The First National Forum on Innovative Marxism Successfully Convened

On March 27, 2021, the “First National Forum on Innovative Marxism” was held at Northwestern Polytechnical University. The conference was jointly organized by the China Society of Political Economy, the Research Center for Economic and Social Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Academic Affairs Office of Northwestern Polytechnical University, and the School of Marxism of Northwestern Polytechnical University. More than 150 scholars from over 70 domestic and international universities and research institutions, as well as several academic journals and publishing units including *Journal of Management*, *Journal of Hebei University of Economics and Business*, *Contemporary Economic Research*, and *Journal of Chongqing University of Technology*, attended the conference.

2021年3月27日，“首届全国创新马克思主义论坛”在西北工业大学举行。会议由中国政治经济学学会、中国社会科学院经济社会发展研究中心、西北工业大学学科建设办公室、西北工业大学马克思主义学院联合主办。来自国内外70多所高校、科研机构以及《管理学刊》《河北经贸大学学报》《当代经济研究》《重庆理工大学学报》等数家学术期刊和出版单位的150余名学者参加了本次会议。

Wu Wenchuan, Party Committee Secretary of the School of Marxism at Northwestern Polytechnical University, presided over the opening ceremony. Chen Jianyou, Deputy Party Committee Secretary of Northwestern Polytechnical University, delivered a speech on behalf of the organizers, warmly welcoming the attending experts and scholars. Cheng Enfu, President of the China Society of Political Economy, delivered a speech and a plenary report. He explained to the conference the academic background for the establishment of this forum and the goals and plans for the founding of the Research Center for Innovative Marxism. He emphasized that upholding and innovating Marxism means persisting in developmental innovation and scientific critique. There are two subjects of Marxist innovation: first, revolutionary leaders, i.e., leaders of the Communist Party, who develop Marxism as a guiding ideology for revolution and construction; second, Marxist scholars, who advance the development of Marxist theory through academic language. He insisted on organically integrating independent academic research, theoretical propaganda, and policy discussion, conducting scholarship for the Party, the state, and the working people, and for the working class and working people worldwide.

西北工业大学马克思主义学院党委书记吴闻川主持开幕式。西北工业大学党委副书记陈建有代表主办方对各位专家学者的莅临表示热烈欢迎并致辞。中国政治经济学学会会长程恩富致辞并作大会报告。他向大会阐释了本次论坛创办的学术背景、创新马克思主义研究中心成立的目标规划。强调指出，对马克思主义的守正创新，就是要坚持发展创新和科学批判。马克思主义的创新主体有二，一是革命领袖，即共产党领导人，作为革命和建设的指导思想来发展马克思主义；二是马克思主义学者，运用学术化语言推进马克思主义理论发展。坚持独立的学术研究、理论宣传和政策探讨三者有机结合，为党和国家、劳动人民做学问，为全世界工人阶级和劳动人民做学问。

The plenary reports of the conference were divided into four sessions. The first session was chaired by Professor Zhang Yuesheng, Editor-in-Chief of *Journal of Management*. Professor Zhang Shunhong, former Director of the Institute of World History at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, delivered a plenary report titled “Some Thoughts on Imperialism and the International Monopoly Bourgeoisie.” Based on his understanding of the continuous rise of developing countries, the growing strength of socialist China, and international monopoly finance capital, he revealed the essence of the international monopoly bourgeoisie, proposed the concept of developing capitalist countries, and identified the trend of imperialism’s decline. Professor Liu Shulin from Tsinghua University and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of *Ideological and Theoretical Education* delivered a report titled “Reflections on the Education of the ‘Four Histories’.” [1]1 The “Four Histories” refers to the history of the Communist Party of China, the history of New China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of socialist development. Grounded in the Marxist view of history, he proposed six points for consideration: establishing a historical view centered on themes, main lines, and mainstream; persistently combating historical nihilism; recognizing that the two thirty-year periods of New China cannot negate each other; grasping the analysis of world history; adopting a people’s historical perspective; and critically inheriting and discarding traditional culture. Researcher Cao Yongxin, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of *Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping Theory Studies* at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, took the basic experience of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context over the Party’s centenary as his research object, proposing to study China’s reality in four stages: the revolutionary war period, from the founding of New China to reform and opening up, after reform and opening up, and the New Era after the 18th National Congress. [2]2 The 18th National Congress of the CPC was held in 2012, marking the beginning of the New Era under Xi Jinping’s leadership. Professor Wu Jianqi, former Vice President of Hebei University of Economics and Business, explored and understood the abstract definition and specific content of the “basic economic system” within conceptual categories from the perspective of academic norms.

大会主题报告分四场。第一场由《管理学刊》主编张跃胜教授主持。中国社科院世界历史研究所原所长、全国政协委员张顺洪教授作了题为《关于帝国主义和国际垄断资产阶级的一点思考》的主题报告，他根据对广大发展中国家不断兴起、社会主义中国的不断强大、国际垄断金融资本等的认识，揭示了国际垄断资产阶级的本质，提出了发展中资本主义国家的概念和帝国主义下坡路的趋势。清华大学、《思想理论教育导刊》副主编刘书林教授作了题为《关于“四史”教育的思考》的报告，报告立足于马克思主义的历史观，提出要树立主题主线主流的历史观、持续批判历史虚无主义的斗争、新中国两个三十年不能互相否定、把握对世界历史的分析、人民历史的观点、对传统文化的分析扬弃等六点思考。上海社科院《毛泽东邓小平理论研究》副主编曹泳鑫研究员以建党百年马克思主义中国化的基本经验为研究对象，提出按照革命战争年代、新中国成立到改革开放、改革开放之后、十八大之后的新时代等四个分期来研究中国实际。河北经贸大学原副校长武建奇教授从学术规范的角度，探讨和理解“基本经济制度”在概念范畴内的抽象定义和具体内容。

The second session was chaired by Professor Sun Shaoyong, Director of the Research Center for Innovative Marxism at Northwestern Polytechnical University. Professor Zhang Xian, Director of the Academic Committee of the School of Economics at Sichuan University, primarily based his research on a formalization combining continuous functions and non-negative matrices to study and restate Marx’s analysis of the capitalist mode of production, making the mathematical methods implicit in Marxian economics explicit and, in a certain sense, formalizing Marxian economics. Professor Feng Yanli, Deputy Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a report titled “The Philosophical Foundations and Philosophical Contributions of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.” He argued that its philosophical foundations lie in historical materialism in worldview, seeking truth from facts in epistemology, and a people-centered approach in values, and that its philosophical contributions are expressed in innovations in discourse, epistemology, new grasp of world issues, and methodology. Professor Song Chaolong, Vice Dean of the School of Marxism at Peking University, primarily incorporated the critique of finance capital into the logic of *Capital*, proposing key points for a political economy of socialism in the transitional period. Professor Wang Wenyu, former Party Committee Secretary of the School of Marxism at Southwest University, offered rational reflections on rural revitalization in the New Era from the perspectives of consolidating poverty alleviation achievements to completely eradicate poverty in China, resolving the principal contradiction in Chinese society in the New Era, and maintaining social stability and national unity. Professor Yang Yunxia, Dean of the School of Marxism at Northwestern Polytechnical University, delivered a report titled “A New Form of Capitalist Monopoly: Intellectual Property Monopoly,” elaborating on five aspects: the basis for the realization of intellectual property monopoly in developed capitalist countries, its forms of expression, its illegitimacy, its essence, and issues yet to be resolved.

第二场由西北工业大学创新马克思主义研究中心主任孙绍勇教授主持。四川大学经济学院学术委员会主任张衔教授主要基于连续函数和非负矩阵混合的形式化，研究和重述了马克思对资本主义生产方式的研究，使马克思经济学中蕴含的数理方法显性化，在一定意义上使马克思经济学形式化。中国社科院哲学所副所长冯颜利教授作了题为《习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的哲学基础与哲学贡献》的报告，认为其哲学基础在于世界观方面的历史唯物主义、认识论方面的解放思想实事求是、价值观方面的以人民为中心，其哲学贡献表现在话语创新、认识论创新、对世界问题的新把握、方法论创新等方面。北京大学马克思主义学院副院长宋朝龙教授主要地将对金融资本的批判纳入《资本论》的逻辑，提出了对过渡时期社会主义政治经济学的要点思考。西南大学马克思主义学院原党委书记王文余教授从巩固扶贫成果彻底消除中国贫困、解决新时代中国社会的主要矛盾、维护社会稳定和国家统一需要的角度，提出对新时代乡村振兴的理性思考。西北工业大学马克思主义学院院长杨云霞教授作了题为《资本主义垄断的新形式：知识产权垄断》的报告，从发达资本主义国家知识产权垄断的实现基础、表现形式、非正当性、实质、有待进一步解决的问题等五个方面展开了论述。

The third session was chaired by Professor Mu Aiying, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of *Journal of Hebei University of Economics and Business*. Professor Wu Shanlin, Director of the Research Center at the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, delivered a report titled “The Political Economy of the CPC’s Centenary of Industrialization.” [3]3 The CPC is the Communist Party of China. Reviewing the century-long process of China’s industrialization, he argued that China’s economic development strategy has balanced the two major dimensions of people’s livelihood and security. Researcher Li Zhengtu from the Institute of Economics at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences explored the institutional logic, path logic, and practical logic of the anti-poverty theory with Chinese characteristics, proposing the view that the logic of national governance in anti-poverty with Chinese characteristics is an organic component of the logic of national governance of socialism with Chinese characteristics and is constrained by the overall logic of national governance. Professor Liu Xingang, Dean of the School of Marxism at Beijing Institute of Technology, and Professor Kong Xiangli, President of the Shaanxi *Capital* Research Association at Shaanxi Normal University, respectively discussed theoretical and countermeasure issues and strategic choices regarding China’s new development pattern.

第三场由《河北经贸大学学报》副主编母爱英教授主持。上海财经大学经济学院、研究中心主任伍山林教授作了题为《中国共产党百年工业化的政治经济学》的报告，回顾中国工业化的百年历程，他认为中国的经济发展战略兼顾了民生与安全两大维度。上海社会科学院经济研究所研究员李正图研究员探讨了中国特色反贫困理论的制度逻辑、道路逻辑和实践逻辑，并提出中国特色反贫困国家治理逻辑是中国特色社会主义国家治理逻辑的有机组成部分，受到整体国家治理逻辑的制约的观点。北京理工大学马克思主义学院院长刘新刚教授和陕西师范大学、陕西《资本论》研究会会长孔祥利教授分别对中国的新发展格局提出了理论与对策问题的探讨和战略抉择的阐释。

The fourth session was chaired by Professor Zhang Yaonan from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences at Beihang University. Professor Gao Xuhong, Department Chair at the School of Marxism at Northwestern Polytechnical University, taking her practice in third-party evaluation and inspection of poverty-stricken counties’ withdrawal as the research starting point, raised the issue of “spiritual poverty governance” and made useful explorations into how to further consolidate the foundational support for spiritual poverty governance, how to further equalize the governance of spiritual poverty, how to further optimize the methods of spiritual poverty governance, and how to further strengthen the assessment of the effectiveness of spiritual poverty governance. Song Zhemin, a member of the Expert Committee of the China Academy of Management Sciences and a Distinguished Professor at Duke Kunshan University, delivered a report titled “Upholding and Innovating the Model and Path of Adapting Marxism to the Chinese Context,” proposing from a lofty perspective that Chinese scholars should possess a global vision to solve problems for all humanity. He argued for transcending the logic of capital, overcoming the discourse system of capitalism, taking theoretical foundation as the lead and economic base as the root, and emphasized that the modernization of socialism with Chinese characteristics bears unprecedented importance. Professor Zhang Yaonan, taking Zhang Dongsun’s *Democracy and Socialism* as an entry point, [4]4 Zhang Dongsun (1886–1973) was a Chinese philosopher and political figure known for his advocacy of a “middle way” between capitalism and socialism. explored the relationship between the “Middle Way” and socialism. [5]5 The “Middle Way” (中道) here refers to a political and philosophical concept advocating a balanced path between extremes, often associated with Zhang Dongsun’s thought.

第四场由北京航空航天大学人文与社会科学高等研究院张耀南教授主持。西北工业大学马克思主义学院系主任高旭红教授以其主持的贫困县退出第三方评估检查实践为研究缘起，提出了“精神贫困治理”的问题，并就如何进一步夯实精神贫困治理的基础支撑、如何进一步均衡化治理精神贫困、如何进一步优化精神贫困治理方式、如何进一步强化精神贫困治理成效考核等问题作了有益探索。中国管理科学院专家委员会委员、中国杜克大学特聘教授宋哲民作为题为《守正创新马克思主义中国化模式与道路》的报告，以高屋建瓴的视野提出中国学者应拥有一种天下胸怀解决全人类问题，他提出要超越资本逻辑基础、战胜资本主义话语体系，以理论基础先行，以经济基础为根基，中国特色社会主义现代化担负者前所未有的重要性。张耀南教授以张东荪《民主主义与社会主义》为切入点，探讨了“中道”与社会主义的关系。

The conference included three parallel forums. Participating experts and scholars presented reports and engaged in in-depth exchanges and discussions around the three themes of “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” “the Centenary of the Founding of the CPC,” and “Political Economy.” Representatives from the three parallel forums delivered group reports. The first parallel forum was reported on by Associate Professor Xiao Bin from Xiamen University, who summarized from three perspectives: the dimension of world socialist development, the economic dimension, and the cultural dimension. The second parallel forum was reported on by Professor Chen Xiuhua from Wuhan University of Science and Technology, who believed that the papers in this group primarily explained the basic principles of Marxism in a popular and clear manner, focusing on historical issues of the Party’s centenary. The third parallel forum was reported on by Professor Wang Xuejun from Northeast Normal University, who considered that the papers in this group discussed Marxist political economy from three angles: the law of proportional distribution, labor-based wealth and common prosperity, and capitalist free trade, possessing both the theoretical depth of Marxism and a strong concern for reality.

大会包含三个分论坛。与会专家学者围绕“习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想”“建党百年”“政治经济学”三个主题分别进行了汇报并展开了深入交流和研讨。三个分论坛的代表做小组汇报。分论坛一组由厦门大学肖斌副教授进行汇报，他从世界社会主义发展维度、经济维度、文化维度三个角度作了归纳总结。分论坛二组由武汉科技大学陈秀华教授进行汇报，认为该组论文主要从建党百年的历史问题，把马克思主义基本原理解释得通俗、明朗。分论坛三组由东北师范大学王学军教授进行汇报，他认为该组论文从按比例分布规律、劳动致富与共同富裕和对资本主义自由贸易三个角度展开了对马克思主义政治经济学的讨论，既具备马克思主义的理论深度，又有强烈的现实关照。

The closing ceremony of the conference was presided over by Professor Yang Yunxia. First, Professor Cheng Enfu delivered a concluding speech for the conference. He affirmed the high quality and high efficiency of this forum, offered brief comments on the content of the speakers’ presentations, and proposed that an academic community for the New Marxist Forum should be established, so as to play an important role in promoting Chinese Marxism to the world and advancing the internationalization and application of Marxism. At the closing ceremony, Professor Yang Yunxia introduced the city of Xi’an and the features of Northwestern Polytechnical University to the participants, warmly welcomed all experts and scholars to join the team of the School of Marxism, and finally expressed sincere gratitude to the scholars who participated in the forum, the strong support of the conference organizers, and all the conference staff. She also expressed the hope that more experts and scholars would gather for the Second National Forum on Innovative Marxism.

大会闭幕式由杨云霞教授主持。首先程恩富教授作大会总结发言，他肯定了本次论坛的高质量、高效益，对会议发言人员的内容进行了简单点评，提出应建立新马论坛的学术共同体，为把中国马克思主义推向世界，促进马克思主义的国际化、应用化发挥重要作用。闭幕式上，杨云霞教授向与会人员介绍了西安市及西北工业大学的风貌，并热烈欢迎各位专家学者加入马院团队，最后对参与本次论坛的学者、会议主办方的大力支持及所有会务人员表示了由衷感谢，同时也祝愿更多的专家学者相约第二届全国创新马克思主义论坛！

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