Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Introduction of Major Achievements Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War

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为深入贯彻落实习近平总书记关于加强抗日战争研究的重要指示精神，纪念中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年，弘扬伟大爱国主义精神、伟大抗战精神，中国社会科学院从院属各研究单位推荐的相关成果中遴选出11项代表性成果集中发布，其中专著类成果7项，理论文章和论文类成果3项，数据平台类成果1项。

1. “The Victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Was a Great Victory of the National Spirit Centered on Patriotism”

1.《抗日战争胜利是以爱国主义为核心的民族精神的伟大胜利》

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

中国社会科学院

Qiushi, Issue 14, 2025

《求是》2025年第14期

This article argues that the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression inspired and elevated the national spirit centered on patriotism, and that the Communist Party of China transformed the spiritual force of patriotism into a tide of the times leading the national resistance, playing the role of the mainstay in the nationwide war of resistance. From being the first to issue the call for resistance after the September 18th Incident [1]1 The September 18th Incident (1931) was a staged event used by the Japanese Kwantung Army as a pretext to invade and occupy Northeast China, marking the beginning of the Japanese invasion of China. to establishing the National United Front of Resistance Against Japan, the CPC gathered broad consensus and unleashed the profound power of patriotism latent among the people. In the arduous nationwide war of resistance, the CPC relied on and mobilized the people, composing a magnificent epic of patriotism and becoming the backbone force that secured victory in the War of Resistance. Today, we must still promote the national spirit centered on patriotism, remember history, honor the martyrs, and strive unitedly for building a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

该文提出，抗日战争激发升华了以爱国主义为核心的民族精神，中国共产党将爱国主义的精神力量转化为引领民族抗争的时代洪流，发挥了全民族抗战中流砥柱的作用。从九一八事变后率先发出抗日号召，到建立抗日民族统一战线，中国共产党凝聚广泛共识，激发出蕴藏在民众中的爱国主义深厚伟力。在艰苦卓绝的全民族抗战中，中国共产党依靠和动员人民，谱写了爱国主义的雄壮史诗，成为赢得抗战胜利的中坚力量。如今，我们仍需弘扬以爱国主义为核心的民族精神，铭记历史，缅怀先烈，为强国建设、民族复兴而团结奋斗。

2. “A Macro Reflection on the History of the Second World War”

2.《第二次世界大战历史的宏观反思》

Zhang Haipeng

张海鹏

CPC History Studies, Issue 8, 2015

《中共党史研究》2015年第8期

This article, surveying the history of the Second World War, finds that this great war had two sources of war, two flashpoints of war, two main battlefields, and two Victory Day commemorations. Clarifying these historical understandings is of great significance for breaking Eurocentrism, revealing the complex process of the globalization of the war, and providing theoretical support for the global status of the China theater as the main Eastern battlefield. Breaking the traditional Eurocentric view that the Second World War had only one flashpoint in Europe and incorporating the Asian and China theaters into a global historical perspective helps construct a more complete and scientific view of the history of the Second World War and prompts the international academic community to reassess the global significance of China’s War of Resistance.

该文纵观二战历史，发现这次大战有两个战争策源地，有两个战争爆发点，有两个主要战场，有两个胜利纪念日。阐明这些历史认识，对于打破欧洲中心论、揭示战争全球化的复杂进程，为中国战场作为东方主战场的世界性地位提供理论支撑，具有重要意义。打破传统上认为二战只有欧洲一个爆发点的欧洲中心论，将亚洲、中国战场纳入全球史视野，有助于构建更为完整、科学的二战史观，推动国际学界重新评估中国抗战的全球意义。

3. “The Communist Party of China Was the Mainstay of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression”

3.《中国共产党是中国人民抗日战争的中流砥柱》

Xia Chuntao

夏春涛

Modern Chinese History Studies, Issue 4, 2025

《近代史研究》2025年第4期

During the period of the nationwide war of resistance, the National Government, in which the Kuomintang was in power, represented China externally; the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Revolutionary Base Area, where the CPC Central Committee was located, was renamed the “Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region” and was a directly administered administrative region of the National Government’s Executive Yuan. The Kuomintang possessed over 2 million troops, while the more than 50,000 Red Army soldiers led by the CPC were reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. The Kuomintang repeatedly emphasized its dominant position and role in the War of Resistance. The actual situation was that the CPC’s influence and role grew with each passing day, and during the War of Resistance it accomplished many major and difficult tasks that the Kuomintang should have done but did not do and could not accomplish, playing an irreplaceable and decisive role in achieving the final victory of the arduous War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Recognizing the CPC as the mainstay of the nationwide war of resistance is an inherent requirement for correctly understanding and summarizing the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

在全民族抗战时期，国民党执政的国民政府对外代表中国政府；中共中央所在的陕甘宁革命根据地改称“陕甘宁边区”，是国民政府行政院的直辖行政区。国民党拥有200余万军队，中国共产党领导的5万余工农红军被改编为八路军、新四军。国民党反复强调自己在抗战中的主导地位和作用。实际情形是，中国共产党的影响和作用与日俱增，在抗战中做了许多国民党原本应当做却没有做也做不成的大事难事，对取得艰苦卓绝的抗日战争最终胜利起了不可替代、举足轻重的作用。承认中国共产党是全民族抗战的中流砥柱，是正确认识和总结抗日战争史的题中应有之义。

4. History of China’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (Complete 8 Volumes)

4.《中国抗日战争史（全8册）》

Edited by Bu Ping and Wang Jianlang

步平 王建朗 主编

Social Sciences Academic Press, October 2019

社会科学文献出版社2019年10月

This book strives to comprehensively reflect the changes in China’s politics, military, economy, society, diplomacy, and other aspects during the war. The book points out that the nationwide war of resistance was the foundation for a weak China to achieve victory in the war. The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was the pivot of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, exerting a profound impact on both China’s internal affairs and diplomacy. While resisting foreign invasion, the War of Resistance promoted internal changes in Chinese society and nurtured new factors of modernization.

该书力图全面反映战时中国政治、军事、经济、社会、外交等各方面的变化。该书指出，全民族抗战是处于弱势的中国取得战争胜利的基础。抗日战争是中华民族伟大复兴的枢纽，它对中国的内政和外交都产生了深远影响。在抵抗外敌入侵的同时，抗日战争促进了中国社会内部的变革，孕育了现代化的新因素。

5. New Compilation of the History of the Second World War

5.《新编第二次世界大战史》

Edited by the Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

中国社会科学院世界历史研究所 主编

China Social Sciences Press, July 2025

中国社会科学出版社2025年7月

This book adheres to a correct view of the history of the Second World War, systematically examining the historical process in which all peace-loving and just forces worldwide fought side by side under the banner of the anti-fascist united front, ultimately won the war, and reshaped the new world order. It prominently highlights the decisive contribution of the main Eastern battlefield, fully demonstrates the great role of the CPC as the mainstay of the nationwide war of resistance and the mighty power of the people’s war, and strives to construct a discourse narrative of the history of the Second World War with distinct Chinese characteristics and the characteristics of the times.

该书坚持正确二战史观，系统考察全世界爱好和平的正义力量在反法西斯统一战线的旗帜之下携手抗敌、最终赢得战争胜利并重塑世界新秩序的历史进程，着力凸显东方主战场的决定性贡献，充分展现中国共产党作为全民族抗战的中流砥柱的伟大作用和人民战争的磅礴力量，努力构建起具有鲜明中国特色与时代特色的二战史话语叙事。

6. Literature and Data Platform on the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and Modern Sino-Japanese Relations

6.抗日战争与近代中日关系文献数据平台

Undertaken by the Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

中国社会科学院中国历史研究院近代史研究所承建

Launched online in September 2018

2018年9月网络发布

This platform is one of the representative achievements of the National Social Science Fund’s “Special Project for the Study of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression,” undertaken by the Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The Literature and Data Platform on the War of Resistance was officially launched on September 2, 2018, and is open and free to the entire society. The platform has published over 83 million pages of high-definition images and nearly 180 million characters of descriptive text. Currently, the Literature and Data Platform on the War of Resistance is the world’s largest database on the history of the War of Resistance, providing comprehensive historical material support for research on the history of the War of Resistance.

该平台是国家社科基金“抗日战争研究专项工程”代表性成果之一，由中国社会科学院中国历史研究院近代史研究所承建。抗战文献数据平台于2018年9月2日正式上线，对全社会公开免费使用。平台上线文献共计8300余万页高清图像和近1.8亿字著录文字。目前，抗战文献数据平台是全世界最大的抗战史数据库，为抗战史研究提供了全面的史料支撑。

7. Collection of Military Materials on the Chinese Nation’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (Complete 100 Volumes)

7.《中华民族抗日战争军事资料集（全100册）》

Compiled by the Literature and Data Platform on the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and Modern Sino-Japanese Relations

抗日战争与近代中日关系文献数据平台 编

Edited by Jin Yilin and Luo Min

金以林 罗敏 主编

Social Sciences Academic Press, April 2020

社会科学文献出版社2020年4月

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and to present the epic and moving historical picture of the nationwide war of resistance, the Literature and Data Platform on the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and Modern Sino-Japanese Relations specially compiled the Collection of Military Materials on the Chinese Nation’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (Complete 100 Volumes), which includes a total of 341 types of documents, nearly 50,000 pages. The selected materials are mainly original historical materials published before 1945, with a focus on rare official publications and internal documents, fully reflecting the combat situation on both the frontal battlefield and the enemy’s rear battlefield during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

为纪念中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利75周年，呈现全民族抗战可歌可泣的历史图景，抗日战争与近代中日关系文献数据平台特编辑《中华民族抗日战争军事资料集（全100册）》，合计收录文献341种，近5万页。所编选的资料，主要为1945年以前出版的原版史料，以存世量较少、较为珍稀的官方出版物、内部文件为主，充分反映了抗日战争时期正面战场与敌后战场的作战情况。

8. Contemporary Research on the History of China’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1949–2021)

8.《当代中国抗日战争史研究（1949—2021）》

Edited by Du Jidong and Wu Minchao

杜继东 吴敏超 主编

China Social Sciences Press, June 2025

中国社会科学出版社2025年6月

This book systematically sorts out and comprehensively reviews the general situation of research on the history of the War of Resistance in mainland China after the founding of New China, especially since reform and opening up. The book is divided into 15 special topics, covering the enemy’s rear battlefield and the frontal battlefield, base area construction, the rear area and occupied areas, wartime Sino-foreign relations, overseas Chinese and the War of Resistance, post-war legacy issues, etc. It shows the development context, important achievements, and innovative breakthroughs of the research, points out shortcomings, and offers prospects. It is of great benefit to deepening research on the history of the War of Resistance and is an important masterpiece summarizing achievements and advancing scholarship in this field.

该书系统梳理和全面回顾了新中国成立后，尤其是改革开放以来中国大陆地区的抗战史研究概况。全书设15个专题，涵盖敌后战场与正面战场、根据地建设、大后方与沦陷区、战时中外关系、华侨与抗日战争、战后遗留问题等，展现了研究发展脉络、重要成果和创新突破，指出了不足，并作出展望，对深化抗战史研究大有裨益，是该领域成果总结和学术推进的重要力作。

9. Southwest Associated University and Modern China (1937–1946)

9.《西南联大与现代中国（1937—1946）》

Written by Wen Liming

闻黎明 著

Social Sciences Academic Press, January 2023

社会科学文献出版社2023年1月

This book, using rich archival documents, local newspapers and periodicals, and oral history materials, systematically sorts out the entire historical process of the establishment, development, and demobilization of Southwest Associated University from 1937 to 1946. It shows the scientific research, study, and living conditions of the teachers and students of Southwest Associated University under extremely difficult circumstances, describing how, with the firm belief in resisting Japan and saving the nation, they made outstanding contributions in the fields of politics, ideology, culture, and education, thereby achieving the unity of their personal careers and ideals with the destiny and future of the nation.

该书利用丰富的档案文献、地方报刊和口述史资料，系统梳理了1937年至1946年期间西南联合大学成立、发展和复员的历史全过程，展现了西南联大师生在极其艰苦条件下的科研、学习与生活情况，抒写他们怀着抗战救国的坚定信念，在政治、思想、文化、教育等领域作出卓越贡献，进而实现个人的事业、理想与国家命运、民族前途的统一。

10. Research on the Founding and Development of the Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area

10.《山东抗日根据地创立与发展研究》

Written by Wang Shihua

王士花 著

Social Sciences Academic Press, November 2024

社会科学文献出版社2024年11月

The Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area held an important strategic position. This book, using Chinese and Japanese archives, survey materials, diaries, chronologies, memoirs, and local revolutionary historical documents from Shandong, starts from topics less covered in previous research to discuss the arduous process and great achievements of the founding and development of the Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area, objectively presenting the actual state of the CPC mobilizing the masses, organizing armed forces, persisting in the resistance, taking root, and developing in Shandong. The book’s discussions on the CPC’s small-unit construction, dual-power regimes, and transportation work are all original.

山东抗日根据地有着重要的战略地位。该书利用海内外中日文档案、调查资料、日记年谱回忆录及山东地方革命历史文献等，从以往研究较少涉及的相关议题切入，论述山东抗日根据地创建与发展的艰难历程和巨大成就，客观呈现中国共产党在山东发动民众、组建武装、坚持抗战、扎根与发展的实际样态。书中对中国共产党小部队建设、两面政权、交通工作等的探讨均具有独创性。

11. Rediscovering the Tokyo Trial: Seeking International Rule of Law for Peace and Justice

11.《重新发现东京审判：寻求和平与正义的国际法治》

Written by Xu Chi

徐持 著

Contemporary China Publishing House, December 2023

当代中国出版社2023年12月

This book conducts an in-depth discussion of the Tokyo Trial from the dual perspectives of law and history, revealing the driving forces and causes that brought the Tokyo Trial into being, analyzing the core legal issues of the trial, sorting out the contributions and value of the Tokyo Trial in the history of the development of international rule of law, and excavating China’s historical role in the Tokyo Trial and the process of international rule of law. It not only offers a direct response and refutation to the fallacies of the Japanese “negationist school,” but also points to a future direction for seeking peace through the rule of law and narrating the shared memory of post-war Asia.

该书以法学和史学的双重视角对东京审判进行深入讨论，揭示东京审判应运而生的动力和原因，剖析审判的核心法律问题，梳理东京审判在国际法治发展史上的贡献和价值，挖掘中国在东京审判与国际法治进程中的历史作用，不但对日本“否定派”的谬论作出了正面回应和驳斥，也对以法治求和平、叙写战后亚洲的共同记忆指出了未来的向度。

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