2025 Research Report on the Development of Marxist Theory

Theoretical innovation is an important magic weapon for the Chinese Communist Party to achieve brilliant achievements in its history of more than one hundred years, and is the fundamental guarantee for the development of the Party and the state’s undertakings. In the historical position of the New Era, we must attach great importance to theoretical innovation and continuously deepen our understanding of the laws governing the development of Marxist theory. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party proposed: “Deepen the study, publicity and education of the Party’s innovative theories, and unswervingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to consolidate souls and cast spirits.” [1]1 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC was held in July 2025, focusing on comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese-path modernization. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the fundamental guide for constructing philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. Adhering to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the banner and soul is the most prominent epochal feature and the most distinctive theoretical character of all disciplines in philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. To successfully complete the major tasks of Marxist theoretical research in the New Era is the solemn historical mission entrusted to us by the times. We must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, continuously open up new development paths, and explore new methods and approaches.

理论创新是中国共产党在一百多年历史中取得光辉成就的重要法宝，是党和国家事业发展的根本保证。新时代历史方位中，我们必须高度重视理论创新，不断深化对马克思主义理论发展的规律性认识。党的二十届四中全会提出：“深化党的创新理论学习和宣传教育，坚持不懈用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想凝心铸魂。”习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想是构建中国特色哲学社会科学的根本指南，坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为旗帜和灵魂，是中国特色哲学社会科学各学科最显著的时代特征、最鲜明的理论品格。完成好新时代马克思主义理论研究工作的重大任务，这是时代赋予我们的庄严的历史使命，必须坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，不断开拓新的发展路径，探索新的方式方法。

Progress and Highlights of Marxist Theoretical Research

马克思主义理论研究的进展与亮点

In his “Speech at the Symposium on Philosophy and Social Sciences Work,” General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Facing the new situation where social ideological concepts and value orientations are becoming increasingly active, mainstream and non-mainstream coexist simultaneously, and social trends of thought are turbulent and surging, how to consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, cultivate and practice the core socialist values, and consolidate the common ideological foundation for the united struggle of the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country urgently requires philosophy and social sciences to play a better role.” 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Marxist theory as a first-level discipline. [2]2 In China’s academic degree system, a “first-level discipline” is a broad disciplinary category under which sub-disciplines are grouped. Marxist theory was established as a first-level discipline in 2005. Based on the accumulation of disciplinary development, closely following the pulse of the times, the Marxist theory academic community has advanced in depth around major directions such as the systematic and theoretical research and interpretation of the Party’s innovative theories, the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, new contemporary responses to classical Marxist theory, and the review and reflection on the 20th anniversary of the Marxist theory discipline, forming rich research results. These have both deepened basic theoretical research and strengthened the observation of practical issues.

习近平总书记《在哲学社会科学工作座谈会上的讲话》中指出：“面对社会思想观念和价值取向日趋活跃、主流和非主流同时并存、社会思潮纷纭激荡的新形势，如何巩固马克思主义在意识形态领域的指导地位，培育和践行社会主义核心价值观，巩固全党全国各族人民团结奋斗的共同思想基础，迫切需要哲学社会科学更好发挥作用。”2025 年是马克思主义理论一级学科设立20周年，马克思主义理论学界立足学科发展积淀，紧扣时代发展脉搏，围绕党的创新理论体系化学理化研究阐释、党的二十届四中全会精神、马克思主义经典理论的当代现实新回应、马克思主义理论学科20周年的回顾与反思等主要方向纵深推进，形成了丰富的研究成果，既深化了基础理论研究，又强化了现实问题观照。

First, leading the construction of an independent knowledge system with systematic and theoretical research and interpretation of the Party’s innovative theories has made new progress. Systematically and theoretically elaborating on Marxism adapted to the Chinese context and the needs of the times is a fine tradition of the Chinese Communist Party’s theoretical innovation. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Promoting the systematization and theorization of theory is an inherent requirement and an important pathway for theoretical innovation.” Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping, based on the historical position of the New Era, has comprehensively coordinated the two overall situations of the domestic and international arenas, and with great courage in theoretical innovation, founded Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is systematic in structure, rigorous in logic, rich in connotation, and broad and profound. It runs through Marxist philosophy, political economy, and scientific socialism, covers various fields such as reform, development, and stability; internal affairs, foreign affairs, national defense; and governing the Party, the state, and the military, forming a series of important principled achievements and making a series of major original contributions. The Party’s innovative theoretical achievements in the New Era are abundant, requiring researchers to deeply sort out their internal logic, conceptual connections, and practical foundations, promoting the theory from “original viewpoints” to a “scientific system.” This requires the theoretical and academic circles to strengthen research from the perspectives of systematization and theorization. In 2025, the Marxist theory academic community conducted in-depth study, publicity, research interpretation, and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, presenting a continuously deepening logical thread: from early investigations into the origins, interpretations of connotations, and summaries of ideological characteristics of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deepening towards systematic and theoretical research, and gradually rising to the theoretical interpretation of the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. At the same time, the theoretical and academic circles have also systematically studied and interpreted the various components of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the new ideas and viewpoints continuously proposed in its development process.

第一，以党的创新理论体系化学理化研究阐释引领自主知识体系建设取得新进展。对中国化时代化的马克思主义进行学理化、体系化阐述，是中国共产党理论创新的优良传统。习近平总书记强调：“推进理论的体系化、学理化，是理论创新的内在要求和重要途径。”党的十八大以来，习近平总书记立足新时代的历史方位，统筹把握国际、国内两个大局，以巨大的理论创新勇气，创立了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想。习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想体系严整、逻辑严密、内涵丰富、博大精深，贯通了马克思主义哲学、政治经济学、科学社会主义，涵盖了改革发展稳定、内政外交国防、治党治国治军等各领域，形成了一系列重要的原理性成果，作出了一系列重大的原创性贡献。新时代党的创新理论成果丰硕，需要广大研究者深入梳理其内在逻辑、概念关联与实践基础，推动理论从“原创观点”升华为“科学体系”。这就要求理论界和学术界从体系化和学理化上加强研究。2025年马克思主义理论学界对习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想进行了深入的学习宣传、研究阐释和贯彻落实，呈现出一条不断深化的逻辑线索：从早期对习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的渊源考察、内涵阐释和思想特质总结，向体系化、学理化研究深化，并逐步上升到对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学理化阐释。同时，理论界和学术界对习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的各部分以及不断发展过程中提出的新思想、新观点也进行了系统研究阐释。

Second, centering on the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, advancing research on important identifying concepts. The Marxist theory community attaches great importance to the significant meaning of the “Proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development” (hereinafter referred to as the “15th Five-Year Plan Proposal”) and actively conducts research and interpretation. The academic community generally believes that the “15th Five-Year Plan Proposal” determines the scientific theoretical foundation, policy foundation, strategic planning, forward-looking deployment, and practical requirements for the Party to lead the people in comprehensively advancing the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period. It fully embodies the historical initiative and strong leading power of the Party leading the people to continue writing a new chapter in the two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, and to strive to create a new situation in Chinese-path modernization. It will certainly guide and promote high-quality economic and social development during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, laying a more solid foundation for basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035. The academic community, centering on the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, continuously deepens research on important identifying concepts such as Chinese-path modernization and stage-based development.

第二，围绕党的二十届四中全会精神，推进重要标识性概念研究。马克思主义理论界高度重视《中共中央关于制定国民经济和社会发展第十五个五年规划的建议》（以下简称《“十五五”规划建议》）的重大意义，积极开展研究阐释，学术界普遍认为《“十五五”规划建议》确定“十五五”时期党领导人民全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业的科学理论基础、政策基础、战略规划、前瞻部署和实践要求，充分体现了党领导人民续写经济快速发展和社会长期稳定两大奇迹新篇章、奋力开创中国式现代化建设新局面的历史主动和强大引领力，必将指导和推动“十五五”时期经济社会高质量发展，为2035年基本实现社会主义现代化奠定更加坚实的根基。学术界围绕党的二十届四中全会精神，不断推进中国式现代化、阶段式发展等重要标识性概念的研究深化。

Third, basic theoretical research presents the dual characteristics of close textual study and practical resonance. In 2025, basic research on Marxist theory focuses on the in-depth excavation of classical works and the contemporary explanatory power of basic principles, breaking the limitations of traditional research paradigms and achieving an organic unity of textual interpretation and practical concern.

第三，基础理论研究呈现出文本细研与现实呼应的双重特征。2025年马克思主义基础理论研究聚焦经典著作的深度挖掘与基本原理的当代理论解释力，打破传统研究范式的局限，实现了文本解读与现实关切的有机统一。

Fourth, clarifying the epochal direction of the development of the Marxist theory discipline through review and reflection. 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Marxist theory as a first-level discipline, and also the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the “05 Plan” for ideological and political theory courses. [3]3 The “05 Plan” refers to the 2005 reform plan for ideological and political theory courses in higher education, which standardized the curriculum system for these courses. The Marxist theory academic community has carried out a series of theoretical summaries around the 20-year development history, main experiences, and future prospects of the discipline, providing clear path guidance for the long-term development of the discipline.

第四，在回顾与反思中廓清马克思主义理论学科发展的时代方向。2025年是马克思主义理论学科一级学科设立20周年，也是思想政治理论课的“05方案”实施20周年，马克思主义理论学界围绕学科20年的发展历史、主要经验和未来展望展开了一系列理论总结，为学科的长远发展提供了清晰的路径指引。

In-depth Advancement of Systematic and Theoretical Research and Interpretation of the Party’s Innovative Theories

党的创新理论体系化学理化研究阐释深入推进

To carry out systematic and theoretical research and interpretation, one must first accurately grasp the scientific connotation and dialectical relationship between systematization and theorization. Han Qingxiang of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC (National Academy of Governance) proposed that the basic connotations of theorization include: theorization of the transformation of practice, theorization of the sublimation of historical experience, theorization of the interpretation of original contributions, theorization of the scientific demonstration of ideological issues, and theorization of discourse expression. The specific connotations of systematic interpretation include: determining the theoretical starting point and foothold, determining identifying categories and original judgments, determining the backbone of the system and logical framework, determining the core essence and ideological essence, and determining the philosophical foundation. Theorization is the basis and prerequisite, function and theme of systematization; systematization is the advancement and elevation, carrier and goal of theorization. Systematic and theoretical research requires us to have systematic thinking when facing specific ideological research. Taking Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization as an example, Chen Xueming of Fudan University pointed out that current academic research on Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization is mainly manifested in three aspects: first, research from the level of ecological governance; second, research from the levels of ecological economics and ecological ethics; third, research from the level of ecological philosophy. For the study of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, all three levels are indispensable, but the most important is research from the philosophical level. The innovation of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization in the ontology of Marxist philosophy is mainly manifested in its embodiment of a “human-nature symbiosis” ontology. Our ecological civilization construction is achieving great successes precisely because it is rooted in correct philosophical theory.

开展体系化学理化研究阐释，首先要准确把握体系化学理化的科学内涵以及辩证关系。中共中央党校（国家行政学院）韩庆祥提出，学理化的基本内涵包括：对实践创造转换的学理化，对历史经验升华的学理化，对原创性贡献内涵阐释的学理化，对意识形态问题科学论证的学理化和话语表述的学理化。体系化阐释的具体内涵则包括：确定理论起点和立足基点，确定标识性范畴和原创论断，确定体系骨干和逻辑框架，确定核心要义和思想精髓和确定哲学根基。学理化是体系化的基础和前提、职能和主题，体系化是学理化的推进和提升、载体和目标。体系化学理化研究要求我们在面对具体思想研究时必须具有系统思维，复旦大学陈学明以习近平生态文明思想为例指出，目前学术界关于习近平生态文明思想的研究主要表现为三个方面，一是从生态治理学的层面加以研究，二是从生态经济学、生态伦理学的层面加以研究，三是从生态哲学的层面去研究。对习近平生态文明思想的研究，这三个层面都必不可少，但最重要的是从哲学的层面研究。习近平生态文明思想对马克思主义哲学本体论的创新主要表现为体现了“人—自然共生”本体论，我们的生态文明建设正在取得巨大成就，是因为有了正确的哲学理论为根基。

Regarding the scientific connotation of the systematic and theoretical research and interpretation of the Party’s innovative theory, Cui Weihang of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences proposed that the Party’s innovative theory is Marxism of the 21st century and Marxism of contemporary China. Marxism is not a doctrine confined to the study, nor an academic philosophy that merely interprets the world, but a guide to action for changing the world. The development of the Party’s innovative theory has its own logic, namely, leading practical development in the process of solving the problems of the times. In terms of its nature, this logic is not a logic of speculation but a logic of reality and practice. Here, it is also necessary to summarize and refine concepts, but not to make them as abstract as possible; rather, we must adhere to the foundation of practice to carry out necessary abstract generalizations. Abstract generalization serves the needs of practice and the needs of the Party’s theoretical construction and theoretical armament. Regarding the summary of the driving mechanisms for the systematization and theorization of the Party’s innovative theory, Sun Laibin of Peking University believes there are the following: first, the practice-driven theory, whose main purpose is to solve practical problems; second, the cultural adaptation theory, which emphasizes the influence of fine traditional Chinese culture on theoretical construction; third, the political construction theory, which emphasizes that theory serves political needs, especially maintaining the Party’s ruling legitimacy; fourth, the international interaction response theory, which emphasizes how to respond to international issues.

对于党的创新理论体系化学理化研究阐释的科学内涵，中国社会科学院崔唯航提出，党的创新理论是21世纪马克思主义，是当代中国的马克思主义。马克思主义不是书斋里的学问，不是解释世界的经院哲学，而是改变世界的行动指南。党的创新理论的发展有自己的逻辑，即在破解时代问题中引领实践发展。这一逻辑从性质上看不是思辨的逻辑，而是现实的逻辑、实践的逻辑。在此也需要对概念进行概括提炼，但不是越抽象越好，而是要坚持立足实践根基进行必要的抽象概括。抽象概括服从于实践需要，服从于党的理论建设和理论武装的需要。对党的创新理论体系化学理化的动力机制的归纳，北京大学孙来斌认为有以下几种：一是实践驱动论，主要目的是解决现实问题；二是文化适应论，强调中华优秀传统文化对于理论建构的影响；三是政治建构论，强调理论服务政治需要，特别是维护党的执政合法性；四是国际互动回应论，强调如何回应国际问题。

Taking the “in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations education campaign” [4]4 The Eight-Point Regulations are a set of rules on austerity and work style issued by the CPC Central Committee in December 2012, aimed at curbing bureaucracy, extravagance, and formalism among Party officials. The “education campaign” refers to a Party-wide study and implementation drive. as an opportunity, academic research on the Party’s self-revolution and style of work construction was a hot topic in 2025, showing distinctive characteristics of interdisciplinary integration and innovative research methods in terms of theoretical depth, practical dimensions, and the exploration of contemporary value. Regarding the deepening research on the theoretical connotation of the Party’s self-revolution and its development with the times, academia has, from the height of adapting Marxism’s Party-building doctrine to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, deeply elucidated the theoretical origins and innovative development of the Party’s self-revolution. The Party’s self-revolution is a distinctive sign that distinguishes the Communist Party of China from other political parties, and it is a valuable experience and spiritual asset formed by the Party in its century-long struggle. Wu Fulai of Renmin University of China proposed that General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution is a new achievement of our Party in promoting theoretical innovation by adhering to the Two Integrations, a new chapter in Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and marks that our Party’s understanding of the laws of Marxist party building and the laws of communist party governance has reached a new height. Regarding the research on the intrinsic logical connection between the Party’s self-revolution and the “spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations,” academia has profoundly revealed the intrinsic unity and dialectical relationship between the Party’s self-revolution and the “spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations.” The research holds that the “spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations” is the concrete manifestation of the Party’s self-revolution in the field of style of work construction, and an important entry point and breakthrough for the Party to advance its self-revolution. The Party’s self-revolution provides the fundamental political guarantee and strong spiritual impetus for the implementation of the “spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations,” while the in-depth practice of the “spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations” is a vivid practice and important achievement of the Party’s continuous deepening of its self-revolution. Some studies further point out that the two jointly serve the Party’s long-term governance capacity building, advanced nature, and purity construction, and are inevitable requirements for the Party to maintain its flesh-and-blood connection with the people and consolidate its ruling position. Scholars emphasize that implementing the “spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations” must be treated as a routine task for advancing the Party’s self-revolution, using the actual results of style of work construction to drive the Party’s self-revolution deeper, while simultaneously, through the comprehensive advancement of the Party’s self-revolution, providing a more solid ideological foundation, organizational foundation, and institutional guarantee for the continuous deepening of the “spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations.”

以“深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育”为契机，学术界围绕党的自我革命和作风建设的理论研究是2025年的一个热点，从理论深度、实践维度和时代价值挖掘上呈现出多学科交叉融合、研究方法创新的鲜明特点。关于党的自我革命理论内涵与时代发展的深化研究，学术界从马克思主义建党学说中国化时代化的高度，深入阐释党的自我革命的理论渊源与创新发展。党的自我革命是中国共产党区别于其他政党的显著标志，是党在百年奋斗历程中形成的宝贵经验和精神财富。中国人民大学吴付来提出，习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想，是我们党坚持“两个结合”推进理论创新取得的新成果，是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的新篇章，标志着我们党对马克思主义政党建设规律、共产党执政规律的认识达到新高度。关于党的自我革命与“中央八项规定精神”内在逻辑关联的研究，学术界深刻揭示了党的自我革命与“中央八项规定精神”之间的内在统一性和辩证关系。研究认为，“中央八项规定精神”是党的自我革命在作风建设领域的具体体现，是党推进自我革命的重要切入点和突破口。党的自我革命为“中央八项规定精神”的贯彻落实提供了根本政治保证和强大精神动力，而“中央八项规定精神”的深入践行则是党不断深化自我革命的生动实践和重要成果。有的研究进一步指出，二者共同服务于党的长期执政能力建设、先进性和纯洁性建设，是党保持同人民群众血肉联系、巩固执政地位的必然要求。学者们强调，必须将贯彻“中央八项规定精神”作为推进党的自我革命的常态化工作来抓，以作风建设的实际成效推动党的自我革命向纵深发展，同时通过党的自我革命的全面推进，为“中央八项规定精神”的持续深化提供更坚实的思想基础、组织基础和制度保障。

The systematic and theoretical research and interpretation of the Party’s innovative theory, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, is an important responsibility entrusted to the theoretical and academic circles by the times. However, the current research and interpretation in theoretical circles still need further strengthening. There are many articles on research and interpretation, but a considerable portion of the results have not truly achieved systematization and theorization, and still suffer from problems such as unclear logic, unclear concepts, insufficient depth, and weak support. The development of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is a process of continuous enrichment, improvement, systematization, and theorization. As theoretical innovation in the New Era further unfolds, the systematic and theoretical research and interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era will inevitably be advanced deeply. This requires us to deeply grasp the essential connotation of its thought, its worldview and methodology, and the standpoints, viewpoints, and methods that run through it; to comprehensively and systematically grasp the major original contributions and important principled achievements and their internal logical relationships; and to deeply, systematically, and comprehensively understand the scientific system of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in the high unity of truth and value, people’s nature and class nature, inheritance and leap, historicity and contemporaneity, and national character and global character.

对党的创新理论，特别是对习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的体系化学理化研究阐释是时代赋予理论界和学术界的重要责任，但当前理论界的研究阐释还需要进一步加强，现在研究阐释类的文章很多，但相当一部分成果没有真正做到体系化学理化，还存在诸如逻辑不清、概念不明、深度不够、支撑薄弱等问题。习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的发展是不断丰富完善、不断体系化学理化的过程，随着新时代理论创新的进一步展开，习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的体系化学理化研究阐释必将深入推进。这就要求我们必须深入把握其思想的本质内涵、世界观方法论和贯穿其中的立场观点方法，全面系统地把握重大原创性贡献和重要原理性成果及其内在逻辑关系，在真理性与价值性、人民性与阶级性、继承性与飞跃性、历史性与时代性、民族性与世界性的高度统一上，深入系统全面地理解习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的科学体系。

Focusing on the research and interpretation of the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC [5]5 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC was held in 2025, focusing on the formulation of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030).

聚焦党的二十届四中全会精神研究阐释

The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC was a very important meeting held on the new journey of our Party’s march towards the second centenary goal. Academic and theoretical circles have carried out sufficient theoretical research around the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC. The plenary session reviewed and approved the “Proposal for the 15th Five-Year Plan,” [6]6 The “15th Five-Year Plan” refers to China’s national economic and social development plan for the period 2026-2030, the fifteenth such plan since the founding of the People’s Republic. guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, accurately grasped the historical position of the development of the Party and the state’s undertakings during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, deeply analyzed the profound and complex changes in China’s development environment during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, and made top-level design and strategic planning for development over the next five years. It is another general mobilization and general deployment to seize the momentum and continue advancing Chinese-path modernization, and a programmatic document to ensure decisive progress in basically achieving socialist modernization, reflecting the historical initiative of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core to unite and lead the entire Party and people of all ethnic groups in the country to continue writing a new chapter in the two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, and to strive to create a new situation in Chinese-path modernization.

党的二十届四中全会是在我们党向第二个百年奋斗目标进军的新征程上举行的一次十分重要的会议，学术界和理论界围绕党的二十届四中全会精神展开了充分的理论研究。全会审议通过《“十五五”规划建议》，以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，准确把握“十五五”时期党和国家事业发展所处历史方位，深入分析“十五五”时期我国发展环境面临的深刻复杂变化，对未来五年发展作出顶层设计和战略擘画，是乘势而上、接续推进中国式现代化建设的又一次总动员、总部署，是确保基本实现社会主义现代化取得决定性进展的纲领性文件，体现了以习近平同志为核心的党中央团结带领全党全国各族人民续写经济快速发展和社会长期稳定两大奇迹新篇章、奋力开创中国式现代化建设新局面的历史主动。

Successive five-year plans have recorded the historical process of China’s modernization in different periods, and have also enabled one of the distinctive features of Chinese-path modernization—its people-centered nature—to be fully demonstrated and vividly interpreted. The indicator design of the five-year plans focuses on people’s livelihood and well-being, adheres to seeking advice from the people, and the results of their implementation are shared by the people, gathering the mighty force for advancing Chinese-path modernization. Yang Mingwei of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee believes that during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, China’s development environment will face profound and complex changes, with both strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexisting, and an increase in uncertain and unpredictable factors. To comprehensively, systematically, and scientifically respond to the risks and challenges of this period, it is necessary to scientifically master the Marxist worldview and methodology, adhere to and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership, establish and improve a complete institutional system and give full play to its effectiveness, dare to struggle and be good at struggle, rely on the united struggle of all the people as a solid foundation and the greatest source of confidence, and at the same time, join hands with the international community for cooperative responses.

历次五年规划记录了不同时期中国现代化的历史进程，也使得中国式现代化的鲜明特征之一——人民性不断得以充分彰显和生动阐释。五年规划指标设计聚焦民生福祉，坚持问计于民，其实施成果由人民群众共享，凝聚了推进中国式现代化的磅礴力量。中共中央党史和文献研究院杨明伟认为，“十五五”时期，我国发展环境面临深刻复杂变化，战略机遇和风险挑战并存，不确定难预料因素增多。为全面系统科学应对这一时期的风险挑战，需要科学掌握马克思主义世界观和方法论，坚持和加强党的全面领导，建立健全完善的制度体系并充分发挥制度效能，敢于斗争、善于斗争，以全体人民团结奋斗为坚实依托和最大底气，同时携手国际社会合作应对。

Academia also focuses on grasping the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC and the contemporary position of the “Proposal for the 15th Five-Year Plan” from the historical process of Chinese-path modernization. Some scholars propose that Chinese-path modernization comes from the depths of history. Only by skillfully using historical thinking and grasping the historical logic of this great cause with a strong sense of historical depth can we accurately understand its distinctive characteristics such as revolution, continuity, and globality. It is necessary to base ourselves on the historical coordinates, theoretical origins, and major achievements of Chinese-path modernization, connect the past and present, China and abroad, further summarize China’s experience, path, and approach to modernization, accelerate the formation of an original theoretical system relying on Chinese discourse and taking Chinese experience as its core, and gather broad consensus for advancing Chinese-path modernization. Scholars believe that Chinese-path modernization is a socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China, and its distinctive feature of planning is a significant marker distinguishing it from the Western modernization model. The Party’s overall leadership is the fundamental political guarantee for the implementation and advancement of the plan; the unity of long-term goals and phased tasks ensures the continuity and practicality of the modernization process; the deep connection between top-level design and hierarchical planning constructs a multi-level, all-round planning system, ensuring that the plan covers all fields and links of national modernization construction.

学术界也注重从中国式现代化历史进程中把握党的二十届四中全会精神和《“十五五”规划建议》的时代方位。有学者提出中国式现代化从历史深处走来，只有善用历史思维，以强烈的历史纵深感把握这一伟大事业的历史逻辑，才能准确理解其鲜明的革命性、连续性、世界性等特征。要立足中国式现代化的历史坐标、理论源流和重大成就，贯通古今中外，进一步概括现代化的中国经验、中国道路和中国方案，加快形成以中国话语为依托、以中国经验为内核的原创性理论体系，为推进中国式现代化凝聚广泛共识。学者们认为，中国式现代化是中国共产党领导的社会主义现代化，鲜明的规划性特征是区别于西方现代化模式的显著标志。党的全面领导是规划实施推进的根本政治保障；长远目标与阶段性任务的统一，确保现代化进程的连续性与实践性；顶层设计与分层规划的深度衔接，构建了多层级、全方位规划体系，确保规划覆盖国家现代化建设的各个领域与环节。

The spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC and the “Proposal for the 15th Five-Year Plan” contain important innovations in Party theory that require continuous in-depth study and grasp from a theoretical perspective. Sun Daiyao of Peking University proposed that the “Proposal for the 15th Five-Year Plan” focuses on the relationship between key tasks during the period of the 15th Five-Year Plan and the goal of basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035, putting forward the theory of “ladder-like progression” of socialist modernization. This embodies a grand historical view and dialectics of development, deepens our Party’s understanding of the laws of modernization, and the theoretical and philosophical principles it contains merit our in-depth research and interpretation. Xi Ge of Renmin University of China proposed that “realizing socialist modernization is a historical process of ladder-like progression and continuous development and progress.” This major thesis is a principled innovation of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, serving as the historical and methodological foundation for scientifically determining the historical orientation, strategic positioning, and important status of the period of the 15th Five-Year Plan, and for scientifically planning the economic and social development of that period. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee made “promoting the comprehensive development of the individual” the fundamental goal of economic and social development and integrated it throughout all areas of deployment, profoundly revealing the essential characteristic of Chinese-path modernization as “people-centered,” in contrast to the “capital-centered” nature of Western modernization. The spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee has made innovative and systematic deployments in areas such as the unity of “system—governance—development—the individual” and the intrinsic unity of “high-quality development” and “the comprehensive development of the individual,” providing important growth points for the innovative development of fundamental Marxist theory.

党的二十届四中全会精神和《“十五五”规划建议》蕴含着重要的党的创新理论，需要从学理上不断深入研究把握。北京大学孙代尧提出，《“十五五”规划建议》聚焦“十五五”时期关键任务与2035年基本实现社会主义现代化目标的关系，提出社会主义现代化“阶梯式递进”论，体现了发展的大历史观和辩证法，深化了我们党对现代化建设的规律性认识，其蕴含的学理、哲理值得我们深入研究和阐释。中国人民大学郗戈提出，“实现社会主义现代化是一个阶梯式递进、不断发展进步的历史过程”，这一重大论断是党的二十届四中全会的原理性创新，作为科学确定“十五五”时期的历史方位、战略定位、重要地位，科学谋划“十五五”时期经济社会发展的历史观和方法论基础。党的二十届四中全会将“推动人的全面发展”作为经济社会发展的根本目的并贯穿各领域部署，深刻揭示了中国式现代化“以人民为中心”区别于西方现代化“以资本为中心”的本质特征。党的二十届四中全会精神在“制度—治理—发展—人”的统一性、“高质量发展”与“人的全面发展”的内在统一等方面作出了创新性系统部署，为马克思主义基础理论创新发展提供了重要生长点。

Classics and the Times: Deepening of Basic Theoretical Research

经典与时代：基础理论研究的深化

Deepening of the Compilation and Textual Study of Classical Works: The compilation and interpretation of classical documents remain the cornerstone of research. On the one hand, research on the relevant volumes of the Chinese second edition of the *Complete Works of Marx and Engels* continues to advance, and related studies provide important references for the academic community to accurately grasp classical thought. Scholars continuously advance their understanding of fundamental issues through research on basic theory. Wang Nanshi of Nankai University proposed that Marx’s proposition of “abolishing philosophy” is essentially an end to the ancient Greek tradition of transcendental metaphysical paradigms, realizing a shift in the mode of thinking toward “practical anthropology.”

经典著作编译与文本研究深化：经典文献的编译与解读仍是研究基石。一方面，《马克思恩格斯全集》中文第 2 版相关卷次的研究持续推进，相关研究为学术界准确把握经典思想提供了重要参考。学者们通过基础理论的研究，不断推进对基本问题的理解。南开大学王南湜提出马克思 “消灭哲学” 的命题，实质是终结古希腊传统超验形而上学范式，实现了向“实践人类学”的思维方式转向。

Facing a new round of technological revolution and changes unseen in a century in the world, the question of what theoretical stance Marxist philosophy should adopt to provide intellectual guidance for the future development of human society is also a hot theoretical issue. Philosophy is the essence of the spirit of the times and an important tool for understanding and transforming the world. Changes unseen in a century in the world are accelerating. The new technological revolution, represented by artificial intelligence, big data, and large models, is not only profoundly reshaping human modes of production, life, and social forms but also posing unprecedented epochal questions to philosophy and social sciences.

面对新一轮科技革命与世界百年未有之大变局，马克思主义哲学应以何种理论姿态为人类社会的未来发展提供思想指引，也是一个理论热点问题。哲学是时代精神的精华，是认识和改造世界的重要工具。世界百年未有之大变局正加速演进，以人工智能、大数据、大模型等为代表的新技术革命不仅深刻重构着人类生产生活方式和社会形态，更对哲学社会科学提出了前所未有的时代课题。

Scholars believe that the evolution of social formations is the product of the contradictory movement between productive forces and relations of production. The development of productive forces drives changes in relations of production, and changes in relations of production in turn trigger the replacement of social formations. Re-examining classical Marxist theory will spark new reflections on traditional philosophy under the new technological revolution. Yang Hongyuan of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences proposed that in the current era, the technological leap from digitalization to data-intelligence has become a key factor driving social development. As a transformative cutting-edge technology of the data-intelligence era, generative artificial intelligence also brings profound impacts and challenges to research in philosophy and social sciences. Tian Guanhao of Jilin University proposed that modern philosophy takes the “crisis” consciousness of its own era as its starting point. This crisis is directly embodied in the contradictory experience of modern people: on the one hand, people are clearly aware of their own power; with the development of artificial intelligence and bio-genetic technologies, humanity is creating a new world; on the other hand, people find that human problems cannot be entirely solved by relying on technology, and they need to seek the impulses of life’s existence in the perceptual world.

学者们认为，社会形态演进是生产力与生产关系矛盾运动的产物，生产力的发展推动生产关系的变革，而生产关系的变革又引发社会形态的更替。重新考察马克思主义经典理论，会引发关于新技术革命下传统哲学的新思考。中国社会科学院杨洪源提出，当今时代，从数字化向数智化的技术跃升，已经成为推动社会发展的一个关键性因素。作为数智化时代的一项变革性前沿技术，生成式人工智能同样给哲学社会科学研究带来了深刻影响和挑战。吉林大学田冠浩提出，现代哲学是以对自身时代的“危机”意识作为出发点的。这种危机直接体现为现代人的矛盾经验，即一方面人们清晰地意识到自身的力量，随着人工智能和生物基因技术的发展，人类正在缔造新的世界；另一方面，人们发现，人类的问题不能完全依赖技术去解决，需要在感性世界中寻找生命中存在的冲动。

Furthermore, the academic community, grounded in Marxist theory, critiques new forms of contemporary capitalism, expanding the theoretical horizons of research. Zhang Wu of Peking University, from the perspective of combining the technological revolution with classical Marxist theory, proposed that the underlying logic of digital capitalism remains financial capitalism, and there is a profound connection between information technology and financial capitalism.

此外，学术界立足马克思主义理论批判当代资本主义新形态，拓展了研究的理论视野。北京大学张梧从技术革命与马克思主义经典理论相结合的视角，提出了数字资本主义的底层逻辑仍然是金融资本主义，信息技术与金融资本主义之间存在着深刻的关联。

Development of the Discipline of Marxist Theory and the Construction of an Independent Knowledge System

马克思主义理论学科发展与自主知识体系建构

Scholars believe that establishing the discipline of Marxist theory is an inevitable move for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, a fundamental requirement for developing philosophy and social sciences, an important task for implementing the Marxist Theory Research and Development Project, and a disciplinary lever for strengthening and improving ideological and political education for university students. Over the past 20 years, the discipline of Marxist theory has achieved a leap from laying a foundation to flourishing development, yielding fruitful results in disciplinary layout, theoretical innovation, and talent cultivation, and promoting the construction of an independent, multi-level disciplinary system. Xiao Guiqing of Tsinghua University believes that it is necessary to scientifically plan the high-quality development of the discipline of Marxist theory, deeply analyze and study the problems existing in the process of disciplinary construction, strengthen the intensive study of classical Marxist works and other documentary materials, and strengthen the construction of the teaching faculty. Some scholars propose clarifying the relationship between the discipline of Marxist theory and the discipline of the history and theory of the CPC and Party building. The discipline of the history and theory of the CPC and Party building and the discipline of Marxist theory should cooperate with, support, and contribute to each other; the history part can provide historical support for the discipline of Marxist theory, while the Party building part requires theoretical support from the discipline of Marxist theory. The academic community generally believes that in the future, the discipline of Marxist theory should be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, focus on the task of high-quality development, optimize the disciplinary layout and evaluation mechanisms, construct a synergy system of disciplines—courses—teachers—textbooks, promote the construction of an independent disciplinary knowledge system, continuously enhance international communication capacity and discursive power, and contribute wisdom and strength to realizing the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

学者们认为，设立马克思主义理论学科是坚持和发展中国特色社会主义的必然之举，是发展哲学社会科学的根本要求，是实施马克思主义理论研究和建设工程的重要任务，也是加强和改进大学生思想政治教育的学科抓手。20年来，马克思主义理论学科实现了从奠基起步到繁荣发展的跨越，在学科布局、理论创新、人才培养等方面硕果累累，并推动了自主性、多层次的学科体系构建。清华大学肖贵清认为，要科学谋划马克思主义理论学科的高质量发展，深入分析和研究马克思主义理论学科建设过程中存在的问题，加强对马克思主义经典著作等文献资料的研读，加强师资队伍建设。有学者提出要厘清马克思主义理论学科与中共党史党建学学科的关系，中共党史党建学与马克思主义理论学科应相互合作、相互支持、相互成就，党史部分可为马克思主义理论学科提供历史支撑，党建部分则需要马克思主义理论学科的理论支撑。学术界普遍认为，未来马克思主义理论学科要以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，围绕高质量发展任务，优化学科布局与评价机制，构建学科—课程—教师—教材协同体，推动学科自主知识体系构建，不断增强国际传播力与话语权，为实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦贡献智慧和力量。

Liu Jianjun of Renmin University of China proposed that constructing an independent knowledge system for the discipline of Marxist theory should closely revolve around the relevant secondary disciplines to build a Chinese independent knowledge system for the discipline of Marxist theory. Scholars believe that the discipline of Marxist theory, as an important front for Marxist theoretical research, should, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, effectively respond to the epochal question of how disciplinary construction can serve national development strategies, further strengthen disciplinary confidence, enhance academic research, adhere to a problem-oriented approach, and reinforce disciplinary leadership, so as to provide disciplinary support for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

中国人民大学刘建军提出构建马克思主义理论学科自主知识体系，要紧紧围绕相关二级学科，构建起中国自主的马克思主义理论学科知识体系。学者们认为，马克思主义理论学科作为马克思主义理论研究的重要阵地，应在习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想指导下，有效回应学科建设如何服务国家发展战略的时代之问，进一步坚定学科自信、加强学术研究、坚持问题导向、强化学科引领，为实现中华民族伟大复兴提供学科支撑。

Review of Achievements: Books, Papers, and Conferences

成果巡礼：著作、论文和会议

The “Academic Seminar on the Systematic and Scholarly Interpretation of the Party’s Innovative Theory,” hosted by the Social Sciences in China Press, focused on the theme of “The Logic of Theoretical Innovation in Adapting Marxism to the Chinese Context and the Needs of the Times.” It delved deeply into the logic of theoretical innovation in the process of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, engaging in in-depth exchanges on the significant implications, logical pathways, and methods of systematically and scholarly interpreting the Party’s innovative theory, thereby jointly advancing the deepening of research and interpretation of the Party’s innovative theory at the scholarly level, resulting in a series of academic achievements. Han Qingxiang of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC (National Academy of Governance) published the monograph *Research on Basic Issues of 21st-Century Marxism* (Beijing Normal University Press, 2025 edition), which, from a scholarly perspective, deeply analyzes a series of basic issues of 21st-century Marxism. On this basis, it outlines a complete picture of 21st-century Marxism along the general thread of “clearing up and summarizing,” “basic pathways,” “basic implications,” “foundational basis,” “basic issues,” “Chinese sample,” “original contributions,” “theoretical markers,” “philosophical foundation,” and “overall framework.” Han Xiping of Jilin University, in his article “Exploring Pathways to Advance the Systematic and Scholarly Interpretation of the Party’s Innovative Theory” (*Journal of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC (National Academy of Governance)*, Issue 6, 2025), proposes that in the process of advancing the systematic and scholarly interpretation of the Party’s innovative theory, a series of regularities can be distilled: first, taking problem-orientation as the basic method; second, taking the testing of practice and policy as the construction pathway; third, taking the refinement of development experience as the formation method; fourth, enhancing scholarly understanding through an independent knowledge system; and fifth, strengthening influence through discourse system dissemination. There is an inherent theoretical logic between the systematic and scholarly interpretation of the Party’s innovative theory and the construction of an independent knowledge system. Wu Xiaoming of Fudan University, in his paper “Basic Pathways for Constructing China’s Independent Knowledge System” (*Fudan Journal (Social Sciences Edition)*, Issue 6, 2025), argues that the clear articulation of “Chinese-path modernization” means that China’s modernization practice today has reached a self-awareness: while actively learning from and drawing on external experience, it is entirely grounded in itself. Therefore, its entire superstructure—including knowledge, scholarship, and culture—will undergo corresponding transformations. The epochal task of constructing China’s independent knowledge system is thus proposed on the basis of such a historical practice. However, this task will not be accomplished spontaneously simply because it has a practical basis; the construction of an independent knowledge system must also be truly realized through specific ideological and theoretical pathways.

中国社会科学杂志社主办的“党的创新理论体系化学理化阐释学术研讨会”围绕“马克思主义中国化时代化的理论创新逻辑”的主题，深入探讨马克思主义中国化时代化进程中的理论创新逻辑，围绕党的创新理论体系化学理化阐释的重大意义、逻辑路径与方法展开深入交流，共同推动党的创新理论在学理层面深化研究与阐释，形成了一系列学术成果。中共中央党校（国家行政学院）韩庆祥出版的专著《21世纪马克思主义基本问题研究》（北京师范大学出版社2025年版）从学理视域深入剖析21世纪马克思主义的一系列基本问题，在此基础上沿着“清理总结”“基本路径”“基本涵义”“形成基础”“基础问题”“中国样本”“原创性贡献”“理论标识”“哲学根基”“总体框架”的总体思路勾画出21世纪马克思主义的完整图景。吉林大学韩喜平在《推进党的创新理论体系化学理化的路径探索》（《中共中央党校(国家行政学院)学报》2025年第6期）一文中提出，在推进党的创新理论体系化学理化的过程中可以提炼出一系列规律性认识：一是以问题导向为基本方法；二是以实践政策检验为构建路径；三是以发展经验提炼为形成方式；四是以自主知识体系提升学理；五是以话语体系传播增强影响。对党的创新理论体系化学理化研究与自主知识体系的构建存在着内在理论逻辑，复旦大学吴晓明的论文《构建中国自主知识体系的基本路径》（《复旦学报（社会科学版）》2025年第6期）认为，“中国式现代化”的明确提出意味着，当今中国的现代化实践已经达到了这样一种自我认识：它在积极学习并借鉴外部经验的同时，是完全立足于自身之上的。因此它的整个上层领域——包括知识、学术、文化——也将发生相应的转变。构建中国自主知识体系的时代任务，正是在这样一种历史性实践的基础上被提出来的。这一任务却并不因为有其实践基础就会自发地完成，自主知识体系的构建还必须通过特定的思想理论路径才能得到真正的实现。

The “Marxist Philosophy Youth Academic Forum (2025),” with the theme “New Technological Revolution and the Marxist Philosophical Tradition,” explored how Marxist philosophy should provide ideological guidance for the future development of human society in the face of the new round of technological revolution and the changes unseen in a century in the world. Conferences such as the “Academic Seminar on the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Marxist Theory Discipline: Accelerating the Construction of an Independent Knowledge System for the Marxist Theory Discipline,” hosted by Renmin University of China; the “Commemorative Meeting for the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Marxist Theory Discipline and the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the School of Marxism at Jilin University,” hosted by Jilin University; and the “Academic Seminar on Continuously Advancing the Adaptation of Marxism to the Chinese Context and the Needs of the Times, and the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the Academy of Marxism at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,” hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, engaged in a series of discussions on the 20-year history of development, main experiences, and future prospects of the Marxist theory discipline.

以“新技术革命与马克思主义哲学传统”为主题的“马克思主义哲学青年学术论坛（2025）”探讨了面对新一轮科技革命与世界百年未有之大变局，马克思主义哲学应以何种理论姿态，为人类社会的未来发展提供思想指引。中国人民大学主办的“马克思主义理论学科设立20周年’加快构建马克思主义理论学科自主知识体系‘学术研讨会”、吉林大学主办的“马克思主义理论学科设立20周年暨吉林大学马克思主义学院建院20周年纪念会”、中国社会科学院主办的“不断推进马克思主义中国化时代化暨中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院成立20周年学术研讨会”等会议围绕马克思主义理论学科20年的发展历史、主要经验和未来展望展开了一系列讨论。

Reflections and Prospects

反思与展望

Looking back on the past year’s research on Marxist theory, three notable development trends emerge overall. First, the theoretical community has more consciously shouldered the epochal mission of interpreting the Party’s innovative theory, dedicating itself to advancing the systematic and scholarly construction of research work. Through systematic sorting and in-depth analysis, it continuously enriches theoretical content, enhancing its scientific nature and guiding role. Second, in the face of the profound changes brought about by the new round of technological revolution, academia has proactively and actively responded to new challenges, focusing on innovation while inheriting, constantly revitalizing the vitality of the basic principles and classical theories of Marxism, and striving to construct a comprehensive theoretical response to meet the new demands of the times. Finally, research has consistently adhered to a problem-orientation, closely centering on the rich practice of building socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era. In the process of responding to practical problems and summarizing fresh experiences, it continuously promotes the innovation and development of theory itself, demonstrating the strong vitality and practical value of Marxism.

回顾过去一年的马克思主义理论研究，整体呈现出三个显著的发展趋势。首先，理论界更加自觉地承担起阐释党的创新理论的时代使命，致力于推动研究工作的体系化和学理化建设，通过系统梳理和深入分析，不断丰富理论内涵，增强其科学性和指导性。其次，面对新一轮科技革命带来的深刻变革，学术界积极主动应对新挑战，注重在继承中创新，不断激发马克思主义基本原理和经典理论的活力，力求构建全面系统的理论回应，以适应时代发展的新要求。最后，研究始终坚持问题导向，紧密围绕新时代中国特色社会主义建设的丰富实践，在回应现实问题、总结新鲜经验的过程中，持续推动理论自身的创新与发展，彰显了马克思主义的强大生命力和实践价值。

Under the conditions of the New Era, research on Marxist theory has achieved a series of advances this year. However, we must also note that research on Marxist theory should not merely be pure theoretical reasoning within an ivory tower, nor should academic research be reduced to an individual scholar’s inner monologue or academic fabrication. Marxist research should avoid the following tendencies: First, the tendency toward academization and neutralization, which blurs its ideological attributes, reducing research on Marxist theory to mere academic discussion and neglecting its distinct class character and practical orientation. Second, the tendency toward textualization and mystification, which detaches theory from its practical relevance, interpreting major propositions of Marxism solely based on texts, thereby alienating Marxist research into a textual game or conceptual collage divorced from reality. Third, the tendency toward individualization and opposition, which studies Marx’s thought in isolation, even creating opposition between Marx and Engels and other classical writers. Fourth, the tendency toward forced interpretation, which uses Western or one’s own conceptual frameworks to forcibly interpret Marx. Marxist research can proceed from different aspects, but it should avoid absolutizing any single research paradigm. Fifth, the tendency toward fragmentation and utilitarianism, which neglects the holistic construction of the theoretical system, preventing Marxism from being cut into unrelated “knowledge mosaics,” or pursuing short-term results while ignoring academic accumulation.

新时代条件下，马克思主义理论研究在这一年取得了一系列进展，但是我们也要注意到，马克思主义理论研究不应该只是在象牙塔内做纯粹理论的推理，或者把学术研究仅仅作为学者个人的心灵独白或学术编造。马克思主义研究要避免以下几种倾向：一是学院化、中立化倾向，模糊其意识形态属性，将马克思主义理论研究降格为纯粹学术探讨，忽视其鲜明的阶级性和实践导向。二是文本化、神秘化倾向，脱离理论的现实观照，仅以文本为依据阐释马克思主义重大命题，将马克思主义研究异化为脱离现实的文本游戏或概念拼贴。三是个人化、对立化倾向，孤立地研究马克思的思想，甚至出现把马克思恩格斯与其他经典作家对立的情况。四是强制性解读倾向，用西方或者自己的概念框架强制解释马克思。马克思主义研究可以从不同方面入手，但应避免把某一种研究范式绝对化；五是碎片化、功利化倾向，忽视理论体系的整体性建构，防止将马克思主义切割为互不关联的“知识拼盘”，或为追求短期成效而忽视学术积淀。

Grounded in the era and facing the future, research on Marxist theory must, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, base itself on the actual rapid and drastic changes in contemporary China and the world today, firmly grasp the fundamental theme of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and profoundly answer major epochal questions such as upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era, comprehensively building a modern socialist country, and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, as well as major practical issues concerning the overall situation of the Party’s and the country’s undertakings and the people’s happy lives. In the process of researching, answering, and solving problems, it must form scientific judgments and theoretical reflections, elevate and condense new experiences from practice, generate original new ideas and viewpoints, and enrich and develop contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st-century Marxism.

立足时代、面向未来，马克思主义理论研究要在习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想指导下，立足当代中国和当今世界急剧发展变化的实际，紧紧抓住实现中华民族伟大复兴这一根本主题，深刻回答坚持和发展新时代中国特色社会主义、全面建设社会主义现代化强国、推动构建人类命运共同体等重大时代课题，以及关乎党和国家事业发展大局和人民幸福生活的重大现实问题，在研究、回答、解决问题中形成科学判断和理论思考，对实践中的新经验进行提升和凝练，形成原创性的新思想新观点，丰富和发展当代中国马克思主义、21世纪马克思主义。

(Authors: Editorial Department of Marxist Theory, Social Sciences in China Press; Writers: Li Xiaoxiao, Wang Zhiqiang)

（作者：中国社会科学杂志社马克思主义理论编辑部 执笔：李潇潇、王志强）