16 November 2025, Volume 218 Issue 6

    

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  The Value, Connotation, and Practical Pathway of the “Heart-Unifying Project” in the United Front Work for the Private Economy in the New Era

  RAN Xiaoyi, CUI Haijiao

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.001

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  Based on the theme of the united front work for the private economy in the new era and in line with the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee, this paper focuses on the inherent requirements of “unifying people's hearts” in united front work, and systematically expounds the value, connotation, and practical pathway for building the “heart-unifying project” in the united front work for the private economy in the new era. First, this paper demonstrates the significant value of building the “heart-unifying project” from three perspectives: “the inevitable requirements of major politics,” “the inherent requirements of the magic weapon characteristics,” and “the practical requirements of the united front work in the private economy”. Second, it constructs a closed-loop “six heart” framework centered on “unifying hearts” as the core objective, “boosting confidence” as the primary task, “warming people's hearts” as the fundamental approach, “cultivating integrity” as the guiding principle, “showing sincerity” as the basic requirement, and “inspiring enthusiasm” as the ultimate test. It further analyzes the core components and internal logic of this “six-heart” framework. Finally, it dialectically explores six key relationships that must be properly handled when advancing the “heart-unifying project” in practice: integrating the united front with Party building; balancing trust and unity with service, guidance, and education; harmonizing common ground with differences and unity with struggle; aligning immediate goals with long-term vision; combining practical work with theoretical exploration; and coordinating collective efforts with departmental responsibilities. The aim is to provide a theoretical explanation for constructing a systematic and scientific framework for the united front work in the private economy.
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  Theoretical Logic and Practical Pathways for Enhancing the Financial Resilience of Private Enterprises

  TANG Juelan, DING Guangxiao

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 22-34. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.022

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  Enhancing the financial resilience of private enterprises is a crucial measure for safeguarding national financial security and promoting high-quality economic development. Against the dual backdrop of rising global economic uncertainties and the deepening of domestic economic transformation, the insufficient financial resilience of private enterprises has not only become a key bottleneck restricting stable operation and sustainable development, but may also evolve into a potential threat to financial security. From a theoretical perspective, resource-based theory reveals that the accumulation of financial resources is the material prerequisite for enhancing financial resilience; dynamic capability theory clarifies that the iteration upgrading of financial capabilities is the core engine for resilience improvement; and credit rationing theory emphasizes that the refinement of the credit system is a key breakthrough in addressing financing difficulties and strengthening the resilience foundation of private enterprises. These three theories together constitute a theoretical framework for analyzing the enhancement of financial resilience in private enterprises. From a practical standpoint, private enterprises face practical constraints such as insufficient accumulation of internal financial resources, lack of dynamic financial capabilities, and an imperfect credit system. Efforts should be made synergistically in three dimensions: strengthening the internal foundation of enterprises, deepening financial system reform, and enhancing policy coordination and safeguards. This will help explore practical pathways to improve their financial resilience, thereby supporting the stability of the financial system and promoting high-quality economic development.
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  AI-Based Topological Reconstruction of Governance Ethics and Role Adaptation of Decision-Makers

  HE Jinghua, PU Lingcen

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 35-63. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.035

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  Under the profound infiltration of technological rationality, artificial intelligence (AI) is subverting the traditional rational framework of public decision-making and the power structures it relies upon in its own distinctive way. Consequently, the ethical foundations of decision-making are gradually weakening, and accountability is becoming increasingly blurred. The ethical legitimacy and value reconstruction of public governance have thus become the core issues of this transformation. Focusing on the tension between algorithmic rationality and public value, this paper explores the complex mechanisms of their interweaving and mutual coupling. Unlike the topological structure, their interaction is not singular or linear, but dynamically intertwined, filled with unforeseen risks and profound inherent conflicts. This paper argues that the AI-constructed responsibility system resembles a fragmented mirror—one that must be skillfully and urgently repaired through sophisticated institutional design to prevent latent nonlinear risks. It points out that decision-makers should transcend their traditional role as mere technical executors and instead assume the new responsibility of boundary weavers, capable of integrating ethical, technical, and institutional dimensions. Only in this way can the intellectual governance pathway for institutional resilience be revealed, and a more adaptive ethical co-governance framework be established. Through this framework, the value coordination and responsibility reconstruction of the governance system can be achieved, ultimately enabling the ethical and technical aspects of the decision-making process to complement each other and fostering a public governance mechanism of greater value for the times. This is not merely a technical adjustment but a re-coding of civilization's genes.
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  The Fragility and Resilience Pathways of Rural Environmental Digital-Intelligent Governance

  ZHANG Zexing, LEI Jiahao

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 64-79. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.064

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  With digital technologies deeply integrated into various aspects of national governance and achieving remarkable performance, there is a solid institutional, technological, and social foundation for embedding artificial intelligence (AI) in rural environmental governance. Studies show that AI-empowered rural environmental governance follows a triple operational logic: empowering governance tools to streamline the technical chain of rural environmental governance, empowering governance actors to enhance the resilience of rural environmental governance structures, and empowering governance culture to stimulate the endogenous motivation of rural environmental governance. However, the digital-intelligent transformation of rural environmental governance faces numerous practical bottlenecks, highlighting the underlying fragilities of such governance. For instance, decision-making dependence exacerbates the adaptive fragility of governance systems, digital divide leads to foundational fragility within the governance framework, technological risks cause reliability fragility in governance mechanisms, and institutional lag creates normative fragility in the governance structures. Therefore, within the context of further advancing the construction of a harmonious and beautiful countryside, and from the perspective of resilient governance, potential solutions can be explored through “updating governance concepts to enhance structural resilience”, “balancing digital capacities to improve technical resilience”, “strengthening ethical rules to shape social resilience”, and “perfecting institutional systems to build institutional resilience”.
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  Standing on the Right Side of History and Striving Tirelessly for National Reunification

  SHA Hailin

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 80-92. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.080

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  At this critical moment in the cause of national reunification and national rejuvenation, it is necessary to determine what political stance one should take and on which side of history one should stand. This is both a historical responsibility that demands serious consideration and a practical proposition that requires an answer with concrete actions. Regarding the question of “how to stand on the right side of history”, this paper argues that only by upholding the struggle for national reunification can one stand on the right side of history; only by unremittingly building the “a community of a shared future across the Taiwan Strait” can one stand on the right side of history; and only through concrete efforts toward national reunification can one truly stand on the right side of history. It is essential to clearly analyze and appropriately address the different political tendencies within Taiwan, to correctly understand the “blue camp” and the “green camp”, to properly distinguish between “Taiwan consciousness” and “Taiwan independence consciousness,” to appropriately apply both “interest-oriented” and “value-oriented” approaches, to accurately position “reliance on strength” and “unity of strength”, to correctly interpret “peaceful reunification” and “reunification by force”, and to build the broadest possible patriotic united front against “independence” and in favor of reunification in Taiwan. Extraordinary courage and wisdom are required, along with concrete actions to advance the cause of national reunification. National reunification will not come automatically; it demands a sense of urgency and a spirit of determination. It must be understood that achieving reunification entails sacrifice, and only through active effort can a meaningful position be secured in this process.
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  Main Contradictions and Fundamental Consensuses in Cross-Strait Relations in the 80 Years Since the Restoration of Taiwan

  YAN Anlin, HONG Zhijun

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 93-115. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.093

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  It is an objective fact that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China. Since the restoration of Taiwan in 1945, cross-strait relations have experienced numerous twists and turns, especially after the separation of Taiwan in the late1940s, an issue that has remained unresolved for decades. Throughout this period, several core issues have remained unavoidable in cross-strait relations: the principle of one China, the concept of the Chinese nation, the pursuit of national reunification, the promotion of exchanges and integration, the opposition to “Taiwan independence”, and the resistance to external interference. Regarding these issues, cross-strait relations have taken on a complex appearance interwoven with both consensuses and differences. Over the past 80 years, cross-strait relations have experienced several phases: a period of governance adjustment, a struggle for legitimacy, a competition between political systems, a phase of division and anti-secession struggle, a phase of peaceful development, and a period of confrontation between “Taiwan independence” and “Anti-independence”. The cross-strait relations are characterized by the following features: stability in Chinese mainland's policy toward Taiwan; uncertainty in Taiwan authorities' stance on cross-strait relations; a shift in the main contradictions of cross-strait relations from domestic issues such as class confrontations and party conflicts, to the contradictions between “Taiwan independence” and “anti-independence”, and between interference and counter -interference, showing an obvious trend of “de-internalization” the unilateral undermining of basic consensuses such as both sides belonging to one China, being part of the same Chinese nation, and expanding cross-strait exchanges and cooperation; and the prominent involvement of external forces in Taiwan Strait affairs. At present, both sides of the Taiwan Strait should focus on addressing the main contradictions, recognize the fact that both belong to one China, promote understanding through exchanges, foster mutual trust through cooperation, and enhance a shared identity through integration, thus pooling collective strength toward the goal of national rejuvenation.
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  The Beauty of the Institution: The Spirit of “One Country, Two Systems” and Its Significance for Human Political Civilization

  LI Mi

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 116-128. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.116

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  Establishing a clear and persuasive discourse on reunification of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and dispelling the doubts of the people in Taiwan and certain foreign countries about reunification are crucial tasks in promoting the peaceful reunification of the two sides of the Strait at present. However, this effort should not be limited to passive explanation, but should instead actively demonstrate the new progressive values embodied in the principle of “peaceful reunification and one country, two systems”, thereby achieving ideological guidance over those who harbor doubts. From the perspective of institutional design, the “one country, two systems” framework inherently embodies the value of fostering dialogue, mutual respect, and mutual learning between two different economic and political systems. From the perspective of institutional practice, it reflects an ethical spirit of mutual responsibility between the central government and the Hong Kong and Macao regions, which represents a transcendence of Western politics centered solely on rights. From the perspective of policy practices, it fully demonstrates the special care and preferential treatment granted by the central government toward Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions, which represents a concrete practice of benevolent governance. The values of mutual accommodation and learning, ethical responsibility, and benevolent governance embodied in “one country, two systems” not only contribute to safeguarding national unity and ensuring the long-term stability in the Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions, but also hold global significance. They help promote the establishment of a more just and equitable international order and offer distinctive Chinese wisdom and feasible institutional solutions for building a community with a shared future for humanity, characterized by mutual dependence, harmony in diversity, and shared prosperity.
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  Li Dazhao and the Origins and Formation of the United Front of the Communist Party of China

  YUAN Bingda

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 129-143. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.129

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  The united front is a major strategy and an important science of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Over more than a century since the CPC creatively proposed the united front policy, the reason why the united front with Chinese characteristics has demonstrated its remarkable efficacy and enduring vitality is ultimately closely related to the CPC's high regard for theoretical innovation and practical breakthroughs in the united front. During the century-long development of the CPC's united front, Li Dazhao made significant contributions to its origins and formation, holding a prominent place as a pioneer in history. Currently, reviewing and studying Li Dazhao and the origins and formation of the CPC's united front is conducive to advancing the scholarly, disciplinary, and systematic development of the Party's united front as an independent discipline. This effort also helps maximize the role of the united front as a crucial instrument, gathering immense strength for the goal of building a strong nation and achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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  Jade-Transfiguration Imagination and the Formation of Three Core Values: A Cultural-Genetic Ontogenesis Ideological Coding in Chinese Civilization

  YE Shuxian, NIU Shun

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 144-157. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.144

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  This paper proposes the theoretical proposition of “jade-transfiguration imagination” in order to summarize a traditional Chinese version of metaverse, namely, the unique virtual model embodied in the “mythical China”. In the pluralistic yet unified evolution of Chinese civilization, jade was progressively transformed from a natural object to a “hierophany”, forming a unique, millennia-long tradition of jade worship unmatched by any other civilization. Propelled by the ideology of “jade cult”, the circulation of material goods along the “jade-silk route” symbolized the magnificent developmental trajectory of Chinese civilization. The “jade-transfiguration imagination” thus establishes the core values of Chinese civilization: a cosmology, view of life, and value system that regard jade as heavenly, as the medium of immortality, and as the embodiment of supreme value. The theoretical exploration undertaken by the school of literary anthropology surrounding this proposition holds significance in three key aspects. First, it deepens the understanding of “jade” as a cultural gene crucial to the construction of Chinese ideology and the development of civilization. Next, it provides new conceptual tools and perspectives for contemporary cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and the Western cultures. Finally, based on indigenous materials, indigenous issues, and indigenous discourse, it initiates a movement of re-cognition of Chinese culture, thereby charting a new course for Chinese cultural self-awareness and the construction of an autonomous Chinese knowledge system.
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  Preservation and Utilization of Historical and Cultural Resources of the United Front: A Case Study of Central Urban Districts in Shanghai

  SUN Qian, ZHANG Junli

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 158-171. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.158

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  Shanghai is regarded as the birthplace and a significant practice site of the united front policy of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Unearthing, preserving, and rationally utilizing the historical and cultural resources formed during the Party's leadership of the united front in Shanghai can enrich the cultural foundation for “telling the story of the united front well and conducting patriotic education.” However, these spatial resources and cultural spirit have not been genuinely integrated into urban life during practical application. Aimed at enhancing the vitality of cultural heritage and the efficiency of revitalization, and supported by urban data, this paper focuses on the main issues in the preservation and utilization of the historical and cultural resources of the united front in the central urban districts of Shanghai, with the aim of proposing optimized strategies and pathways that can contribute a theoretical foundation and innovative direction for improving the system for preserving and utilizing united front resources.
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  On the New-Type Political Party System and Chinese Modernization: Historical Logic and Contemporary Insights Based on 80 Years of Practice of the China National Democratic Construction Association

  JIAO Chenghuan

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 172-187. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.172

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  China's new-type political party system is a significant manifestation of socialist political civilization with Chinese characteristics and a key institutional foundation supporting Chinese modernization. Taking the 80-year practice of the China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA) as a research subject, this paper systematically explores the intrinsic connection between the new-type political party system and Chinese modernization. It examines the historical evolution of the CNDCA and its distinctive role in the formation of the new-type political party system, and seeks to reveal the inherent logic between the new-type political party system and Chinese modernization from the perspective of 80 years of CNDCA practice. The research indicates that China's new-type political party system, with its unique structural functions and operational mechanisms, provides essential institutional guarantee and a practical field for Chinese modernization. The core positioning of participating political parties in the interaction between the new-type political party system and modernization is that of participants in institutional improvement, facilitators of the modernization process, and coordinators of interest relations, thereby promoting healthy interaction between the two. As a participating political party with close ties to the economic sector, the CNDCA has made irreplaceable contributions to China's modernization process over its 80-year development through fulfilling its roles in political consultation, democratic supervision, and participation in the deliberation and administration of state affairs.
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  Institutional Consciousness and Cultural Identity: The Political Logic and Modernization Transformation of 80 Years of Practice of China Association for Promoting Democracy as a Political Party

  ZHOU Liyun, TAN Ling

  Journal of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. 2025, 218(6): 188-201. https://doi.org/10.3969 / J.ISSN.1672-0911.2025.06.188

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  This paper takes the 80-year (1945-2025) practice of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD) as its research object and proposes that “institutional consciousness” and “cultural identity” constitute the key concepts for understanding the political logic of “listening, following, and advancing” (i.e., listening to the Party, following the Party, and advancing along the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics). The evolution from “institutional identification” in historical choices to “institutional consciousness” in the new era, and the progression from traditional “family-nation cultural identity” to an inclusive “modernized cultural identity”, collectively form the logical starting point and driving force behind the political actions of the CAPD. This transformative process not only provides a vivid case study for understanding China's new-type political party system, but also demonstrates the unique mission and responsibility of participating political parties in the process of Chinese modernization.