Promoting High-Quality Development in Philosophy and Social Sciences

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the Symposium on Philosophy and Social Sciences profoundly answered a series of fundamental questions concerning the long-term development of philosophy and social sciences in our country, pointing the way forward and providing fundamental guidance for promoting the high-quality development of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner.

习近平总书记在哲学社会科学工作座谈会上的重要讲话，深刻回答了事关我国哲学社会科学长远发展的一系列根本性问题，为推动具有中国特色、中国风格、中国气派的哲学社会科学高质量发展，指明了前进方向，提供了根本遵循。

On the new journey, the development of philosophy and social sciences in higher education faces new circumstances and new missions

新征程高校哲学社会科学发展面临新形势新使命

Over the past eight years, under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the development of philosophy and social sciences in our country has embarked on a new journey, undergone significant changes, achieved historic accomplishments, and simultaneously faced new circumstances and new demands.

八年来，在习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想科学指引下，我国哲学社会科学事业发展迈向新征程，发生显著变革，取得历史性成就，同时也面临新的形势和新的要求。

First, General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward new demands for the development of philosophy and social sciences. Over the past eight years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has consistently cared about the development of philosophy and social sciences, delivering a series of important speeches and issuing a series of important instructions on accelerating the construction of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. In May 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to a letter from all editorial staff of *Literature, History, and Philosophy*, expressing ardent expectations for running philosophy and social science journals well and making new expositions on the mission and tasks of philosophy and social sciences. On April 25, 2022, when inspecting Renmin University of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that accelerating the construction of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics ultimately boils down to constructing an independent knowledge system for China. We must integrate the study of the “May 17” speech [1]1 The “May 17” speech refers to Xi Jinping’s speech at the Symposium on Philosophy and Social Sciences on May 17, 2016. with the new demands General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward for the development of philosophy and social sciences, deeply grasp the spiritual essence of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s series of important expositions on philosophy and social sciences, and promote the integrity-preserving and innovation-driven development of philosophy and social sciences.

一是习近平总书记对哲学社会科学发展提出新要求。八年来，习近平总书记始终关心哲学社会科学的发展，就加快构建中国特色哲学社会科学发表一系列重要讲话，作出一系列重要指示。2021年5月，习近平总书记给《文史哲》编辑部全体编辑人员回信，对办好哲学社会科学期刊提出殷切期望，对哲学社会科学的使命任务作出新论述。2022年4月25日，习近平总书记在中国人民大学考察时强调，加快构建中国特色哲学社会科学，归根结底是建构中国自主的知识体系。我们要把学习“5·17”重要讲话与习近平总书记对哲学社会科学发展提出的新要求贯通起来，深刻把握习近平总书记关于哲学社会科学系列重要论述的精神实质，推动哲学社会科学守正创新发展。

Second, the Party Central Committee has made new deployments for the development of philosophy and social sciences. In 2017, the Central Committee of the CPC issued the *Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Philosophy and Social Sciences with Chinese Characteristics*, making comprehensive deployments for accelerating the development of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics in the New Era. In April 2022, the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC issued the *National Plan for the Development of Philosophy and Social Sciences during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period*. In May 2022, the Publicity Department of the Central Committee and the Ministry of Education jointly issued the *Action Plan for High-Quality Development of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Higher Education toward 2035*, followed by the Ministry of Education’s release of the *Implementation Plan for the Construction of the Knowledge System of Philosophy and Social Sciences and the Enhancement of University Advisory Service Capabilities*. This series of documents provides overall planning and systematic deployment for the development of philosophy and social sciences in our country during the 14th Five-Year Plan period and even the medium to long term, offering policy guidance for promoting high-quality development in philosophy and social sciences.

二是党中央对哲学社会科学发展作出新部署。2017年，中共中央印发《关于加快构建中国特色哲学社会科学的意见》，对新时代加快中国特色哲学社会科学发展作出全面部署。2022年4月，中共中央办公厅印发《国家“十四五”时期哲学社会科学发展规划》。2022年5月，中宣部、教育部联合印发《面向2035高校哲学社会科学高质量发展行动计划》，随后教育部发布《哲学社会科学知识体系建构和高校咨政服务能力提升工程实施方案》。这一系列文件对“十四五”时期乃至中长期我国哲学社会科学发展作出总体性规划和系统部署，为推动哲学社会科学高质量发展提供了政策遵循。

Third, the technological revolution has brought new challenges to the development of philosophy and social sciences. Currently, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is advancing rapidly, scientific research paradigms are undergoing profound changes, interdisciplinary integration is deepening, and the convergence and penetration of science and technology with economic and social development are accelerating. Facing the new challenges brought by new technologies, new business forms, new industries, and new models in the digital economy era to the development of the humanities, the cross-integration and disciplinary reorganization of traditional humanities are advancing deeply, the construction of new humanities is spreading like a prairie fire, and the transformation and upgrading of the humanities have become an inevitable trend.

三是科技革命对哲学社会科学发展带来新挑战。当前，新一轮科技革命和产业变革突飞猛进，科学研究范式正在发生深刻变革，学科交叉融合不断深化，科学技术和经济社会发展加速融合渗透。面对数字经济时代新技术、新业态、新产业、新模式对文科发展带来的新挑战，传统文科的交叉融合和学科重组深入推进，新文科建设呈现星火燎原之势，文科转型升级已是大势所趋。

The Tongji University force in promoting high-quality development of philosophy and social sciences in higher education

促进高校哲学社会科学高质量发展的同济力量

Interdisciplinary integration is an important source of technological innovation and theoretical creation, as well as a key driving force for promoting high-quality development of philosophy and social sciences in higher education. In recent years, Tongji University has deeply studied and implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches, combined the university’s characteristics and disciplinary advantages, innovated disciplinary organization models, strengthened interdisciplinary integration, comprehensively improved the quality of disciplinary development, and actively planned and promoted high-quality development of philosophy and social sciences at a new historical starting point.

学科交叉融合是科技创新和理论创造的重要源泉，也是推动高校哲学社会科学高质量发展的重要动力。近年来，同济大学深入学习贯彻习近平总书记重要讲话精神，结合学校特色和学科优势，创新学科组织模式，加强学科交叉融合，全面提升学科发展质量，在新的历史起点上积极谋划推动哲学社会科学高质量发展。

First, taking the resolution of major theoretical and practical issues as the driving force, promoting the coordinated linkage between the discipline of Marxist theory and other disciplines of philosophy and social sciences, as well as the university’s advantageous engineering disciplines. In the new round of “Double First-Class” construction [2]2 “Double First-Class” is a Chinese government initiative launched in 2017 to develop a group of world-class universities and first-class disciplines., Tongji University has innovated disciplinary organization models, actively promoted the construction of the “Theory and Practice of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” disciplinary cluster, and proactively planned and laid out a number of high-level research topics in areas such as the theory of the people’s city, the rural revitalization strategy, ecological civilization construction, and the construction of an innovative country. This has formed a “joint problem-solving” mechanism of interdisciplinary integration and collaborative research across the humanities, sciences, engineering, and medicine, deepening the research and interpretation of the Party’s innovative theories, and striving to produce research results with ideological depth, theoretical weight, and advisory quality.

一是以解决重大理论和现实问题为牵引，推动马克思主义理论学科与哲学社会科学其他学科以及学校优势工科协同联动。同济大学在新一轮“双一流”建设中，创新学科组织模式，积极推进“新时代中国特色社会主义理论与实践”学科群建设，在人民城市理论、乡村振兴战略、生态文明建设、创新型国家建设等方面前瞻谋划布局一批高水平课题，形成文理医工交叉融合、协同攻关的“同题共答”机制，深化对党的创新理论研究阐释，着力推出更多有思想深度、理论分量和咨政质量的研究成果。

Second, strengthening organized research, promoting interdisciplinary integration among various disciplines of philosophy and social sciences, and between philosophy and social sciences and natural sciences. Deeply advancing the “Interdisciplinary Joint Research Plan,” encouraging and promoting researchers to break down disciplinary barriers and departmental boundaries, conducting organized cross-disciplinary research, promoting the cross-penetration and integrated innovation of social sciences and natural sciences, and opening up new frontier research positions in areas such as AI social governance, digital cities, digital economy, and digital humanities. Implementing the “Philosophy and Social Sciences Innovation Team Cultivation Plan,” cultivating a number of cross-field and cross-disciplinary innovation teams in key areas such as the theory of the people’s city, the national innovation system, and research on the international discourse system.

二是加强有组织科研，推进哲学社会科学各学科之间、哲学社会科学与自然科学之间的交叉融合。深入推进“学科交叉联合攻关计划”，鼓励和推动科研人员打破学科壁垒和院系界限，有组织地开展跨学科交叉研究，促进社会科学与自然科学交叉渗透和融合创新，在人工智能社会治理、数字城市、数字经济、数字人文等领域开辟前沿研究新阵地。实施“哲学社会科学创新团队培育计划”，在人民城市理论、国家创新体系、对外话语体系研究等重点领域，培养一批跨领域、跨学科的创新团队。

Third, building cross-innovation platforms, proactively planning and promoting the construction of emerging interdisciplinary disciplines. Leveraging the advantages of the integration of strong engineering disciplines and distinctive humanities disciplines, actively promoting cross-regional, cross-disciplinary, cross-field, and cross-institutional cooperation, successively obtaining approval to establish the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall–Tongji University National Revolutionary Cultural Relics Collaborative Research Center, the National Language Commission’s China International Discourse System Research Center, and the National Ethnic Affairs Commission’s Research Base for the Chinese National Community (Tongji University Research Base for Promoting Ethnic Integration through the Inheritance of Chinese Architectural Culture). This has formed a number of think tanks, research highlands, and innovation platforms. Starting from a high starting point, laying out and supporting emerging interdisciplinary disciplines with Tongji characteristics and advantages, such as intellectual property studies and regional and country studies, cultivating new disciplinary growth points.

三是打造交叉创新平台，前瞻布局推动新兴交叉学科建设。发挥优势工科与特色文科交叉融合优势，积极推动跨地区、跨学科、跨领域、跨单位合作，先后获批建设遵义会议纪念馆—同济大学国家革命文物协同研究中心、国家语委中国对外话语体系研究中心、国家民委中华民族共同体研究基地（同济大学中华建筑文化传承促进民族融合研究基地），形成了一批思想智库、研究高地和创新平台。高起点布局和支持知识产权学科、区域国别学等具有同济特色和优势的新兴交叉学科，培植新的学科增长点。

Fourth, forging high-end think tank platforms, comprehensively improving advisory service capabilities. Aiming to build national high-end think tanks, following the overall requirements of “national urgency, distinctive features, institutional innovation, and leading development,” based on Tongji University’s disciplinary advantages and advisory research foundation, adhering to problem-oriented deep multidisciplinary integration, focusing on the strategic needs of the country and Shanghai, centering on the themes of “the city” and “Germany (Europe),” and focusing on building several new-type think tanks with solid foundations, strong strength, distinctive features, and open cooperation in the Tongji style. These will become important thought banks and innovation sources with significant influence both domestically and internationally, effectively serving major national strategic decisions and deployments.

四是锻造高端智库平台，全面提升咨政服务能力。以建设国家高端智库为目标，按照“国家亟需、特色鲜明、制度创新、引领发展”的总体要求，立足同济大学学科优势和咨政研究基础，坚持问题导向的多学科深度融合，围绕国家和上海的战略需求，聚焦“城市”与“德国（欧洲）”主题，重点打造若干基础扎实、实力雄厚、特色鲜明、开放合作的具有同济风格的新型智库，使之成为在国内外有重大影响的重要思想库和创新源，切实服务国家重大战略决策部署。

New actions to promote high-quality development of philosophy and social sciences

推动哲学社会科学高质量发展的新行动

Looking to the future, we must take General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on the work of philosophy and social sciences as fundamental guidance, further promote interdisciplinary integration, accelerate the construction of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics in the Tongji style, and promote the high-quality development of philosophy and social sciences at the university.

面向未来，我们要以习近平总书记关于哲学社会科学工作的重要论述为根本遵循，进一步推动学科交叉融合，加快构建具有同济风格的中国特色哲学社会科学，推动学校哲学社会科学高质量发展。

First, adhere to the Two Integrations, demonstrating Tongji’s strength in deepening the research and interpretation of the Party’s innovative theories. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “An important task for our country’s philosophy and social sciences is to continue advancing the adaptation of Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, its popularization, and to continue developing 21st-century Marxism and contemporary Chinese Marxism.” We must make deeply studying, publicizing, researching, and interpreting Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era the primary political task of philosophy and social sciences work, adhere to integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the best of traditional Chinese culture, take root in China’s grand and unique practical innovations, strengthen the leading role of the discipline of Marxist theory, further leverage the advantages of multidisciplinary integration, focus on major theoretical and practical issues such as Chinese-path modernization and the new form of human civilization, deepen the holistic, systematic, and theoretical research and interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, continuously produce major original academic achievements with ideological, theoretical, and influential power, and contribute wisdom and strength to constructing an independent knowledge system for China.

一是坚持“两个结合”，在深化党的创新理论研究阐释上彰显同济力量。习近平总书记强调，“我国哲学社会科学的一项重要任务就是继续推进马克思主义中国化、时代化、大众化，继续发展21世纪马克思主义、当代中国马克思主义”。我们要把深入学习宣传、研究阐释习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想作为哲学社会科学工作的首要政治任务，坚持把马克思主义基本原理同中国具体实际相结合、同中华优秀传统文化相结合，扎根中国宏大而独特的实践创新，加强马克思主义理论学科领航，进一步发挥多学科交叉融合优势，聚焦中国式现代化、人类文明新形态等重大理论和实践问题，深化对习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的整体性、系统性、学理性研究阐释，不断产出具有思想性理论性影响力的重大原创学术成果，为建构中国自主知识体系贡献智慧力量。

Second, uphold the principle of fostering virtue through education, and demonstrate Tongji’s commitment to cultivating a new generation capable of shouldering the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized that, based on the New Era and the new journey, the goal and direction of Chinese youth can be summed up in one point: unswervingly listen to the Party and follow the Party, striving to grow into a new generation capable of shouldering the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We must innovate talent cultivation models, promote the deep integration of humanities, sciences, medicine, and engineering, explore diversified models of talent cultivation, and cultivate high-level composite and innovative talents who can lead future social progress. We must build a humanities talent cultivation system that is world-class, Chinese in character, and Tongji in style, cultivating outstanding talents with scientific literacy, humanistic cultivation, and artistic accomplishment. We must construct a high-quality general education system with Tongji characteristics, strengthen the construction of grand aesthetic education and grand ideological and political courses, and carefully design and create a batch of “famous teachers, famous courses, famous textbooks, and famous lectures” that have a lifelong impact on students, providing value guidance, knowledge system construction, and spiritual cultivation for cultivating social pillars and professional elites.

二是坚持立德树人，在培养堪当民族复兴重任的时代新人上展现同济担当。习近平总书记强调，立足新时代新征程，中国青年的奋斗目标和前行方向归结到一点，就是坚定不移听党话、跟党走，努力成长为堪当民族复兴重任的时代新人。我们要创新人才培养模式，推动文理医工深度融合，探索人才培养多元化模式，培养引领未来社会进步的高水平复合型、创新型人才。构建世界水平、中国特色、同济风格的文科人才培养体系，培养有科技素养、有人文修养、有艺术涵养的卓越人才。构建具有同济特色的高质量通识教育体系，加强大美育教育和大思政课建设，精心设计打造一批对学生具有终身影响的“名师、名课、名教材、名讲座”，为培养社会栋梁和专业精英提供价值引导、知识体系构建和精神涵养。

Third, bear in mind the nation’s most fundamental interests, and contribute Tongji’s wisdom to serving national strategies and economic and social development. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out that adhering to a problem-oriented approach is a distinctive feature of Marxism. Adhering to the guidance of Marxism must be implemented in studying the major theoretical and practical issues facing China’s development and the Party’s governance, and in proposing correct ideas and effective methods to solve problems. We must carry forward the fine tradition of “marching in step with the motherland, benefiting the world through science and education,” consciously take it as our academic mission to answer the questions of China, the world, the people, and the times, and take it as our intellectual pursuit to manifest the path of China, the governance of China, and the rationale of China. We must promote the grand cooperation, grand coordination, and grand synergy of disciplines, focus on major national strategic needs and major theoretical and practical issues, integrate resources and forces, improve incentive and evaluation mechanisms, strengthen collaborative research, build grand teams, create grand platforms, and produce grand achievements. We must focus on strengthening forward-looking, foundational, and reserve research on national development strategies, research on the construction of modern Chinese civilization and the inheritance and innovation of Chinese scholarship, and research on the integration of technological change and social change. In studying and solving major issues concerning the overall, fundamental, and critical interests of the Party and the state, we must demonstrate real competence and achieve good results.

三是胸怀国之大者，在服务国家战略和经济社会发展上贡献同济智慧。习近平总书记指出，坚持问题导向是马克思主义的鲜明特点。坚持以马克思主义为指导，必须落到研究我国发展和我们党执政面临的重大理论和实践问题上来，落到提出解决问题的正确思路和有效办法上来。我们要发挥“与祖国同行、以科教济世”的优良传统，自觉以回答中国之问、世界之问、人民之问、时代之问为学术己任，以彰显中国之路、中国之治、中国之理为思想追求，促进学科大合作大联动大协同，聚焦国家重大战略需求和重大理论实践问题，整合资源力量，完善激励评价机制，加强协同攻关，构建大团队，打造大平台，产出大成果，着力加强国家发展战略的前瞻性、基础性、储备性研究，中华民族现代文明建设和中华学术传承创新研究，科技变革和社会变革的融合研究，在研究解决事关党和国家全局性、根本性、关键性的重大问题上拿出真本事、取得好成果。

Fourth, actively respond to the changes of the times, and showcase Tongji’s advantages on the path of new liberal arts development. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out that “the research scope of philosophy and social sciences is very broad, and different disciplines have their own knowledge systems and research methods. We must study and draw lessons from all beneficial knowledge systems and research methods.” Currently, modern information technologies such as artificial intelligence are being widely and deeply applied in various industries and fields, providing new scenarios and bringing new opportunities for the innovative development of philosophy and social sciences. The development of philosophy and social sciences urgently needs cross-disciplinary integration with other disciplines to promote the rapid enhancement of innovation-driven capabilities and the continuous emergence of major achievements. We must fully leverage the leading and driving role of our advantageous engineering disciplines, deeply explore social issues, governance issues, and ethical issues in the fields of natural sciences and engineering technology, strengthen the technical support of advantageous engineering disciplines, and improve the “jointly addressing common problems” mechanism for the cross-integration of humanities, sciences, medicine, and engineering, “organically combining hard technology with soft science.” We must promote the transformation, upgrading, and innovative development of liberal arts, actively embrace industrial transformation and new technological development, strengthen the empowerment of artificial intelligence, advance the construction of new liberal arts, innovate education models, reform research paradigms, and open up new fields of humanities and social science research.

四是主动回应时代变革，在新文科发展道路上展示同济优势。习近平总书记指出，“哲学社会科学研究范畴很广，不同学科有自己的知识体系和研究方法。对一切有益的知识体系和研究方法，我们都要研究借鉴”。当前，人工智能等现代信息技术在各行业各领域广泛深入应用，为哲学社会科学创新发展提供了新场景、带来了新机遇。哲学社会科学发展亟须与其他学科交叉融合，推动创新策源能力的快速提升和重大成果的持续涌现。我们要充分发挥优势工科的引领带动作用，深度挖掘自然科学领域和工程技术领域的社会问题、治理问题和伦理问题，强化优势工科技术支撑，完善文理医工交叉融合的“同题共答”机制，“让硬科技与软科学有机结合起来”。推动文科转型升级创新发展，主动拥抱产业变革与新技术发展，强化人工智能赋能，推进新文科建设，创新育人模式，革新研究范式，开辟人文社科研究新领域。

Fifth, focus on integrating China and the world, and amplify Tongji’s voice in building China’s international discourse system. General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized that to leverage the role of China’s philosophy and social sciences, attention must be paid to strengthening the construction of the discourse system. As a well-known comprehensive university with distinctive international characteristics, we must base ourselves on our own advantages, leverage the unique role of philosophy and social sciences in integrating Chinese and foreign cultures and enhancing exchanges between civilizations, further integrate the forces of related disciplines such as foreign language and literature, regional and country studies, and political science, and build cross-innovation platforms such as Tongji University’s Institute for German and European Studies and the National Language Commission’s Research Center for China’s International Discourse System. We must actively speak out in foreign cooperation and exchanges, make sustained efforts in regional and country studies, create a demonstration benchmark for academic research on Germany and Europe, build a first-class domestic research and practice center for China’s international discourse system, and make greater Tongji contributions to spreading Chinese discourse and building a community with a shared future for mankind.

五是着眼融通中外，在构建中国对外话语体系中唱响同济声音。习近平总书记强调，发挥我国哲学社会科学作用，要注意加强话语体系建设。作为一所具有鲜明国际化办学特色的知名综合性大学，要立足自身优势，发挥哲学社会科学在融通中外文化、增进文明交流中的独特作用，要进一步整合外国语言文学、区域国别学、政治学等相关学科力量，建好同济大学德国与欧洲研究院、国家语委中国对外话语体系研究中心等交叉创新平台，在对外合作交流中积极发声，在区域国别研究上持续发力，打造对德、对欧学术研究的示范标杆，建设国内一流的中国对外话语体系研究中心和实践中心，为传播中国话语、构建人类命运共同体作出更多同济贡献。

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