Strengthening Political Resolve to Respond to Changes Unseen in a Century through Party History Study and Education

On 12 May 2021, in order to implement the important spirit of the Party Central Committee on carrying out Party history study and education throughout the Party, the Party Branch of the International Communist Movement Research Department of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, together with the First Party Branch and the Seventh Party Branch of the Trade Remedy Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, held a distinctive joint study and co-building activity at the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Combining the realities of their respective branch building and professional work, the Party branches of both sides engaged in lively and in-depth study and exchange around the activity theme “Strengthening Political Resolve to Respond to Changes Unseen in a Century through Party History Study and Education.” All Party members and research personnel of the Party Branch of the International Communist Movement Research Department, along with 16 Party member representatives from the First Party Branch and the Seventh Party Branch of the Trade Remedy Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, participated in this joint study and co-building activity.

2021年5月12日，为贯彻党中央在全党开展党史学习教育的重要精神，中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院国际共运研究部党支部与商务部贸易救济局第一党支部、第七党支部，在中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院举行了一场别开生面的联学共建活动。双方党支部结合各自支部建设与业务工作实际，围绕活动主题 “在党史学习教育中坚定应对百年未有之大变局的政治定力”，进行了热烈而深入的学习与交流。国际共运研究部党支部全体党员及科研人员，商务部贸易救济局第一党支部、第七党支部16名党员代表，参加了此次联学共建活动。

Group photo of the International Communist Movement Research Department of the Academy of Marxism and the Party Branches of the Trade Remedy Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce

马研院国际共运部与商务部贸易救济局党支部合影

The meeting was chaired by Researcher Yuan Xiuli, Deputy Secretary of the Party Branch of the International Communist Movement Research Department of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Researcher Pan Jin’e, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Research Department of the International Communist Movement Research Department of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Deputy Director Wang Xin, Secretary of the First Party Branch of the Trade Remedy Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, respectively introduced the basic circumstances of their Party branches’ implementation of Party history study and education. Secretary Pan Jin’e focused on introducing several experiences of the Party Branch of the International Communist Movement Research Department in combining key research projects, centering on the centenary of the founding of the Party, in carrying out branch-themed Party lessons and themed Party Day activities, and organizing a series of “serving the masses” lecture activities. Secretary Wang Xin, combining the practical work of the Ministry of Commerce on foreign economic affairs, focused on introducing the branch’s series of study and education activities organizing the study of the history of socialist economic thought, the history of the People’s Republic of China’s economic construction, and documents related to our Party’s basic policies on foreign economic work.

会议由中国社科院马研院国际共运研究部党支部副书记苑秀丽研究员主持。中国社科院马研院国际共运研究部党支部书记、研究部主任潘金娥研究员和商务部贸易救济局第一党支部书记王新副局长，分别介绍了各自党支部开展党史学习教育的基本情况。潘金娥书记重点介绍了共运部党支部结合重点科研项目，围绕建党百年，开展支部主题党课及主题党日活动、组织“服务群众”系列宣讲活动的若干经验。王新书记结合商务部对外经济工作实务，重点介绍了该支部组织学习社会主义经济思想史、中华人民共和国经济建设史、我党关于对外经济工作基本方针相关文献的系列学习教育活动。

In the thematic report section, Researcher Pan Jin’e, Secretary of the Party Branch of the International Communist Movement Research Department of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Director Wang Zhenfu, Party Group Leader of the First Export Regional Office of the Trade Remedy Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, delivered keynote speeches respectively on “Frontier Issues of the International Communist Movement, 2020–2021” and “The Current Situation of and Response to US Trade Sanctions against China.”

在主题报告部分，中国社科院马研院国际共运研究部党支部书记潘金娥研究员和商务部贸易救济局出口地区一处党小组组长王振富处长，分别围绕“2020-2021国际共运前沿问题”和“美对华贸易制裁的现状与应对”进行了主旨发言。

Researcher Pan Jin’e, Secretary of the Party Branch, and Director Wang Zhenfu, Party Group Leader, respectively deliver keynote speeches

党支部书记潘金娥研究员和党小组组长王振富处长分别进行主旨发言

Secretary Pan Jin’e first introduced the overall situation and frontier issues of the international communist movement in 2020–2021. In 2020, under the superimposed impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and changes unseen in a century, socialist countries such as China and Vietnam effectively controlled the pandemic and achieved economic development, demonstrating the superiority of the socialist system. At the same time, Western countries experienced rampant pandemic outbreaks, frequent social movements, widening gaps between rich and poor, and more prominent social inequality, exposing various drawbacks of neoliberalism. The world pattern of “the East rising and the West declining” became more pronounced, and the international communist movement entered a period of turbulent change. In early 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread in the West, while socialist countries, on the basis of strengthening pandemic prevention and control work, smoothly convened new Party congresses. The Communist Party of China, in welcoming its centenary, embarked on a new journey, leading world socialism into a new period. After the Biden administration came to power in the United States, it was committed to promoting a so-called “democratic alliance,” with an evident intention to launch a “new Cold War.” Overall, the international communist movement faces both opportunities and challenges.

潘金娥书记首先介绍了2020-2021年国际共产主义运动的总体态势和前沿问题。2020年，在新冠疫情和百年未有之大变局叠加影响下，中国、越南等社会主义国家有效地管控疫情并取得了经济发展，彰显了社会主义制度的优越性。与此同时，西方各国疫情泛滥，社会运动频发，贫富分化差距拉大，社会不平等更加突出，暴露了新自由主义的种种弊端。世界格局“东升西降”更加明显，国际共产主义运动进入了动荡变革期。2021年初，新冠肺炎疫情继续在西方蔓延，而社会主义国家在加强疫情防控工作的基础上，顺利召开了新一届党的代表大会。中国共产党在迎接百年华诞中开启新征程，引领世界社会主义进入新时期。美国拜登政府上台后致力于推动所谓“民主联盟”，发动“新冷战”意图明显。总体而言，国际共产主义运动机遇与挑战并存。

Party Group Leader Wang Zhenfu explained the composition of US trade policy, the institutions leading US trade sanctions and their sanction methods, and the characteristics of and response to Sino-US trade relations. The main thrust of US trade policy includes reducing trade and investment barriers by signing trade agreements and conducting negotiations, implementing trade commitments and related laws, and promoting market opening, thereby supporting domestic economic growth and employment; providing time-limited relief for companies and workers facing unfairness or harmed by imports; and expanding US overseas influence through measures such as unilateral tariff preferences and strengthening regional alliances. Relevant institutions involved in US trade policy decision-making include the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the International Trade Commission. Currently, the focus of the Biden administration’s trade policy toward China lies in comprehensively reviewing its trade policy toward China: on the one hand, using tariffs and other means to directly strike at so-called Chinese “unfair trade practices,” and on the other hand, indirectly suppressing China by strengthening alliances. The current situation of US trade sanctions against China reflects main characteristics of the current stage of Sino-US relations, such as dynamic imbalance and weakened strategic mutual trust. Future Sino-US trade relations will face multiple challenges, and the comprehensive repair of bilateral relations will inevitably undergo a long and complex historical process.

王振富组长对美国贸易政策的构成、美国主导贸易制裁的机构及制裁手段、中美贸易关系的特征与应对进行了阐释。美国贸易政策的主旨包括通过签署贸易协议和谈判，减少贸易和投资壁垒，实施贸易承诺和相关法律，促进市场开放，从而支持国内经济增长和就业；为面临不公平或受进口损害的公司和工人提供限时救济；通过单方面关税优惠和加强区域联盟等措施，扩展美国的海外影响力。参与美国贸易政策决策的相关机构包括贸易代表办公室、商务部、财政部、国务院、国土安全部、农业部、卫生与公共服务部、劳工部及国际贸易委员会。当前，拜登政府对华贸易政策的重心在于全面审查对华贸易政策，一方面利用关税等手段直接打击所谓的中国“不公平贸易行为”，另一方面通过强化盟友关系，间接打压中国。美国对华贸易制裁的现状反映出现阶段中美关系陷入动态失衡、战略互信削弱等主要特征，未来中美贸易关系将面临多重挑战，双边关系的全面修复必将经历长期复杂的历史过程。

In the discussion segment, Party members from both branches engaged in in-depth exchange on major historical and practical issues such as changes unseen in a century from the dual perspectives of international communist movement research and foreign economic work, and the new situation and new pattern of the struggle between the two systems in the post-pandemic era. Researcher Tan Xiaojun of the Party Branch of the International Communist Movement Research Department argued that the fundamental contradiction behind the Sino-US trade war lies in the struggle between the two systems of capitalism and socialism. Only by grasping the historical trend of the “two inevitables” [1]1 The “two inevitables” (两个必然) refers to the Marxist thesis that the victory of socialism over capitalism and the eventual triumph of communism are historically inevitable. from a strategic height can one, in foreign economic work and international communist movement research, see the essence through phenomena, deeply analyze the causes, and accurately judge the situation. Li Xie, Secretary of the Seventh Party Branch of the Trade Remedy Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, focused on explaining the issue of “China’s trade countermeasures against the United States,” which was of common concern to branch Party members.

在讨论环节，双方支部党员围绕国际共运研究和对外经济工作双重视阈下的百年未有之大变局、后疫情时代两制斗争新态势与新格局等重大历史与现实问题进行了深入交流。共运部党支部谭晓军研究员认为，中美贸易战背后的根本矛盾在于资本主义和社会主义两种制度的斗争，只有从战略高度把握“两个必然”的历史大势，才能在对外经济工作和国际共运研究工作中透过现象看本质，深刻剖析动因，准确研判时局。商务部贸易救济局第七党支部支部书记李勰对支部党员普遍关切的“我对美实施贸易反制”问题，进行了重点阐释。

Researcher Tan Xiaojun of the Party Branch of the International Communist Movement Research Department participates in the discussion

国际共运部党支部谭晓军研究员参与讨论

The International Communist Movement Research Department of the Academy of Marxism and the Party Branches of the Trade Remedy Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce engage in exchange

马研院国际共运部与商务部贸易救济局党支部进行交流

In the summary and exchange segment, the secretaries of each branch highly evaluated the important significance of this joint study and co-building activity and put forward opinions and suggestions for further strengthening joint study and co-building between the two sides. Deputy Director Wang Xin, Secretary of the First Party Branch of the Trade Remedy Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, believed that this study and exchange activity raised the political standing and theoretical literacy of branch Party members and played an important guiding role in helping branch Party members firmly establish the “Four Consciousnesses” [2]2 The “Four Consciousnesses” (四个意识) refers to the consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment with the central Party leadership. and strengthen the “Four Confidences” [3]3 The “Four Confidences” (四个自信) refers to confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. in foreign economic work. Deputy Director Li Xie, Secretary of the Seventh Party Branch of the Trade Remedy Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, believed that this joint study and co-building activity enabled branch Party members to gain a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of “basic issues and frontier trends of international communism and world socialism,” enhancing the political consciousness and Party spirit of branch Party members in daring to take responsibility and faithfully performing their duties in foreign economic work. Researcher Pan Jin’e, Secretary of the Party Branch of the International Communist Movement Research Department of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believed that by understanding hot and difficult issues in foreign economic work such as the Sino-US trade war, branch Party members gained a deeper understanding of the inevitability and regularity of the struggle between the two systems of capitalism and socialism under changes unseen in a century. This activity not only broadened the research horizons of branch Party members but also provided important insights for the branch to further strengthen political construction and ideological construction. (Contributed by He Qin, Propaganda Committee Member of the Party Branch of the International Communist Movement Research Department)

在总结交流部分，各支部书记高度评价了此次联学共建活动的重要意义，并对双方进一步加强联学共建活动提出了意见建议。商务部贸易救济局第一党支部支部书记王新副局长认为，此次学习交流活动提高了支部党员的政治站位和理论素养，对支部党员在对外经济工作中树牢“四个意识”、坚定“四个自信”具有重要的指导作用。商务部贸易救济局第七党支部支部书记李勰副局长认为，此次联学共建活动使支部党员对 “国际共产主义与世界社会主义基本问题与前沿趋势”有了更加全面深入的认识，增强了支部党员在对外经济工作中勇于担当、忠诚履职的政治觉悟和党性修养。中国社科院马研院国际共运研究部党支部书记潘金娥研究员认为，支部党员通过了解中美贸易战等对外经济工作中的热点难点问题，对百年未有之大变局下资本主义与社会主义两制斗争的必然性与规律性有了更加深入的认识，此次活动不但拓展了支部党员的研究视野，也为支部进一步加强政治建设和思想建设提供了重要启示。（共运部党支部宣传委员贺钦供稿）