concerning the overall national development and the grand cause of national rejuvenation. Marx’s theory of world intercourse provides the theoretical foundation for building global competence of Chinese youth. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s strategic vision for youth engagement in international relations clarifies the ideological guidance for cultivating global competence of China’s youth in the new era. Drawing on beneficial international experience, it is essential to ground efforts in the roots of China’s outstanding traditional culture and the CPC’s historical experience in leading youth movements. Efforts should focus on four key dimensions: Shaping ideals and values, fostering global knowledge and international perspectives, enhancing cross-cultural communication and practical abilities, and strengthening participation in global governance and innovative contributions. This will help cultivate young talents who embody both patriotic devotion and a sense of humanitarian concern for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, thereby contributing youthful energy to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Innovation of Logistics Education in Universities: Practice and Exploration
Zhang Dongping
2026, 42(4): 70-76. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2025110097
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Under the framework of “Great Ideological and Political Education” and “All-round education in the whole process with all-staff”, university logistics, as an important carrier of implicit education, urgently needs to realize its educational function and transition from a support-oriented to an education-oriented mode. University of Science and Technology Beijing, based on the goal of “cultivating high-caliber talent with strong will to serve the country”, and supported by various educational theories, has constructed a five-in-one, boundaryless logistics education model integrating Party-building to forge the soul, scenic cultivation to nourish the mind, heartwarming services, collaborative efforts, and practical training. By improving the Party-building system in dormitories to strengthen organizational guidance, creating a distinctive campus environment to deepen cultural immersion, optimizing diversified logistical services to convey the spirit of dedication, building a multi-party collaborative network to consolidate educational efforts, and embedding labor education to cultivate practical abilities, breaking the barriers of various kinds to form an all-encompassing educational ecosystem. This practice realizes the implementation of logistical education from theory to practice, highlights the educational essence of universities with industry characteristics, and provides a theoretical reference and practical model for high-quality educational transformation of university logistics in the new era.
Sociology
Governance of a Nation Must Begin at the Village Level: The Tradition of “Not Passing Conflicts Upward” in Rural Codes and Conventions and Its Modern Significance
Zhang Liwei, Wu Nan
2026, 42(4): 77-86. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2025110010
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Rural governance serves as the foundation for effective national governance, with rural codes and conventions as its crucial instruments. For centuries, the governance philosophy embodied in the principle of “not passing conflicts upward” has been deeply embedded in this tradition, forming a deep continuity and resonance with the modern “Fengqiao Experience”. Traditional rural codes and conventions emerged under specific conditions, shaped by the distance of ruling power, the ritual-law society, the acquaintance society, and the influence of local elites. Guided by the principles of “collective deliberation” and “mediation first,” and operationalized through grassroots reputation mechanisms and the mediation efforts of local elites, these traditional instruments effectively fulfilled their role in “not passing conflicts upward”. As a folk normative system rooted in rural society, traditional rural codes and conventions achieve localized conflict resolution at low cost and with high recognition through the construction of rules based on “collective deliberation”, the practice principle of “mediation first”, trust and reputation mechanisms in an acquaintance society, and the coordinating organization of rural elites. In the context of modern state governance, it is essential to revitalize the role of these rural codes and conventions through traditional contemporary adaptation: first, by leveraging rural codes and conventions to reconstruct rural social networks; second, by developing a rural governance philosophy that integrates traditional Chinese moral culture with modern ethos; third, by fostering a new class of rural elites to serve as a vital support system for revitalizing the efficacy of rural codes and conventions.
A Study on Social Insurance Participation Issues of Workers in New Business Formats and their Formation Mechanisms
Du Qinnan
2026, 42(4): 87-97. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2025070036
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To promote the expansion of social insurance coverage among workers in new business formats, it is necessary to reveal the issues of their social insurance participation and the formation mechanisms. This article analyzes the interactive influence of individual, employment, and institutional factors on the different social insurance participation behaviors of workers in new business formats, and finds that their social insurance participation issues are manifested as voluntary dilemmas and participation barriers. Workers’ view of free work, misconceptions about social insurance, and high mobility respectively lead to voluntary dilemmas in social insurance participation for workers in standard labor relationships and flexible employment. The formation of participation barriers in standard labor relations insurance, work injury insurance and flexible employment insurance involves factors such as employers’ evasion of social insurance liability, the difficulty of implementing the stand-alone work injury insurance system, and the complexity of handling flexible employment insurance. The article not only provides an integrated framework for explaining the causes of different insurance participation issues, but also reveals the impact of factors such as view of work and cognitive biases towards social insurance, non-standard employment, and the adaptability of the single work injury insurance system on the insurance participation behavior of workers in new business formats.
Law
The Legal Integration of Criminal Policy Sentencing Norms from the Perspective of Urging Voluntary Surrender Announcements
Liu Congcong
2026, 42(4): 98-108. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2025120088
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The announcements urging voluntary surrender, as a specific criminal policy tool in special governance actions, serve both the functions of policy mobilization and normative guidance, but face difficulties in judicial practice due to unclear normative status and implicit discretion. Essentially, these announcements are a concrete expression of the criminal policy of “tempering justice with mercy” and belong to policy-based sentencing guidance, with their normative positioning varying slightly depending on the issuing authority. Announcements at the central level should be defined as national policy guideline norms, which are refinements of existing sentencing standards and should serve as a basis for sentencing discretion; at the local level, they act as execution-oriented detailed reference norms, serving as a reiteration and refinement of the central announcements' content, but cannot independently serve as a basis for sentencing discretion and can only be used as a reference; at the individual case level, they constitute policy commitments constrained by the principle of legitimate expectation. The specific connotations of these policy-based sentencing norms need to be understood within the current sentencing norm system, so as to ensure coordination between the two. Specifically: “Surrender within a time limit” is not an independent sentencing circumstance, but a further policy refinement of the statutory leniency for voluntary surrender; “strict in accordance with the law” is a reverse restriction and contraction on the scope of leniency for voluntary surrender, rather than the creation of an extra-legal aggravating circumstance; the policy promise that “punishment can be reduced” should be interpreted as a strong incentive guidance of “generally reduce, exceptions only mitigate lightly.” Through these legal interpretations, policy-based sentencing norms are incorporated into a system of discretionary reasoning that is predictable and verifiable, achieving a unity of governance effectiveness and the rule of law principle.
Regulations of High-Frequency Quantitative Trading in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Tong Xinghai
2026, 42(4): 109-118. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2025060076
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Quantitative trading firms complete short-term speculative trading through their high-frequency arbitrage transactions, shifting from company information analysis to market liquidity analysis. They can make profits in short-term zero-sum games without relying on company financial analysis, achieving a transition from “financialized” approaches to “AI-driven” methodologies. Although artificial intelligence has endowed quantitative trading with new strategies, granting it a disproportionate lead over human traders in short-term market competition, it runs counter to technological humanism and affects the stability of the securities market. To achieve the healthy development of the securities market and fair competition among investors, the regulatory logic of the securities market in the era of artificial intelligence should shift from information disclosure to trading structure, and a regulatory system for new risks of quantitative trading should be improved. The transparency of algorithms should be enhanced, high-frequency trading should be appropriately restricted, and dynamic responsive regulations that go beyond the technological neutrality of algorithms should be adopted. Market-acquisitive quantitative trading should be identified as market manipulation behavior and punished in accordance with the Securities Law.
Linguistics
Conversation Analysis: Research Questions, Corpus, Perspectives and Findings
Wu Yaxin
2026, 42(4): 119-126. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2024030109
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Conversation analysis is a discipline concerned with uncovering the organizational regularities of human social conduct in talk-in-interaction through close analysis of naturally occurring data. Its central research question is: what is the organizational structure of social activities or actions accomplished in and through talk-in-interaction? It adopts naturally-occurring talk-in-interaction as its primary data, which are observed and analyzed by researchers from the participants’ perspective, employing a bottom-up, inductive approach to recover the social norms oriented to by participants and coordinately achieved in interaction.
Indirect Responses to Information Seeking in Chinese Verbal Interaction
Li Feng, Yang Fan
2026, 42(4): 127-134. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2024030110
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Hearers frequently respond indirectly to speakers in Chinese verbal interaction. Adopting Conversation Analysis (CA), this study takes authentic talk-in-interaction as the corpus to explore the turn design of indirect responses, the interactional import, and the social norms behind them. The study finds that as the second pair part, the indirect responses reflect interactants’ resistance to the first pair part, viz. the information-seeking in terms of action agenda or topic agenda. However, the indirect responses do not violate or deviate from the social norms of the adjacency pairs, but display the hearer’s close orientation to and rigorous reasoning about the sequence position and the communicative context, which is a further embodiment of interactants’ cooperativeness and agency in conversation.
Multiple Soo as Response and Management of Epistemic Primacy
Wang Yafeng, Yu Guodong
2026, 42(4): 135-144. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2024030108
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Drawing on a conversation-analytic perspective, this study explores the interactional functions of the repeated response token Soo in Japanese when used to respond to polar questions. By formulating a proposition, polar questions display the questioner’s best guess about the matter at hand and offer a preferred candidate answer, thereby indexing a relatively strong epistemic stance on the part of the questioner. In responding to such questions, recipients may orient to and manage this epistemic display, and multiple Soo constitutes a recurrent resource for doing so. While previous studies have primarily discussed Soo as a confirmation device, little attention has been paid to the interactional differences between single Soo and multiple Soo in response to polar questions. Analysis of naturally occurring conversational data shows that a single Soo, while confirming the question’s proposition, asserts the respondent’s epistemic primacy and may implicitly call into question the warrant for asking. By contrast, multiple Soo mitigates the force of confirmation and softens the respondent’s epistemic primacy, while simultaneously orienting to the epistemic stance displayed in the question design. Through this practice, participants manage epistemic relations and maintain social relationships at the micro-interactional level.