How to Build and Strengthen the Discipline of CPC History and Party Building

Editor’s Note: The construction and development of the discipline of CPC history and Party building is both an important theoretical issue and a major practical issue. On the “road of examination” [1]1 The “three systems” refer to the disciplinary system, academic system, and discourse system of a field of study, a standard formulation in Chinese academic policy. where opportunities of the era coexist with severe challenges, focusing on continuing to contribute wisdom and strength to advancing Party building in the New Era, building and strengthening the discipline of CPC history and Party building appears particularly urgent. Around questions such as how to understand the necessity and practical significance of establishing the first-level discipline of CPC history and Party building, how to define its research object, content and methods, how to build a distinctive disciplinary system, academic system and discourse system, and how to better integrate with the construction of ideological and political theory courses, this journal invites four experts and scholars to discuss together for the reference of readers.

编者按：中共党史党建学科的建设和发展既是一个重要理论问题，也是一个重大实践问题。在时代机遇与严峻挑战并存的“赶考”路上，着眼于继续为推进新时代党的建设贡献智慧和力量，建优建强中共党史党建学科显得尤为迫切。围绕如何认识中共党史党建学一级学科设立的必要性和现实意义，如何界定其研究对象、内容和方法，怎样建设特色鲜明的学科体系、学术体系、话语体系，怎样与思想政治理论课建设更好融通等问题，本刊邀请4位专家学者共同探讨，供读者参考。

Interview Guests

访谈嘉宾

Wang Binglin, Dean of the Institute of CPC History and Party Building, Beijing Normal University

北京师范大学中共党史党建研究院院长 王炳林

Song Xueqin, Party Secretary and Vice Dean of the School of CPC History and Party Building, Renmin University of China

中国人民大学中共党史党建学院党委书记、副院长 宋学勤

Ouyang Junxi, Vice Dean of the Institute of CPC History and Party Building, Tsinghua University

清华大学中共党史党建研究院副院长 欧阳军喜

Professor Zhou Liangshu, School of Marxism, Peking University

北京大学马克思主义学院教授 周良书

Moderator

主持人

Zhang Shaoyi, Journalist of this journal

本刊记者 张少义

Reporter: Since its establishment as a first-level discipline in September 2022, the discipline of CPC history and Party building has encountered new opportunities for development, with continuously increasing efforts in disciplinary construction and gradually emerging results. Reviewing the course traversed, where does the necessity and practical significance of establishing the first-level discipline of CPC history and Party building lie?

记者：自2022年9月设立为一级学科以来，中共党史党建学迎来发展新契机，学科建设力度不断加大、成效逐步显现。回顾走过的历程，中共党史党建学一级学科设立的必要性和现实意义体现在哪里？

Wang Binglin: Establishing CPC history and Party building as a first-level discipline is both necessary and greatly beneficial. It has important theoretical value and practical significance for better playing the discipline’s function of providing political counsel and educating people, accelerating the construction of an independent knowledge system for Chinese philosophy and social sciences, and advancing the development of the Party and the state’s undertakings.

王炳林：将中共党史党建学设立为一级学科，既有必要，也大有裨益，对于更好发挥学科资政育人功能、加快构建中国哲学社会科学自主知识体系、推进党和国家事业发展，都具有重要的理论价值和实践意义。

Fundamentally, establishing CPC history and Party building as a first-level discipline is determined by the status and role of the Communist Party of China. The CPC is the highest political leadership force of the state and plays a leading core role in China’s economic and social development. It should therefore build a first-level discipline commensurate with the Party’s governing status. Only by establishing an independent discipline and conducting sustained and in-depth research can we truly understand why China’s modern society has undergone such tremendous changes, more profoundly interpret why the CPC can succeed, why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good, and why Marxism adapted to the Chinese context and the needs of the times works, and better provide theoretical support for upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership and building a Marxist ruling party that governs for the long term.

从根本上说，将中共党史党建学设立为一级学科是由中国共产党的地位和作用决定的。中国共产党是国家最高政治领导力量，在中国经济社会发展中发挥着领导核心作用，理应建设与党的执政地位相称的一级学科。只有设立独立的学科，持续深入地开展研究，才能真正理解中国近现代社会为什么会发生巨大的变化，才能更深刻地诠释中国共产党为什么能、中国特色社会主义为什么好、中国化时代化的马克思主义为什么行，才能更好地为坚持和加强党的全面领导、建设长期执政的马克思主义政党提供学理支撑。

Establishing CPC history and Party building as a first-level discipline helps to better play the discipline’s function of providing political counsel and educating people. As the ruling party, research on the CPC’s historical process has stronger political, theoretical and practical relevance compared to other historical disciplines, bears important functions of knowledge education, and can provide historical wisdom for governing the country and managing state affairs. Strengthening research on major theoretical and practical issues of Party leadership and Party building can provide intellectual support for strengthening the Party’s overall leadership, comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and adhering to the Party’s self-revolution to lead social revolution. At the same time, it can also promote the continuous improvement of professional course teaching and talent cultivation systems, increase the reserve and new forces of professional talent in CPC history and Party building, meet the needs of strengthening ideological and political work and carrying out Party affairs management, and thereby provide academic wisdom for building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

将中共党史党建学设立为一级学科，有助于更好发挥资政育人的学科功能。中国共产党作为执政党，其历史进程的研究较之其他历史学科具有更强的政治性、理论性和现实性，承担着重要的知识教育职能，能够为治国理政提供历史智慧。加强对党的领导、党的建设重大理论和实践问题的研究，能够为加强党的全面领导、全面从严治党、坚持以党的自我革命引领社会革命提供智力支持。同时，还可以促进专业课程教学和人才培养体系不断完善，增加中共党史党建专业人才储备和生力军，满足加强思想政治工作和开展党务管理工作的需求，进而为强国建设、民族复兴提供学术智慧。

Establishing CPC history and Party building as a first-level discipline is also an inherent requirement for accelerating the construction of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. The discipline of CPC history and Party building distinctly manifests Chinese characteristics, Chinese style and Chinese manner, and plays an irreplaceable role in constructing an independent knowledge system for China. The discipline of CPC history and Party building is a distinctive discipline with a high degree of unity between scientificity and Party spirit, and has very close connections with real society. Many major strategic issues raised in the current transformation of Chinese social practice are key points or categories of research in CPC history and Party building. Elevating CPC history and Party building to a first-level discipline helps to deeply explain the path of China, the governance of China, and the logic of China, deepen the understanding of the fundamental question of “what the CPC is and what it wants to do,” and accelerate the construction of an independent knowledge system for Chinese philosophy and social sciences.

将中共党史党建学设立为一级学科，还是加快构建中国特色哲学社会科学的应有之义。中共党史党建学彰显鲜明的中国特色、中国风格、中国气派，对于建构中国自主的知识体系具有不可替代的作用。中共党史党建学是一门科学性和党性高度统一的特色学科，与现实社会有着非常密切的联系。当前中国社会实践变革中提出的重大战略问题，很多都是中共党史党建学研究的重点或范畴。将中共党史党建学提升为一级学科，有助于深入阐释中国之路、中国之治、中国之理，深化对“中国共产党是什么、要干什么”这个根本问题的规律性认识，加快构建中国哲学社会科学自主知识体系。

Song Xueqin: Indeed, establishing CPC history and Party building as a first-level discipline is both a realistic necessity for upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership in the New Era, deeply advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and the Party’s self-revolution, and an inherent requirement for advancing the project of Marxist theory research and construction and building a disciplinary system, academic system and discourse system for philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. It has irreplaceable strategic value for serving the Party’s overall leadership, enhancing the Party’s level of scientific governance, promoting the flourishing development of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, and adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times.

宋学勤：的确，将中共党史党建学设立为一级学科，既是新时代坚持和加强党的全面领导、深入推进全面从严治党与党的自我革命的现实必然，也是推进马克思主义理论研究与建设工程、构建中国特色哲学社会科学学科体系学术体系话语体系的内在要求，对于服务党的全面领导、提升党的科学执政水平、推动中国特色哲学社会科学繁荣发展及马克思主义中国化时代化，均具有不可替代的战略价值。

The establishment of the first-level discipline of CPC history and Party building has built a bridge between academic research and practical needs. Through disciplinary cultivation of professional talent, it can provide specialized forces with theoretical literacy and practical ability for Party organizations at all levels, government departments, and social organizations. Strengthening the construction of the discipline of CPC history and Party building in the New Era is not a simple merger of “CPC history” and “Party building,” but rather aims to achieve the goal of “1+1>2.” Adhering to the concept of a unified large discipline and advancing integration, through the integration of the knowledge systems of the Party’s history and Party building, this discipline can connect the CPC’s history, reality and future, and connect the CPC’s theory and practice, thereby achieving the unity of political nature and academic nature, the unity of historicity and reality, and the unity of theory and practice. Connecting the study of CPC history and Party building helps to take history as a mirror, observe the present, and serve reality. Closely focusing on the general requirements for Party building in the New Era, concentrating on the fundamental principles, guiding policies, main lines of work, and overall layout of Party building, and deeply exploring the laws of Party building in the historical process, can we, based on practical needs, promote the continuous deepening of the great new project of Party building in the New Era. Rooted in China’s reality, integrating the major achievements and historical experience of the Party’s century-long struggle, and the new major achievements and successful experience of Party building in the New Era into the teaching, research and management of the discipline of CPC history and Party building is conducive to fully playing the mission function of this discipline in serving the overall work of the Party and the state.

中共党史党建学一级学科的设立，搭建了学术研究与实践需求的桥梁。通过学科化培养专业人才，能够为各级党组织、政府部门、社会组织输送具备理论素养与实践能力的专业化力量。加强新时代中共党史党建学科建设，不是把“中共党史”与“党的建设”进行简单合并，而是要实现“1+1＞2”的目标。坚持大学科理念一体化推进，通过对党的历史与党的建设两方面内容进行知识体系整合，能够使这一学科贯通中国共产党的历史、现实与未来，贯通中国共产党的理论与实践，从而实现政治性与学术性的统一、历史性与现实性的统一、理论性与实践性的统一。贯通党史与党建研究，有助于以史为鉴、观照当下、服务现实。紧紧围绕新时代党的建设总要求，聚焦党的建设根本原则、指导方针、工作主线、总体布局等内容，深挖历史进程中党的建设规律，方能着眼现实需求推动新时代党的建设新的伟大工程不断深入。立足中国实际，把党的百余年奋斗重大成就和历史经验、新时代党的建设取得的新的重大成果和成功经验，融入中共党史党建学科的教学、科研、管理之中，有利于充分发挥这一学科服务党和国家工作大局的使命功能。

Reporter: Disciplinary boundaries are an important marker of a discipline in knowledge production and academic division of labor. A specialized and stable research object and a recognized and clear research content are key to high-quality development of a discipline. Specifically for the discipline of CPC history and Party building, how should its research object and research content be defined?

记者：学科边界是一门学科在知识生产和学术分工上的重要标识，专门而稳定的研究对象、公认而明确的研究内容是学科高质量发展的关键。具体到中共党史党建学，其研究对象与研究内容应该如何界定？

Song Xueqin: The definition of research object and research content directly shapes the disciplinary affiliation, methodological applicability, and academic representation of CPC history and Party building. Clearly explaining the research object and research content of CPC history and Party building is an unavoidable basic proposition in the development process of this discipline.

宋学勤：研究对象与研究内容的规定，直接形塑着中共党史党建学的学科归属、方法适用、学术表征。明确阐释中共党史党建学的研究对象与研究内容，是中共党史党建学发展进程中不可回避的基本命题。

What distinguishes the study of CPC history and Party building from historical studies, political studies, etc., that involve the CPC lies precisely in highlighting the active subject status of the CPC in the research perspective, emphasizing the detailed interpretation of lines, principles, policies, strategies, and major documents and texts, transcending purely textual research, and paying attention to the relevance and practical value of specific figures, events and issues to major issues in CPC history and Party building. Therefore, more precisely, the research object of the discipline of CPC history and Party building is the major issues of the CPC’s history and its own construction.

中共党史党建研究区别于涉及中国共产党的历史学研究、政治学研究等之处，正在于突出中国共产党在研究视域中的能动主体地位，重视对路线方针、政策策略、主要文献文本的细致解读，超越纯粹的考释性研究，注意具体人物事件问题与中共党史党建重大问题的关联意义和实际价值。因此，更准确地说，中共党史党建学的研究对象是中国共产党历史及自身建设的重大问题。

In January 2024, four second-level disciplines under CPC history and Party building were established, namely: theory of CPC history and Party building, CPC history, Party leadership and Party building, and theory and practice of Party affairs work. Although the division of research content in CPC history and Party building is closely related to the second-level disciplines, it is not equivalent but rather a relationship of inclusion and being included. The research content should not be limited to the second-level disciplines. The division of research content in CPC history and Party building requires both extracting the “common divisor” of its own second-level disciplines and leaving academic space for the expansion of research topics. Therefore, the research content of the discipline of CPC history and Party building is the theoretical issues, historical issues, and practical issues of the CPC.

2024年1月，中共党史党建学下设的四个二级学科确立，分别是中共党史党建学理论、中国共产党历史、党的领导和党的建设、党务工作理论和实践。中共党史党建学研究内容的划分虽然与二级学科紧密相关，但并不是相等同，而是包含和被包含的关系，不应把研究内容仅限于二级学科中。中共党史党建学研究内容的划分，既需要提取自身二级学科的“公约数”，也要为研究议题的拓展留出学术空间。因此，中共党史党建学的研究内容是中国共产党的理论问题、历史问题、现实问题。

Ouyang Junxi: Disciplines are products of history and society, and the scope of a discipline’s research will inevitably change with the changes of the times and society. For example, from the perspective of academic history, the development process of the discipline of CPC history is a process of continuous expansion of the scope of CPC history research, from focusing on the history of the Party leading political and military struggles, gradually expanding to include important historical phenomena related to the Party, and beyond politics and military affairs to also involve economics, ideology and culture, social life, diplomacy, and so on. This is, on the one hand, because the development of socialist practice, especially the great practice since reform and opening up and the changes it has brought about in various aspects, has promoted the deepening and expansion of the field of Party history research; on the other hand, it is because of changes in academic trends, such as with the rise of new social history and new cultural history, the Party history academic community has also begun a “social history turn,” and some new fields have entered the vision of Party history researchers.

欧阳军喜：学科是历史和社会的产物，学科的研究范围也必然会随着时代和社会的变化而变化。比如，从学术史的角度看，中共党史学科发展的过程是中共党史研究范围不断扩展的过程，从侧重于研究党领导政治斗争、军事斗争的历史，逐步扩展到包含与党有关的重要历史现象，在政治、军事之外还涉及经济、思想文化、社会生活、外交等。这一方面是因为社会主义实践的发展，特别是改革开放以来的伟大实践及其带来的各方面的变化，促进了党史研究领域的深化和扩展；另一方面是因为学术潮流的变化，比如随着新社会史和新文化史的兴起，党史学界也开始了“社会史转向”等，一些新的领域进入到党史研究者的视野。

Of course, while the discipline of CPC history and Party building expands its territory, it must also pay attention to maintaining its own academic stance and value orientation. Interdisciplinary research has opened up new perspectives and research fields for Party history research, but it may also blur the boundaries between Party history and other disciplines. In the current era of open disciplines, CPC history and Party building research should still have relatively clear boundaries, maintain its significance and value as an independent discipline, always revolve around the central work of the Party and the state, and serve the central work of the Party and the state.

当然，中共党史党建学在开疆拓土的同时，也要注意保持自己的学术立场和价值取向。跨学科研究为党史研究开辟了新的视角和研究领域，但同时也可能会模糊党史与其他学科之间的界限。在当前学科开放的时代，中共党史党建研究仍然应该有相对明确的边界，保持其作为独立学科存在的意义和价值，始终围绕党和国家的中心工作而展开，并且服务于党和国家的中心工作。

Reporter: The discipline of CPC history and Party building has both distinct political and academic attributes. To form an academic mechanism that connects theoretical construction, historical interpretation, and practical response, what theoretical foundation should it be built upon, and what basic methods should be used?

记者：中共党史党建学兼具鲜明政治属性和学术属性，形成贯通理论构建、历史解释与现实回应的学术机制，需要建立在怎样的理论基础之上，运用什么样的基本方法？

Wang Binglin: The discipline of CPC history and Party building was born because of the Party and thrives because of the Party, taking the Party’s history and Party building as its main research content. Marxist party theory, the Sinicized Marxist theoretical system of Party building, Marxist historical theory, and the important expositions of the Party’s leaders on Party history and Party building constitute the important components of the theoretical foundation of the discipline of CPC history and Party building.

王炳林：中共党史党建学因党而生、因党而兴，以党的历史和党的建设为主要研究内容。马克思主义政党理论、中国化的马克思主义党建理论体系、马克思主义史学理论以及党的领袖关于党史和党的建设的重要论述，是中共党史党建学理论基础的重要构成。

Marxist party theory is the theoretical source and ideological cornerstone of the Party, and is the theoretical foundation for the CPC to strengthen Party leadership and its own construction. The CPC is a proletarian party armed with Marxism. Marxism’s important ideas on the Party’s nature, purpose, role, goals, organizational principles, discipline, unity, and solidarity determine the essential attributes and value orientation of the discipline of CPC history and Party building. The Sinicized Marxist theoretical system of Party building is the product of the CPC combining Marxist party theory with the reality of its own Party building practice, and is the scientific guiding ideology for comprehensively strengthening Party leadership and advancing the great project of Party building. Deeply studying the historical background, theoretical origins, development process, internal logic, and scientific connotation of the Sinicized Marxist theoretical system of Party building is an important part of CPC history and Party building research. Marxist historical theory provides scientific methodological guidance for CPC history and Party building research. The important principles and methods proposed by the Party’s leaders for studying and researching the Party’s history are enrichments and developments of Marxist historical theory. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping has attached great importance to the study and research

马克思主义政党理论是党的理论源头和思想基石，是中国共产党加强党的领导和自身建设的理论基础。中国共产党是以马克思主义武装起来的无产阶级政党，马克思主义关于党的性质、宗旨、作用、目标和组织原则、纪律、团结统一等重要思想，决定着中共党史党建学的本质属性和价值取向。中国化的马克思主义党建理论体系是中国共产党把马克思主义政党理论与党自身建设的实际相结合的产物，是全面加强党的领导、推进党的建设伟大工程的科学指导思想。深入研究中国化的马克思主义党建理论体系产生的历史背景、理论渊源、发展历程、内在逻辑、科学内涵等，是中共党史党建研究的重要内容。马克思主义史学理论为中共党史党建研究提供科学的方法论指导。党的领袖人物对学习研究党的历史所提出的重要原则和方法，是对马克思主义史学理论的丰富和发展。党的十八大以来，习近平总书记高度重视党史学习教育和研究工作，发表了一系列关于党的历史的重要论述，丰富和发展了马克思主义史学理论。

The methodology of the discipline of CPC history and Party building is a systematic understanding of the theoretical principles and a series of methods that guide research on CPC history and Party building. First, the guiding principles of the discipline of CPC history and Party building. Dialectical materialism and historical materialism are the Marxist worldview and methodology, and are the fundamental guiding principles and fundamental methods of the discipline of CPC history and Party building. Seeking truth from facts, the mass line, and independence and self-reliance are the standpoints, viewpoints, and methods with the characteristics of Chinese Communists. The "Six Musts" [2]2 “Standing firm on the ground and reaching for the sky” (顶天立地) is a Chinese idiom meaning to be both firmly grounded in reality and ambitious in vision. profoundly manifest the worldview, methodology, and the standpoints, viewpoints, and methods that run through Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Adhering to a correct view of Party history and a grand view of history, adhering to seeking truth from facts, and adhering to the principle of holism are the guiding principles that the discipline of CPC history and Party building should follow. Second, the research methods of the discipline of CPC history and Party building include investigation and research, the unity of logic and history, comparative research, and document analysis, among others.

中共党史党建学的方法论，是对指导中共党史党建研究的理论原则和一系列方法的系统认识。一是中共党史党建学的指导原则。辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义是马克思主义的世界观方法论，是中共党史党建学的根本指导原则和根本方法。实事求是、群众路线、独立自主，是具有中国共产党人特色的立场、观点和方法。“六个必须坚持”深刻彰显了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的世界观、方法论和贯穿其中的立场观点方法。坚持正确党史观和大历史观、坚持实事求是、坚持整体性原则，是中共党史党建学应遵循的指导原则。二是中共党史党建学的研究方法，包括调查研究、逻辑与历史相统一、比较研究和文献分析，等等。

Zhou Liangshu: There is a dialectical unity and mutually supportive relationship between the theoretical foundation and the methodology of the discipline of CPC history and Party building. The theoretical foundation provides value orientation and theoretical support for the methodology, while the methodology provides specific tools and practical pathways for the application of the theoretical foundation. Together, they constitute the core elements of the knowledge system of the discipline of CPC history and Party building. Conducting research on CPC history and Party building under the guidance of historical materialism requires establishing an intermediary theoretical system between the two. For example, taking modern and contemporary social history as the foundation, with the liberation and development of productive forces and the realization of social modernization as the main line; taking social evolution as the foundation, with social change as the driving force, and so on. Conducting research on CPC history and Party building under the guidance of dialectical materialism requires, on the basis of the law of the unity of opposites, forming a knowledge system composed of a series of basic categories such as necessity and contingency, universality and particularity, dynamics and statics, history and logic, possibility and reality, phenomenon and essence, part and whole, cause and effect, and so on. Its essence is to analyze the Party's history and Party building from a connected, developmental, and comprehensive perspective, opposing metaphysics and one-sidedness.

周良书：中共党史党建学的理论基础与方法论之间存在辩证统一、相互支撑的关系。理论基础为方法论提供价值导向和理论支撑，方法论则为理论基础的应用提供具体工具和实践路径，二者共同构成中共党史党建学知识体系的核心要素。在历史唯物主义指导下开展中共党史党建研究，应在二者之间建立一个中介理论体系。比如，以近现代社会史为基础，以解放和发展生产力、实现社会现代化为主线；以社会进化为基础，以社会变革为动力，等等。在辩证唯物主义指导下开展中共党史党建研究，需要在对立统一规律基础上，形成由必然与偶然、普遍与特殊、动态与静态、历史与逻辑、可能与现实、现象与本质、部分与整体、原因与结果等一系列基本范畴构成的知识体系。其实质就是，以联系的、发展的、全面的观点分析党的历史、党的建设，反对形而上学和片面性。

Of course, beneath the methodology, there must also be a series of specific research methods. First, the historical comparative method, which analyzes the similarities and differences between events and figures, seeking general laws from uniformity and respective characteristics from difference. Second, the reverse investigation method, which looks back at the starting point from the endpoint and reflects on history from reality, emphasizing the shaping of theory by practice, focusing on dynamic processes rather than static designs, thereby understanding complex political phenomena and historical processes. Third, the class analysis method, which adheres to a people-centered standpoint and scientifically analyzes the economic status, political attitudes, and roles of various social classes in social development. Fourth, the contradiction analysis method, which includes looking at problems from two sides, analyzing specific problems concretely, grasping the key points and the mainstream, and adhering to the unity of the two-point theory and the key-point theory. This has unique value, especially for the study of complex political phenomena and historical issues.

当然，在方法论下面，还要有一系列具体的研究方法。一是历史比较法，分析事件和人物的异同，从统一性中探寻一般规律性，从差异性中探寻各自特点。二是逆向考察法，从终点回望起点、从现实反观历史，强调实践对理论的塑造，关注动态过程而非静态设计，以此理解复杂政治现象和历史进程。三是阶级分析法，坚持以人民为中心的立场，科学分析社会各阶级的经济地位、政治态度及其在社会发展中的作用。四是矛盾分析法，包括一分为二地看问题，具体问题具体分析，抓住重点和主流，坚持两点论和重点论的统一，尤其对复杂的政治现象和历史问题的研究更有独特价值。

Reporter: With a view to forming characteristics and advantages, how should the discipline of CPC history and Party building construct its own distinctive disciplinary system, academic system, and discourse system?

记者：着眼于形成特色和优势，中共党史党建学应该如何构建具有自身特质的学科体系、学术体系、话语体系？

Ouyang Junxi: The construction of the disciplinary system, academic system, and discourse system of the discipline of CPC history and Party building should be closely centered on the "meta-question" of "what is the Chinese Communist Party." Understanding the nature, purpose, characteristics, and mission of the Chinese Communist Party is the prerequisite for constructing the disciplinary system, academic system, and discourse system of the discipline of CPC history and Party building.

欧阳军喜：中共党史党建学的学科体系、学术体系和话语体系建设，应该紧紧围绕“中国共产党是什么”这一“元问题”展开。理解中国共产党的性质、宗旨、特点、使命等，是构建中共党史党建学学科体系、学术体系、话语体系的前提。

The Constitution of the Communist Party of China stipulates: “The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and the leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It represents the development demands of China’s advanced productive forces, the forward direction of China’s advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the broadest majority of the Chinese people.” This formulation clarifies the nature and purpose of the Communist Party of China. From a global and comparative perspective, the Communist Party of China also possesses the following characteristics: First, the Communist Party of China is China’s Marxist political party. In constructing the “three systems” [1]1 The “three systems” refer to the disciplinary system, academic system, and discourse system of a field of study, a standard formulation in Chinese academic policy. of the discipline of CPC history and Party building, we must not mechanically copy Western party theories, nor simply apply the historical experience of communist parties in other countries. We must base ourselves on China’s actual conditions and the actual conditions of the Communist Party of China. Second, the Communist Party of China is the world’s largest political party, with a membership exceeding 100 million, and has established a rigorous organizational system including the Party’s central organizations, local organizations, and primary-level organizations. This is a powerful advantage that no other political party in the world possesses. At the same time, the Communist Party of China always faces the problem of how to solve the unique difficulties of a large party. Having the courage to engage in self-revolution is the most distinctive political character of the Communist Party of China. Therefore, constructing the “three systems” of the discipline of CPC history and Party building should address the questions of history and the questions of the era. Furthermore, the Communist Party of China is the highest political leadership force in the country. The party system implemented in China is the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. This new type of party system is not only essentially different from the “two-party system” and “multi-party system” of Western countries, but also formally different from the party systems of other socialist countries. Constructing the “three systems” of the discipline of CPC history and Party building should manifest China’s path, China’s governance, and China’s rationale.

《中国共产党章程》规定：“中国共产党是中国工人阶级的先锋队，同时是中国人民和中华民族的先锋队，是中国特色社会主义事业的领导核心，代表中国先进生产力的发展要求，代表中国先进文化的前进方向，代表中国最广大人民的根本利益。”这一表述阐明了中国共产党的性质和宗旨。从世界的视野、比较的视野来看，中国共产党还具有以下几个特点：首先，中国共产党是中国的马克思主义政党。构建中共党史党建学的“三大体系”，绝不能照搬西方的政党理论，也不能简单套用其他国家共产党的历史经验，必须立足中国实际，立足中国共产党实际。其次，中国共产党是世界上最大的政党，党员人数已经超过一亿，并且建立了包括党的中央组织、地方组织、基层组织在内的严密组织体系，这是世界上任何其他政党都不具有的强大优势。同时，中国共产党始终面临着如何解决大党独有难题的问题。勇于自我革命，是中国共产党最鲜明的政治品格。因此，构建中共党史党建学“三大体系”，应该关照历史之问、时代之问。再者，中国共产党是国家最高政治领导力量。中国实行的政党制度是中国共产党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度。这种新型政党制度不仅从本质上区别于西方国家的“两党制”和“多党制”，而且从形式上不同于其他社会主义国家的政党制度。构建中共党史党建学的“三大体系”，应该彰显中国之路、中国之治、中国之理。

Zhou Liangshu: The core of the “three systems” is the disciplinary system, and its key is the issue of disciplinary integration. In fact, the discipline of CPC history and Party building itself is the result of disciplinary integration. Although this discipline has now been established, its system construction is far from complete. Therefore, it must adopt a more open posture, accept, absorb, and digest new knowledge, and continue to develop in the direction of disciplinary integration. The first is macro-level integration, which mainly refers to the cross-integration of this discipline with the natural sciences. Introducing natural science research methods into the study of CPC history and Party building can promote the scientization, quantification, and precision of academic research, achieving the organic unity of multi-factor, multi-thread, multi-angle, and multi-level research. The second is micro-level integration, which mainly refers to the cross-integration of this discipline with other social sciences. Introducing knowledge from other social sciences into the study of CPC history and Party building can promote academic research from a single narrative to multiple fields such as culture, economy, society, and mentality, which is conducive to exploring micro-level topics such as ordinary Party members, grassroots practice, and policy effects.

周良书：“三大体系”的中心是学科体系，其关键是学科融合的问题。其实，中共党史党建学本身就是学科融合的结果。目前这门学科虽已建立，但远未完成体系建构，因此还要以更加开放姿态，接纳、吸收、消化新的知识，继续朝着学科交融的方向发展。首先是学科的大融合，主要是指本学科与自然科学的交叉融合。在中共党史党建研究中，引入自然科学研究方法，可以促进学术研究的科学化、定量化和精确化，实现多要素、多线索、多角度、多层次研究的有机统一。其次是学科的小融合，主要是指本学科与其他社会科学的交叉融合。在中共党史党建研究中，引入其他社会科学知识，可以促进学术研究从单一叙事转向文化、经济、社会、心态等多领域，有利于发掘普通党员、基层实践、政策效果等微观议题。

Of course, the most important is the internal integration of the discipline. The integrated development of the disciplines of Party history and Party building is an inevitable requirement for benign interaction and thus promoting high-quality development. The study of CPC history focuses on the vertical exploration of the Party’s historical process, while the study of Party building focuses on the horizontal exploration of the laws of Party building. Studying the Party’s historical development inevitably involves content related to the Party’s leadership and its own construction; studying Party building also requires drawing wisdom and strength from the Party’s history and summarizing historical laws. This overlap in research content can provide broad space for disciplinary integration.

当然，最为重要的还是学科的内部融合。党史党建学科融合发展，是良性互动进而推动高质量发展的必然要求。中共党史研究侧重于纵向探讨党的历史进程，而党的建设研究侧重于横向探讨党的建设规律。研究党的历史发展，必然涉及党的领导和党的自身建设等方面的内容；研究党的建设，也要从党的历史中汲取智慧和力量，总结历史规律。这种研究内容的交叉性可为学科融合提供广阔空间。

It must be pointed out that although disciplinary integration involves the participation of elements from different disciplines, it is not a simple superposition of various disciplines. Rather, it is a systematic and step-by-step integration of knowledge from multiple disciplines, premised on adhering to the individuality and characteristics of this discipline. This requires both identifying the “points of interaction” between different disciplines and exploring the “points of difference” between them, to achieve deep disciplinary integration.

必须指出，学科融合虽涉及不同学科元素的参与，却不是各个学科的简单叠加，而是在坚持本学科个性和特质的前提下，有系统、有步骤地融入多门学科知识。这就既要找出不同学科间的“交互点”，又要发掘不同学科间的“差异点”，进行深度的学科融合。

Reporter: Currently, the discipline of CPC history and Party building has entered a critical period of development for system construction and theoretical innovation. How can its knowledge system be better constructed?

记者：当前，中共党史党建学进入体系建构与理论创新的关键发展期，其知识体系如何才能更好建构？

Zhou Liangshu: Constructing the knowledge system of CPC history and Party building requires both “standing firm on the ground and reaching for the sky” [2]2 “Standing firm on the ground and reaching for the sky” (顶天立地) is a Chinese idiom meaning to be both firmly grounded in reality and ambitious in vision., adhering to the guidance of Marxist theory and following the facts of the Communist Party of China’s growth; and also “extending in all directions”, adhering to the integration of facts and principles, and striving to reach everywhere without exception. The first is “vertical connection”, that is, seeing the connections between past and present, studying the past based on the present. We should not be satisfied with individual studies of a single period or stage, but should connect the upper and lower levels to make historical analyses and judgments. The second is “horizontal connection”, that is, seeing the connections between internal and external, observing the Party from outside the Party. On the one hand, explore the evolution of the relationship between the Party, the nation, and the country. The Party’s development is not isolated but is inextricably linked to the conditions of the economy, politics, culture, and society. Studying CPC history requires seeking regularities from their interconnections. On the other hand, explore the relationships among the various parts, links, and elements within the Party. The Party is an organism; studying Party building must break through the compartmentalization of various parts and grasp the Party’s condition as a whole. The third is “internal mastery”, that is, being proficient in the theories and methods of this discipline. One must be proficient in the history of this field; without vertical inheritance, scholarship loses its foundation. One must be proficient in the doctrines of various schools; without horizontal reference, scholarship cannot reach the frontier. The fourth is “external mastery”, that is, understanding the theories and methods of other disciplines. In addition to essential disciplinary knowledge such as history and political science, one should also equip oneself with knowledge from several auxiliary disciplines such as economics, sociology, psychology, and anthropology.

周良书：构建中共党史党建学知识体系，既要“顶天立地”，坚持马克思主义理论的指导，遵循中国共产党成长的事实；也要“四通八达”，坚持事理贯通，力求无不可至。第一是“纵通”，即看到古今联系，立足现在研究过去。不能满足于一个时期、一个阶段的个别研究，而要上下打通，作出历史地分析和判断。第二是“横通”，即看到内外联系，透过党外观察党内。一方面，探讨党与民族、国家关系的演化。党的发展不是孤立的，而是同经济、政治、文化、社会的状况有着不可分割的联系。研究中共党史，要从它们的关联上寻求带有规律性的东西。另一方面，探讨党内各部分、各环节、各要素间的关系。党是一个有机体，研究党的建设必须打通各个部分的条块分割，从整体上把握党的状况。第三是“内通”，即精通本学科的理论和方法。要精通这门学问的历史，如果没有纵向的传承，学术就失去了根底；要精通各家的学说，如果没有横向的参照，学术就达不到前沿。第四是“外通”，即了解其他学科的理论和方法。除了历史学、政治学等必备学科知识外，还要配备经济学、社会学、心理学、人类学等若干辅助学科知识。

Ouyang Junxi: Constructing the knowledge system of CPC history and Party building should first “not forget the original source”. The discipline of CPC history and Party building was established on the basis of the second-level discipline “CPC History” originally under the first-level discipline of political science, and the second-level discipline “Party Building” originally under the first-level discipline of Marxist theory. In fact, it already has a long-term accumulation and a relatively systematic disciplinary knowledge. From *The Thirty Years of the Communist Party of China* to *The Seventy Years of the Communist Party of China*, *The Ninety Years of the Communist Party of China*, and *The One Hundred Years of the Communist Party of China*, the study of CPC history has formed a good tradition, with its main content, iconic concepts, basic theories, and research methods having been basically finalized. The Party’s three historical resolutions [3]3 The three historical resolutions are official CPC documents summarizing the Party’s history and experience, adopted in 1945, 1981, and 2021 respectively. systematically and comprehensively summarize the Party’s struggle process and historical experience, providing basic guidance for the construction of the knowledge system of CPC history and Party building. Therefore, we should first fully sort out the course of research on CPC history and Party building, summarize the historical experience of this research, inherit the fine traditions of this research, and innovate on the basis of upholding the fundamentals.

欧阳军喜：构建中共党史党建学知识体系，首先应该“不忘本来”。中共党史党建学是在原属政治学一级学科下面的二级学科“中共党史”、原属马克思主义理论一级学科下面的二级学科“党的建设”基础上建立起来的，实际上已有长期的积累和比较系统的学科知识。从《中国共产党的三十年》到《中国共产党的七十年》、《中国共产党的九十年》、《中国共产党的一百年》，中共党史研究形成了一个好的传统，主体内容、标识性概念、基础理论和研究方法已经基本定型。党的三个历史决议系统全面地总结了党的奋斗历程和历史经验，为中共党史党建学知识体系建设提供了基本遵循。因此，首先应该充分梳理中共党史党建研究的历程，总结中共党史党建研究的历史经验，继承中共党史党建研究的优良传统，在守正的基础上进行创新。

The study of CPC history and Party building is also a worldwide body of knowledge. What we aim to build is a knowledge system of CPC history and Party building with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner. Only by basing ourselves on China, starting from “Chinese problems”, and elevating Chinese experience into Chinese theory, can we form an original and systematic knowledge system of CPC history and Party building.

中共党史党建研究也是一门世界性的学问。我们要建设的是具有中国特色、中国风格、中国气派的中共党史党建学知识体系。只有立足中国，从“中国问题”出发，将中国经验上升为中国理论，才能形成原创的、系统的中共党史党建学知识体系。

Reporter: As a discipline with profound functions of providing political counsel and educating people, the discipline of CPC history and Party building is closely related to ideological and political theory courses. Currently, what are the pathways for better integration between the two?

记者：作为深具资政育人功能的学科，中共党史党建学科与思想政治理论课之间有着密切的关联。当前，二者更好融通的途径有哪些？

Song Xueqin: Deepening the disciplinary construction of CPC history and Party building is a vivid practice for implementing the fundamental task of fostering virtue and nurturing people [4]4 “Fostering virtue and nurturing people” (立德树人) is a standard phrase in Chinese education policy, emphasizing moral education as the foundation of talent cultivation. and strengthening the research and dissemination of the Party’s innovative theories. The discipline of CPC history and Party building has unique advantages and foundations in the construction of ideological and political courses, and must have the consciousness to serve the teaching and research of ideological and political courses. At the same time, relying on the construction of the knowledge system of CPC history and Party building, by effectively linking, integrating, and incorporating the research achievements of CPC history and Party building in the practice of teaching and research of ideological and political courses, and constructing a new pattern of benign interaction between CPC history and Party building research and ideological and political course teaching, is both a key measure to enhance the practical effectiveness of ideological and political courses in educating people and an inevitable requirement for promoting CPC history and Party building research to serve practical needs.

宋学勤：深化中共党史党建学学科建设，是落实立德树人根本任务、加强党的创新理论研究与传播的生动实践。中共党史党建学在思政课建设方面具有得天独厚的优势和基础，必须要有服务思政课教学研究的自觉。同时，以中共党史党建学知识体系的构建为依托，通过在思政课教学研究实践中有效衔接、整合和融入中共党史党建学研究成果，构建中共党史党建研究与思政课教学良性互动的全新格局，既是提升思政课育人实效的关键举措，也是推动中共党史党建研究服务现实需求的必然要求。

The construction of the knowledge system of CPC history and Party building can effectively expand and deepen the content of ideological and political course teaching and research. By embodying the research results of the knowledge system of CPC history and Party building in ideological and political courses, so that these courses receive strong support from rich historical facts, vivid historical figures, and diverse historical elements, this will greatly enhance the historical thickness of ideological and political courses and enrich and expand their depth of connotation. Using the construction of the knowledge system of CPC history and Party building to strengthen the problem orientation of ideological and political course teaching and research is the core path for promoting high-quality development of ideological and political courses. Whether it is the deep logic of historical events, the practical foundation of theoretical innovation, or the historical tracing of practical problems, all can find scholarly support in the study of CPC history and Party building. Therefore, it is necessary to attach great importance to the deep integration and mutual interpenetration of the problem consciousness of the two, transforming the cutting-edge achievements of CPC history and Party building into vivid teaching materials for ideological and political courses. This can not only inject profound scholarly foundations into ideological and political courses, but also guide students, in the process of facing problems, analyzing problems, and solving problems, to establish a correct view of CPC history [5]5 A correct view of CPC history (正确党史观) refers to the Party’s official historiographical stance, which emphasizes a scientific and dialectical understanding of Party history, opposing distortions such as historical nihilism., strengthen historical confidence, and ultimately realize the educational value of ideological and political courses in communicating with the mind, enlightening wisdom and nurturing the heart, and inspiring fighting spirit.

中共党史党建学知识体系的建构，能够有效拓展深化思政课教学研究的内容。把中共党史党建学知识体系研究成果在思政课中体现出来，使思政课得到丰富的历史事实、鲜活的历史人物、多样的历史元素的有力支撑，将大大增强思政课的历史厚度，丰富拓展思政课的内涵深度。以中共党史党建学知识体系的建构强化思政课教学研究的问题导向，是推动思政课高质量发展的核心路径。无论是历史事件的深层逻辑、理论创新的实践根基，还是现实问题的历史溯源，都能在中共党史党建研究中找到学理支撑。因此，必须高度重视二者问题意识的深度融合与互融互通，将中共党史党建学的前沿成果转化为思政课的鲜活教学素材。这不仅能为思政课注入深厚的学理底蕴，更能引导学生在直面问题、分析问题、解决问题的过程中，树立正确党史观、坚定历史自信，最终实现思政课沟通心灵、启智润心、激扬斗志的育人价值。

Wang Binglin: No matter how ideological and political courses are adjusted and reformed, the Party’s history and the Party’s innovative theory have always been the core content, and the forces engaged in the study of CPC history and Party building have always been the main undertakers of these courses. The key to running ideological and political courses well lies in teachers. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of the teaching staff for the discipline of CPC history and Party building, rationally allocate the teaching forces of Party history and Party building, and raise the overall level of the teaching staff for Party history and Party building. Currently, the construction of ideological and political courses in colleges and universities has achieved remarkable results, but it also faces problems such as overlapping and duplication of course content, and necessary reforms and adjustments should be carried out with the development of the times. Deepen academic research on Party history and Party building, continuously produce innovative research results, and provide support for ideological and political courses to resolve doubts and dispel confusion. Deepen academic research on deep-level theoretical and practical issues related to the development of the Party and the state, organically combine historical development with current realities, strengthen the integration of history and theory, and clearly and thoroughly explain the ins and outs and internal logic of related issues, effectively guiding students to grasp laws, clarify directions, and strengthen convictions. Research on major historical events and important historical figures in the discipline of CPC history and Party building can provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for the special excavation of red resources [6]6 Red resources (红色资源) are sites, artifacts, and narratives associated with the revolutionary history of the CPC, used for patriotic and ideological education.. It is necessary to systematically summarize historical laws and experiences, identify key nodes and core values in red resources, construct a resource system with clear logic and distinct themes, better integrate it into the teaching of ideological and political courses in colleges and universities, and play the value function of fostering virtue and nurturing people [7]7 Fostering virtue and nurturing people (立德树人) is a key educational principle in China, emphasizing moral cultivation as the foundation of talent development. and casting souls and educating people.

王炳林：思政课无论如何调整改革，党的历史和党的创新理论始终是核心内容，从事中共党史党建研究的力量始终是这些课程的主要承担者。办好思政课的关键在教师。必须加强中共党史党建学科的师资队伍建设，合理配置党史党建师资力量，提升党史党建师资队伍的整体水平。当前，高校思政课建设取得显著成就，但也面临课程内容交叉重复等问题，应该随着时代的发展进行必要的改革调整。深化党史党建学术研究，不断推出具有创新性的研究成果，为思政课解疑释惑提供支撑。深化涉及党和国家事业发展的深层次理论和实践问题的学术研究，把历史发展和现实状况有机结合起来，加强史论结合，把相关问题的来龙去脉、内在逻辑讲清楚、讲明白，有效引导学生把握规律、明确方向、坚定信念。中共党史党建学科中关于重大历史事件和重要历史人物的研究，能够为红色资源的专项发掘提供理论依据和实践指导。应系统总结历史规律与经验，识别红色资源中的关键节点与核心价值，构建逻辑清晰、主题鲜明的资源体系，更好融入高校思政课教学，发挥立德树人、铸魂育人的价值功能。