The 2025 Second Youth Thematic Seminar of the CASS Academy of Marxism Successfully Held

On August 20, 2025, the 2025 Second Youth Thematic Seminar of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Academy of Marxism was held in Conference Room 1237 of the Research Building. This seminar was organized by the Youth Work Group and the Scientific Research Office of the Academy of Marxism. Researcher Luo Wendong, Party Secretary of the Academy of Marxism, and Researcher Cui Weihang, Dean and Deputy Party Secretary, delivered addresses. Researcher Yang Jing, Director of the Department of Fundamental Principles of Marxism and Head of the Youth Work Group, chaired the meeting. Over thirty experts and young scholars from institutions including the Central Party School (National Academy of Governance), CASS, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Renmin University of China engaged in in-depth academic exchange and theoretical discussion around the theme “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era and Scientific Thinking Methods.” Editorial offices and media outlets such as the *Studies on Marxism* Editorial Department, the *World Socialism Studies* Editorial Department, the *Science and Atheism* Editorial Department, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Web, and the Marxism Research Web were invited to attend.

2025年8月20日，中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院2025年第二次青年专题研讨会在科研大楼1237会议室召开。本次研讨会由马克思主义研究院青年工作组、科研处承办。马克思主义研究院党委书记罗文东研究员，院长、党委副书记崔唯航研究员致辞，马克思主义研究院马克思主义原理研究部主任、青年工作组组长杨静研究员主持会议。来自中共中央党校（国家行政学院）、中国社会科学院、北京大学、清华大学、中国人民大学等单位的30余位专家、青年学者，围绕“新时代中国特色社会主义和科学思维方法”这一主题，进行了深入的学术交流与理论探讨。《马克思主义研究》编辑部、《世界社会主义研究》编辑部、《科学与无神论》编辑部、中国社会科学网、马克思主义研究网等期刊媒体应邀参会。

Scene of the seminar

研讨会现场

At the opening ceremony, Researcher Luo Wendong, Party Secretary of the Academy of Marxism, pointed out that the Academy of Marxism’s series of youth thematic seminars aims to implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourses on youth work, carry out the instructions of President Gao Xiang on the cultivation of young talent, continuously strengthen organized research, and steadily advance the building of the Academy of Marxism’s young talent team. This seminar, with the theme “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era and Scientific Thinking Methods,” has important political, theoretical, and practical significance. He expressed the hope that young scholars would take this opportunity to strengthen academic exchange and continuously improve their research capabilities and standards. Researcher Cui Weihang, Dean and Deputy Party Secretary of the Academy of Marxism, pointed out that the theme of this seminar has strong political, theoretical, and targeted qualities. For young scholars to grow and mature, they must master, uphold, and apply the Marxist stance, viewpoint, and method; they must learn to use scientific thinking methods to understand China, read China, establish a sense of mission, carry forward a spirit of responsibility, and persist in serving the country through scholarship.

开幕式上，马克思主义研究院党委书记罗文东研究员指出，马克思主义研究院举办系列青年专题研讨会旨在贯彻落实习近平总书记关于青年工作的重要论述，贯彻高翔院长关于青年人才培养的指示要求，不断加强有组织科研，持续推动马克思主义研究院青年人才队伍建设。本次研讨会以“新时代中国特色社会主义和科学思维方法”为主题，具有重要的政治意义、理论意义和现实意义，希望青年学者以此为契机，加强学术交流，不断提高科研能力和研究水平。马克思主义研究院院长、党委副书记崔唯航研究员指出，此次研讨会主题具有很强的政治性、理论性和针对性，青年学者成长成才必须掌握好、坚持好、运用好马克思主义立场观点方法，必须学会运用科学思维方式了解中国，读懂中国，树立使命意识，发扬担当精神，坚持学术报国。

Opening ceremony of the seminar

研讨会开幕式

In the morning keynote report, Researcher Chen Zhigang, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Vice President of the Academy of Marxism, comprehensively and systematically expounded the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and their innovative development. He pointed out that the Marxist worldview and methodology are powerful ideological weapons for Chinese Communists to transform the world, and the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era are the worldview and methodology of Chinese people in the New Era. One must deeply grasp the “Six Musts” [1]1 The Four Confidences (四个自信): Confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. through the Two Integrations [2]2 “Three threes” (三个三): A rhetorical device in Chinese political discourse used to structure a summary or evaluation around three sets of three points each, here referring to three characteristics, three effects, and three requirements.; the “Six Musts” are “an interconnected, internally unified organism,” an important embodiment and main content of the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and a major development of the Marxist worldview and methodology.

在上午的主题报告中，马克思主义研究院纪委书记、副院长陈志刚研究员全面系统阐释了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的世界观和方法论及其创新发展，指出马克思主义世界观和方法论是中国共产党人改造世界的强大思想武器，习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的世界观和方法论是新时代中国人的世界观和方法论。要从“两个结合”深刻领会“六个必须坚持”，“六个必须坚持”是“一个相互联系、内在统一的有机体”，是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的世界观和方法论的重要体现和主要内容，是对马克思主义世界观和方法论的重大发展。

Professor Wang Huxue, Deputy Director of the Academic Affairs Department of the Central Party School (National Academy of Governance), delivered a keynote report titled “The Two Integrations and Adapting Marxism to the Chinese Context and the Needs of the Times.” He expounded the important significance of the Two Integrations from three dimensions: theory, history, and practice. He emphasized that the Two Integrations, as a principled contribution of our Party’s theoretical innovation in the New Era, are the fundamental path for advancing adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, the greatest magic weapon for our Party’s success, and the only way to open up and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Two Integrations themselves must also be “integrated.” On the one hand, the Two Integrations are one body with two wings, each with its own emphasis: the First Integration [3] is mainly the integration of theory and practice, while the Second Integration [4] is mainly the integration of the “soul vein” [5] and the “root vein” [6]. On the other hand, the Two Integrations are a mutually reinforcing organic whole, possessing the function of “following local customs and transforming into social mores.”

中共中央党校（国家行政学院）教务部副主任王虎学教授作了“‘两个结合’与马克思主义中国化时代化”主题报告，从理论、历史和实践三重维度阐释了“两个结合”的重要意义，强调“两个结合”作为新时代我们党理论创新的原理性贡献，是推进马克思主义中国化时代化的根本途径，是我们党取得成功的最大法宝，是开辟和发展中国特色社会主义的必由之路；“两个结合”本身也要“相结合”。一方面，“两个结合”是一体两翼、各有侧重的，“第一个结合”主要是理论与实践的结合，“第二个结合”主要是“魂脉”与“根脉”的结合；另一方面，“两个结合”是一个相辅相成的有机整体，具有“入乡随俗、成风化俗”的功能。

Researcher Zhou Dan, Deputy Director of the Institute of Philosophy at CASS, based on a comprehensive review of the literature, elaborated from a philosophical perspective that General Secretary Xi Jinping’s system of scientific methods has rich connotations and rigorous logic. Its fundamental methods mainly include mastering the Marxist philosophical skill of “seeing the house,” [7] implementing the Party’s ideological line of seeking truth from facts, and the “Six Musts.” Its thinking methods include strategic thinking to assess the general situation, historical thinking to examine past and present, dialectical thinking to increase wisdom, systemic thinking to view the overall situation, innovative thinking to add momentum, law-based thinking to promote reform, and bottom-line thinking to control risks. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s system of scientific methods is the systematic expression

中国社会科学院哲学所副所长周丹研究员在全面梳理文献的基础上，从哲学视角阐述了习近平总书记科学方法体系具有丰富内涵和严密逻辑，其根本方法主要包括掌握马克思主义哲学看家本领、贯彻党的实事求是思想路线以及“六个必须坚持”；其思想方法包括战略思维谋大势、历史思维鉴古今、辩证思维增智慧、系统思维观全局、创新思维添动力、法治思维促改革、底线思维控风险等。习近平总书记科学方法体系是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的方法论的系统表达，奠定了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的哲学基础，既是实现全党思想统一、行动统一的理论基础，又是推动中国特色社会主义伟大事业稳步前进的重要保证，为解决人类问题贡献了中国智慧。

Symposium Keynote Reports

研讨会主题报告

In the morning session of young scholars' presentations, Pan Xihua, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Marxism, proposed using historical thinking to scientifically grasp the theory and practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics. This helps trace the origins of socialism with Chinese characteristics, consolidate the theoretical foundation for strengthening the "Four Confidences"[1]1 The Four Confidences (四个自信): Confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics., provide scientific methods, clarify the core of values, and offer basic guidelines. Li Yang, Assistant Professor at the School of Marxism, Peking University, on the basis of reviewing the research approach of the young Marx, revealed its implications for mastering scientific thinking methods, arguing that mastering scientific thinking methods requires establishing subjective consciousness, developing a critical spirit, mastering scientific methods, and maintaining an open attitude. Fang Tao, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Marxism, explored the systematic thinking of upholding the Party's leadership in the New Era, discussing it from three aspects: generative logic, systemic characteristics, and systemic methods. Researchers Luo Wendong, Chen Zhigang, Professor Wang Huxue, and Researcher Zhou Dan each offered comments on the presentations of the three young scholars.

在上午的青年学者发言中，马克思主义研究院潘西华副研究员提出要运用历史思维科学把握中国特色社会主义理论与实践，这有助于为中国特色社会主义追根溯源，为坚定“四个自信”夯实理论根基、提供科学方法、明确价值核心、提供基本遵循。北京大学马克思主义学院李洋助理教授在梳理青年马克思研究进路的基础上，揭示其对掌握科学思维方法的启示，认为掌握科学思维方法必须树立主体意识，发扬批判精神，掌握科学方法，秉持开放态度。马克思主义研究院方涛副研究员探讨了新时代坚持党的领导的系统思维，从生成逻辑、系统特征和系统方法三个方面展开论述。罗文东研究员、陈志刚研究员、王虎学教授、周丹研究员分别对三位青年学者的发言作了点评。

In the afternoon keynote reports, Professor Zhang Yunfei from the School of Marxism, Renmin University of China, elucidated the main content of the systems concept and its contribution to the fundamental principles of Marxism from four aspects: systems ontology, systems epistemology, systems methodology, and systems praxeology. He pointed out that the systems concept centrally embodies the "sum total of human knowledge" in terms of systems, that the systems concept is a foundational thought and working method, and emphasized that socialism with Chinese characteristics is a socialism of comprehensive development, requiring adherence to the concrete and historical unity of theoretical systematicity and practical systematicity. He Xinyuan, Researcher and Director of the Department of Studies on Adapting Marxism to the Chinese Context and the Needs of the Times at the Institute of Marxism, starting from the perspective of strategic thinking and using a grand historical view, deeply analyzed the strategic implications of the major thesis of "building a community with a shared future for mankind." He pointed out that a community with a shared future for mankind gathers the greatest common denominator of the aspirations of people of all countries for peace, development, and prosperity, and discussed the strategic measures for building a community with a shared future for mankind from aspects including value guidance, practical platforms, international order, governance principles, path choice, guiding principles, and security guarantees.

在下午的主题报告中，中国人民大学马克思主义学院张云飞教授从系统本体论、系统认识论、系统方法论、系统实践论四个方面阐释系统观念的主要内容及其对马克思主义基本原理的贡献，指出系统观念集中体现了系统方面的“人类知识的总和”，系统观念是具有基础性的思想和工作方法，强调中国特色社会主义是全面发展的社会主义，要坚持理论的系统性与实践的系统性的具体的历史的统一。马克思主义研究院马克思主义中国化研究部主任贺新元研究员从战略思维视角切入，运用大历史观深刻分析“构建人类命运共同体”重大论断的战略意蕴，指出人类命运共同体汇聚着世界各国人民对和平、发展、繁荣向往的最大公约数，并从价值引领、实践平台、国际秩序、治理原则、道路选择、指导原则、安全保障等方面论述了构建人类命运共同体的战略举措。

In the afternoon session of young scholars' presentations, Chen Yongsheng, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Marxism, discussed General Secretary Xi Jinping's dialectical thinking and its practical application from both theoretical and practical dimensions. Liu Ying, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Marxism, starting from a philosophical perspective, discussed the Marxist view of strategy from six aspects: strategic starting point, strategic subject, strategic value, strategic method, strategic vision, and strategic effectiveness. Lu Zida, Assistant Professor at the School of Marxism, Tsinghua University, analyzed the systems concept embedded in General Secretary Xi Jinping's important discourses on disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief from three dimensions: overall coordination, whole-chain management, and multi-subject collaboration. Chen Ni, Assistant Researcher at the Institute of Marxism, taking General Secretary Xi Jinping's important discourses on enhancing problem awareness and adhering to a problem-oriented approach as the fundamental guideline, discussed the basic connotation, essential implications, and logical approach of enhancing problem awareness on the new journey of the New Era. Researchers Cui Weihang, Professor Zhang Yunfei, and Researcher He Xinyuan each offered comments on the presentations of these four young scholars.

在下午的青年学者发言中，马克思主义研究院陈永盛副研究员从理论和实践两个维度论述了习近平总书记的辩证思维及其实践运用。马克思主义研究院刘影副研究员从哲学视角出发，从战略起点、战略主体、战略价值、战略方法、战略视野、战略成效六个方面论述了马克思主义战略观。清华大学马克思主义学院路子达助理教授从全局统筹、全链条管理、多元主体协同三个维度分析了习近平总书记防灾减灾救灾重要论述所蕴含的系统观念。马克思主义研究院陈妮助理研究员以习近平总书记关于增强问题意识、坚持问题导向的重要论述为根本遵循，论述了新时代新征程增强问题意识的基本内涵、本质意蕴和逻辑进路。崔唯航研究员、张云飞教授、贺新元研究员分别就这四位青年学者的发言进行了点评。

At the closing ceremony, President Cui Weihang and Party Secretary Luo Wendong each delivered concluding remarks. President Cui Weihang pointed out that the presentations at this seminar each had their own characteristics, conducting in-depth discussions and exchanges around relationships such as principle and method, the particular and the universal, and strategy and tactics, demonstrating the height of thought and depth of understanding, and reflecting the sharpness and vitality of young scholars. Party Secretary Luo Wendong summarized this seminar using “three threes”: first, it had the distinctive features of combining the old, middle-aged, and young, combining internal and external institute participation, and combining reports and commentary; second, it achieved the good effects of broad exchange, mutual inspiration, and collective improvement; third, it required that the youth thematic seminar continue to do well in the preparation of academic conferences, improving the quality and efficiency of reports, and the transformation of research results. The youth work group must continue to improve the targeting, timeliness, and organization of youth academic activities; young scholars must aim high, be strict with themselves, dare to innovate, and mature as soon as possible.

闭幕式上，崔唯航院长和罗文东书记先后作总结发言。崔唯航院长指出，本次研讨会的发言各具特色，围绕原理和方法、特殊和普遍、战略和策略等关系进行了深入研讨交流，展现出思考的高度和认识的深度，体现出青年学者的锐气和朝气。罗文东书记用“三个三”对本次研讨会进行了总结，一是具有老中青相结合、院内外相结合、报告点评相结合的鲜明特点；二是取得广泛交流、相互启发、共同提高的良好效果；三是要求青年专题研讨会继续做好学术会议筹备、报告提质增效、研究成果转化等工作。青年工作组要继续提高青年学术活动的针对性、时效性和组织性，青年学者要志存高远，严于律己，敢于创新，尽早成才。

Contributors: Chen Ni and Liu Ying, Institute of Marxism

供稿人：马研院陈妮、刘影