Methodological Self-Consciousness in Advancing the Systematic and Scholarly Study of the Party’s Innovative Theory in the New Era

Since the advent of the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, grounded in the “two overall situations” [1]1 Xi Jinping, speech at the sixth collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee, June 30, 2023., has focused on the practical issues confronting the development of the Party and the state as well as the global challenges facing humanity, put forward a series of new concepts, ideas, and strategies of groundbreaking significance, and formed the innovative theoretical achievements of the Party. The report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC pointed out: “To continue to advance theoretical innovation on the basis of practice, we must first of all grasp the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and adhere to and apply the standpoints, viewpoints, and methods that run through it.” On this basis, when presiding over the sixth collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Promoting the systematization and scholarly refinement of theory is an inherent requirement and an important pathway for theoretical innovation.” The systematization of theory refers to breaking the previously isolated and disconnected state between different theories through the dialectical transformation of conceptual categories, theoretical principles, and research methods, forming an organic whole with internal connections, clear layers, and a complete system, fully demonstrating the systematic, holistic, and organic nature of the theory; the scholarly refinement of theory refers to revealing the determinacy of theoretical content through thinking methods such as induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, and abstract generalization, forming a regular understanding and normative expression of the theory, fully demonstrating the scientific, truthful, and scholarly nature of the theory. At the same time, the systematization and scholarly refinement of the Party’s innovative theory complement and promote each other. Systematization focuses on the interpretation of the system and structure of the Party’s innovative theory; scholarly refinement focuses on the academic and scholarly interpretation of the Party’s innovative theory. The two work in synergy and move forward in the same direction, jointly promoting the continuous improvement of the Party’s innovative theory in the New Era.

进入新时代以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央立足“两个大局”，聚焦党和国家事业发展的现实问题以及人类面临的全球性难题，提出了一系列具有开创性意义的新理念新思想新战略，形成了党的创新理论成果。党的二十大报告指出：“继续推进实践基础上的理论创新，首先要把握好习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的世界观和方法论，坚持好、运用好贯穿其中的立场观点方法。” 在此基础上，习近平总书记在主持二十届中共中央政治局第六次集体学习时强调：“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。” 理论的体系化，是指经由概念范畴、理论原理、研究方法之间的辩证转化，打破不同理论之间原本孤立隔绝的状态，形成具有内在关联、层次分明、体系完备的有机整体，充分彰显理论的系统性、整体性和有机性；理论的学理化，是指通过归纳演绎、分析综合以及抽象概括等思维方法揭示理论内容的规定性，形成对理论的规律性认识和规范性表达，充分彰显理论的科学性、真理性和学理性。同时，党的创新理论的体系化与学理化是相辅相成、相互促进的。体系化侧重于对党的创新理论的体系、结构的诠释；学理化侧重于对党的创新理论的学术、学理的诠释。二者协同发力、同向同行，共同推动新时代党的创新理论日臻完善。

I. The Great Significance of Advancing the Systematic and Scholarly Study of the Party’s Innovative Theory in the New Era

一、新时代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究的重大意义

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has focused on all aspects and fields such as reform, development, and stability; domestic and foreign affairs, national defense, and military affairs; and governance of the Party, the state, and the military, and has put forward a series of new concepts, ideas, and strategies for governing the country. These innovative theories, which possess both systematicity and scholarly rigor, have important theoretical value and far-reaching practical significance for enhancing the discourse power of Chinese philosophy and social sciences, and for increasing the affinity and international communication capacity of the theory.

党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央聚焦改革发展稳定、内政外交国防、治党治国治军等各方面各领域，提出了一系列治国理政的新理念新思想新战略，这些兼具系统性和学理性的创新理论对于提升中国哲学社会科学话语权、增强理论的亲和力与国际传播力具有重要的理论价值和深远的现实意义。

1. Helps to Construct China’s Independent Knowledge System and Enhance the Discourse Power of Philosophy and Social Sciences with Chinese Characteristics

1. 有助于建构中国自主的知识体系，提升中国特色哲学社会科学话语权

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Accelerating the construction of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics is, in the final analysis, about constructing China’s independent knowledge system.” The Party’s innovative theory is the main content of the construction of China’s independent knowledge system. Advancing the systematic and scholarly study of the Party’s innovative theory is conducive to accelerating the construction of China’s independent knowledge system, thereby enabling philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics to truly stand tall among the world’s academic forests. First, break the monopoly of the Western knowledge system and construct China’s independent knowledge system with a high degree of academic self-consciousness. In recent years, Western capitalist countries led by the United States have begun to shift from traditional military and technological hegemony to a new path of academic hegemony through knowledge production, that is, using academic packaging to carry out ideological infiltration into developing countries. Among these, Western modernization theory is the most typical, using a seemingly rigorous set of logical deductions and scholarly arguments to promote the Western modernization model as the only “template” that other countries must follow on their path to modernization. The philosophy and social sciences community must, with a high degree of academic self-consciousness, strengthen the systematic study and scholarly interpretation of the Party’s innovative theory, continuously excavate new materials from the practice of reform and development, refine a series of original theoretical viewpoints, accelerate the construction of an independent knowledge system for philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, and break the shackles of the Western knowledge system. Second, put forward theoretical viewpoints with subjectivity and originality, and enhance the discourse power of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, various undertakings of the Party and the state have undergone historic changes. When responding to new situations, new problems, and new tests, the original theoretical achievements will inevitably become disconnected from reality. Through paradigm innovation, the study of the Party’s innovative theory in the New Era endows existing theoretical achievements with new contemporary connotations. Theoretical viewpoints such as “Chinese-path modernization” and “a new form of human civilization” not only reflect the reflection and reshaping of the achievements of modern civilization but also reflect a profound grasp of the “Two Integrations” [2]2 “Sinicized and modernized Marxist theory” (马克思主义中国化时代化) refers to the process of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times.. On the basis of adhering to the Marxist standpoints, viewpoints, and methods, they deeply excavate the wisdom crystallized in the excellent traditional Chinese culture, demonstrate the autonomy and subjectivity of theoretical achievements, and open up broader space for theoretical research work.

习近平总书记指出：“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。” 党的创新理论是中国自主的知识体系建构的主要内容，推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究有利于加快建构中国自主的知识体系，从而使中国特色哲学社会科学真正屹立于世界学术之林。第一，打破西方知识体系垄断，以高度的学术自觉建构中国自主的知识体系。近年来，以美国为首的西方资本主义国家开始由传统的军事、科技霸权转向通过知识生产实施学术霸权的新路径，即假借学术包装对发展中国家进行意识形态渗透，其中尤以西方现代化理论最为典型，以一套看似严密的逻辑推演和学理论证宣扬西方现代化模式是其他国家走向现代化道路必须奉行的唯一 “样板”。哲学社会科学界要以高度的学术自觉加强对党的创新理论体系化研究和学理化阐释，从改革发展实践中持续挖掘新材料，提炼出一系列原创性理论观点，加快构建中国特色哲学社会科学自主知识体系，打破西方知识体系的禁锢。第二，提出具有主体性和原创性的理论观点，提升中国特色哲学社会科学的话语权。党的十八大以来，党和国家各项事业发生了历史性变革，原有的理论成果在回应新形势、新问题、新考验时难免会出现与现实情况相脱节的现象，新时代党的创新理论研究通过范式革新赋予现有理论成果以新的时代内涵，“中国式现代化”“人类文明新形态”等理论观点既体现了对现代化文明成果的反思与重塑，又体现了对“两个结合”的深刻把握，在坚持马克思主义立场观点方法的基础上，深入挖掘中华优秀传统文化中所蕴含的智慧结晶，彰显理论成果的自主性与主体性，为理论研究工作开辟了更为广阔的空间。

2. Helps to Realize the Transformation of Discourse Forms and Enhance Theoretical Affinity and International Communication Capacity

2. 有助于实现话语形式转化，增强理论亲和力与国际传播力

The knowledge system of theory needs to be expressed and disseminated through a discourse system. The transformation of discourse forms aims to explore the communication path of “how the Party’s innovative theory should be expressed.” The Party’s innovative theory in the New Era is no longer solely based on a single political discourse; it has begun to shift to a new paradigm of discourse expression that integrates official discourse with folk discourse, connects political discourse with academic discourse, and coordinates local discourse with foreign discourse, promoting the Party’s innovative theory from texts to the masses and from the local to the global. First, realize the transformation of political and academic discourse into popular discourse, effectively enhancing the affinity of the theory. The Party’s innovative theory not only focuses on the ideological arming of Party members and leading cadres but also on building the ideological foundation of hundreds of millions of people through theoretical propaganda. Therefore, the Party Central Committee attaches great importance to popular discourse expression methods. On the basis of adhering to political and academic discourse, it achieves effective docking with popular discourse, skillfully using rhetorical devices such as metaphor, intertextuality, and parallelism to vividly transform theory into popular discourse close to the lives of the masses. For example, it proposes that ideals and convictions are the “calcium” of the Communist spirit; lacking ideals and convictions, one will spiritually suffer from “calcium deficiency” and get “osteoporosis.” Another example is comparing the Party organization to the human “body,” and corrupt behavior to the “cancer” and “toxin” that harm the health of the Party’s body. These popular discourse expressions close to the daily lives of the masses reflect that the Party’s innovative theory in the New Era has both scholarly depth and emotional warmth, making it easier for the masses to accept. Second, realize the transformation of China’s local discourse into foreign discourse, comprehensively enhancing the international communication capacity of the theory. Entering the 21st century, with the significant enhancement of economic strength, technological strength, and comprehensive national power, China is increasingly moving closer to the center of the world stage. Western countries led by the United States feel the loosening of their global hegemonic position. Western countries, in collusion with surrounding forces, continuously create new rounds of the “China threat theory” and “China collapse theory” in the international public opinion arena. How

理论的知识体系需要借助话语体系进行表达和传播，话语形式转化旨在探明党的创新理论“应该怎么说”的传播路径。新时代党的创新理论不再以单一的政治话语为载体，开始转向官方话语与民间话语融合、政治话语与学术话语贯通、本土话语与对外话语协同的话语表达新范式，推动党的创新理论从文本走向大众、从本土辐射全球。第一，实现政治话语、学术话语向大众话语转化，切实增强理论的亲和力。党的创新理论既注重对党员领导干部的思想武装，又注重通过理论宣传筑牢亿万人民群众的思想根基。因此，党中央高度重视大众化的话语表达方式，在坚持政治话语和学术话语基础之上，实现与大众话语的有效对接，巧用隐喻、互文、对偶等修辞手法，生动形象地将理论转化为贴近群众生活的大众话语。比如，提出理想信念是共产党人精神之“钙”，理想信念缺失，精神上就会“缺钙”得“软骨病”；再如，将党组织喻为人的“肌体”，腐败行为是危害党的肌体健康的“毒瘤”“毒素”。这些贴近群众日常生活的通俗的话语表达形式体现了新时代党的创新理论既有学理的厚度，又有情感的温度，更易于为大众所接受。第二，实现中国本土话语向对外话语转化，全面提升理论的国际传播力。进入21世纪，随着经济实力、科技实力以及综合国力的显著增强，中国日益走近世界舞台中央，以美国为首的西方国家感受到全球霸主地位的松动，西方国家联合周边势力在国际舆论场域中不断制造新一轮的“中国威胁论”“中国崩溃论”。如何使党的创新理论在国际传播中展示中国制度、中国理论、中国道路以及中国文化，讲好独立自主、逻辑自洽的中国故事，摆脱“有理说不出、说了传不开” 的被动境地，迫切需要从话语形式上予以转化。以习近平同志为核心的党中央准确把握中国实际和世界形势，加强对外话语体系建设，强调“要加快构建中国话语和中国叙事体系，用中国理论阐释中国实践，用中国实践升华中国理论”。 一方面，坚持用中国理论解读中国实践，将中国发展优势转化为话语优势，提出了许多富有创见的话语表达，以理论的严密性跳出西方设置的“话语陷阱”，以理论的系统性阐明中国道路、中国经验和中国理念，努力构建与综合国力相匹配的对外话语体系。另一方面，中国共产党坚持胸怀天下、开放包容的博大胸襟，反对单边制裁、“脱钩断链”，基于全人类共同价值打造凝聚全球共识的对外话语体系，为解决全球性问题贡献中国智慧和中国方案。

II. Basic Guidelines for Advancing the Systematic and Theoretical Research on the Party’s Innovative Theories in the New Era

二、新时代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究的基本遵循

The report to the 20th National Congress of the CPC, on the basis of summing up historical experience, put forward and elaborated the scientific methodology for advancing theoretical innovation, such as the Two Integrations and the Six Musts. This is likewise the scientific methodology that should be followed in advancing the systematic and disciplinary study of the Party’s innovative theory in the New Era. The Two Integrations aims to strengthen the research and interpretation of original concepts and emblematic concepts; the Six Musts is intended to perfect and improve the systematic construction of the Party’s innovative theory. Therefore, in advancing the systematic and disciplinary study of the Party’s innovative theory in the New Era, we should consciously apply the Two Integrations and the Six Musts throughout the entire process of theoretical innovation.

党的二十大报告在总结历史经验基础上，提出并阐述了“两个结合”“六个必须坚持”等推进理论创新的科学方法论，这同样是新时代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究应当遵循的科学方法论。 “两个结合”旨在加强对原创性概念和标识性概念的研究阐释，“六个必须坚持”意在健全完善党的创新理论的体系建构。因此，新时代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究，应自觉将“两个结合”和“六个必须坚持”贯穿理论创新的全过程。

1. Make good use of the Two Integrations to strengthen the research and interpretation of original concepts and emblematic concepts

1. 用好“两个结合”，加强对原创性概念和标识性概念的研究阐释

General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed: “We must never discard the soul of Marxism, and we must never discard the root of fine traditional Chinese culture. Holding fast to this soul and root is the foundation and prerequisite for theoretical innovation.” [n] The Two Integrations not only reveals the secret of how the sinicized and modernized Marxist theory [n] maintains its vibrant vitality, but also profoundly points out the fundamental path for the systematic and disciplinary study of the Party’s innovative theory. Original concepts and emblematic concepts, as the cornerstone of the systematic and disciplinary study and interpretation of the Party’s innovative theory, must be studied by consistently making good use of the Two Integrations.

习近平总书记强调：“我们决不能抛弃马克思主义这个魂脉，决不能抛弃中华优秀传统文化这个根脉。坚守好这个魂和根，是理论创新的基础和前提。”“两个结合”既揭示了中国化时代化马克思主义理论永葆生机活力的奥秘所在，也深刻指明了党的创新理论体系化学理化研究的根本途径。原创性概念和标识性概念作为党的创新理论体系化学理化研究阐释的基石，其研究必须坚持用好“两个结合”。

First, adhere to the guidance of Marxism to ensure that the research and interpretation of original concepts and emblematic concepts do not deviate, overstep, or waver. Advancing the systematic and disciplinary study of the Party’s innovative theory in the New Era requires “speaking new words,” refining a series of new concepts, new categories, and new expressions according to the practical needs of the changing times. However, the most fundamental thing is to adhere unwaveringly to the basic principles of Marxism; otherwise, it will ultimately commit the subversive error of losing the “soul.” Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a disciplinary tracing and textual examination of original concepts and emblematic concepts, return to the classic texts of Marxism, thoroughly study, understand, and grasp the basic principles of Marxism, deeply excavate the principled theoretical achievements of the Party’s innovative theory, and systematically interpret its core essence and theoretical quintessence on the basis of reading the original texts and understanding the principles. Thus, with a high degree of theoretical consciousness and confidence in the theory, we can profoundly grasp the philosophical foundation, developmental脉络, and internal logic of the Party’s innovative theory, ensuring that theoretical research never deviates from the correct track.

第一，坚持以马克思主义为指导，确保原创性概念和标识性概念的研究阐释不偏离、不越位、不动摇。新时代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究要求“讲新话”，根据时代变化发展的现实需要提炼一系列新概念、新范畴和新表述，但最根本的在于坚持马克思主义基本原理不动摇，否则最终会犯失去“魂脉”的颠覆性错误。因此，必须对原创性概念和标识性概念进行学理溯源与文本考据，重新回到马克思主义经典文本中，学懂弄通悟透马克思主义基本原理，深入挖掘党的创新理论的原理性理论成果，在读原文、悟原理的基础之上系统阐释其核心要义与理论精髓，从而以高度的理论自觉和理论自信深刻把握党的创新理论的哲学根基、发展脉络及其内在逻辑，确保理论研究始终不偏离正确的轨道。

Second, adhere to the integration of the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete practice of Chinese-path modernization, providing rich practical material for the research and interpretation of original concepts and emblematic concepts. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: “China’s philosophy and social sciences should center on what we are doing, excavate new materials, discover new problems, put forward new viewpoints, and construct new theories from the practice of China’s reform and development.” [n] In view of this, advancing the systematic and disciplinary study of the Party’s innovative theory must follow the regularity of practical development, taking the practice of Chinese-path modernization as the empirical material and verification standard for theoretical innovation, avoiding the “theoretical high ground” from degenerating into a “practical lowland.” On the one hand, we should intensively cultivate the vivid practice of Chinese-path modernization, elevating the perceptual knowledge formed in practice into rational knowledge through disciplinary interpretation and scientific argumentation, thereby forming a series of original concepts and emblematic concepts. On the other hand, to examine whether original concepts and emblematic concepts possess both truth and contemporaneity, they must be tested by returning to the practice of Chinese-path modernization, continuously adjusting and optimizing conceptual categories and theoretical viewpoints according to practical effects, making them more in line with China’s actual national conditions and social realities. For example, concepts such as “villager self-governance” and “grid-based governance” have been refined from the practice of grassroots social governance; concepts such as “new type of political party system,” “comprehensive and strict governance of the Party system,” and “the Party’s self-revolution institutional normative system” have been refined from the practice of governing the Party and running it strictly. These series of original and emblematic concepts have truly achieved the goal of using Chinese reasoning to summarize Chinese experience and elevating Chinese experience into Chinese theory.

第二，坚持马克思主义基本原理同中国式现代化的具体实践相结合，为原创性概念标识性概念研究阐释提供丰富的现实素材。习近平总书记指出： “我国哲学社会科学应该以我们正在做的事情为中心，从我国改革发展的实践中挖掘新材料、发现新问题、提出新观点、构建新理论。” 鉴于此，推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究必须遵循实践发展的规律性，将中国式现代化实践作为理论创新的经验素材和验证标准，避免“理论高地”沦为“实践洼地”。一方面，应精耕中国式现代化的生动实践，将实践中形成的感性认识经由学理阐释和科学论证上升为理性认识，从而形成一系列原创性概念标识性概念。另一方面，考察原创性概念标识性概念是否兼具真理性和时代性，必须在回归中国式现代化实践中进行检验，根据实践效果不断调整优化概念范畴和理论观点，使其更加符合中国实际国情和社会现实需要。例如，从基层社会治理实践中提炼出“村民自治”“网格化治理”等概念；从管党治党实践中提炼出“新型政党制度”“全面从严治党体系”“党的自我革命制度规范体系”等概念。这些具有原创性、标识性的系列概念，真正做到了用中国道理总结好中国经验、将中国经验提升为中国理论。

Third, adhere to the integration of the basic principles of Marxism with fine traditional Chinese culture, consolidating the cultural foundation for the research and interpretation of original concepts and emblematic concepts. The reason why original concepts and emblematic concepts possess “originality” and “emblematic nature” lies largely in their “subjectivity” that distinguishes them from other similar knowledge systems. In terms of specific cultural fields, this is mainly manifested as the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation. The Second Integration, as another “ideological emancipation,” [n] has opened up a broader cultural space for the systematic and disciplinary study of the Party’s innovative theory. Therefore, in refining original concepts and emblematic concepts, we must resolutely discard the erroneous “binary opposition” thinking that separates the basic principles of Marxism from fine traditional Chinese culture and severs traditional civilization from modern civilization. We should consciously and actively uphold the “root” of fine traditional Chinese culture, integrating its vibrant cultural elements—such as the world being for all, the people being the foundation of the state, governing with virtue, and amity and good-neighborliness with neighbors—into Marxism, achieving an effective integration of the essence of Marxist thought with the cream of fine traditional Chinese culture. This will transform the two into new theoretical advantages, infuse them into the systematic and disciplinary study of the Party’s innovative theory, enable the Party’s innovative theory to stand firm amidst the turbulence of world cultures, and thus continuously explore theoretical innovation oriented toward the future.

第三，坚持马克思主义基本原理同中华优秀传统文化相结合，夯实原创性概念标识性概念研究阐释的文化根基。原创性概念标识性概念之所以具有“原创性”和“标识性”，很大程度上在于它们具有区别于其他同类知识体系的“主体性”。就特定的文化领域而言，主要表现为中华民族的文化主体性。“第二次结合”作为又一次“思想解放”，为党的创新理论体系化学理化研究开辟了更为广阔的文化空间。因此，提炼原创性概念标识性概念应坚决摒弃将马克思主义基本原理与中华优秀传统文化相分离、将传统文明与现代文明相割裂的“二元对立”的错误思想，应自觉主动地坚守中华优秀传统文化的“根脉”，将其蕴含的天下为公、民为邦本、为政以德、亲仁善邻等富有生命力的文化因子融入马克思主义之中，实现马克思主义思想精髓同中华优秀传统文化精华的有效贯通，使二者聚变为新的理论优势，注入党的创新理论体系化学理化研究之中，使党的创新理论在世界文化的激荡中站稳脚跟，从而不断探索面向未来的理论创新。

2. Practice the Six Musts to perfect the systematic construction of the Party’s innovative theory

2. 践行“六个必须坚持”，完善党的创新理论的体系建构

The Six Musts systematically summarizes the basic principles that theoretical research should follow, providing directional guidance for advancing the systematic and disciplinary study of the Party’s innovative theory in the New Era. It should be pointed out that the Six Musts, as a logically rigorous organic whole, are not mutually isolated or independently existing. Their six aspects are progressive, mutually reinforcing, and complementary, and their respective functional orientations and unique attributes must be clarified.

“六个必须坚持”系统总结了理论研究应当遵循的基本原则，为新时代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究提供了方向指引。需要指出的是，“六个必须坚持”作为一个逻辑严密的有机整体，并非相互割裂、独立存在的，其六个方面层层递进、相互配合、相得益彰，必须明确各自的功能定位与独特属性。

First, must uphold putting the people first, clarifying the practical starting point, value fulcrum, and theoretical basis of theoretical innovation. Advancing the systematic and disciplinary study of the Party’s innovative theory in the New Era should focus on the practical needs of society, and must not detach from the masses or engage in armchair theorizing. On the one hand, take the practical issues of concern to the people as the entry point and breakthrough for theoretical research, targeting hot and difficult issues such as healthcare, employment and income increase, regional coordination, urban-rural development, and childcare and elderly care to actively set up theoretical research topics, strive to form theoretical research results that meet the actual needs of society and solve the core interest issues of the people, and provide scientific theoretical guidance for improving the people’s well-being. On the other hand, in the process of theory formation, extensively listen to public opinion and absorb popular wisdom, continuously expand important channels for democratic consultation such as the People’s Congresses, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and people’s organizations, give full play to the role of the petition platform, and promptly adjust and improve the expression of theory based on feedback collected from the masses, effectively enhancing the pertinence and timeliness of the theory, so that the study of the Party’s innovative theory truly achieves “consulting the people on governance, asking the people about their needs, and seeking the people’s advice,” forming “a theory that is loved, recognized, and possessed by the people.”

第一，必须坚持人民至上，明确理论创新的实践原点、价值支点以及理论基点。新时代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究应着眼于社会现实需要，切不可脱离群众、坐而论道。一方面，将人民群众关切的现实问题作为理论研究的切入点和突破口，瞄准健康医疗、就业增收、区域协调、城乡发展、托幼养老等热点难点积极创设理论研究议题，努力形成符合社会实际需要、解决人民核心利益问题的理论研究成果，为增进人民福祉提供科学的理论指导。另一方面，在理论形成过程中广泛听取民意、吸纳民智，不断拓展人大、政协、人民团体等民主协商的重要渠道，充分发挥信访平台作用，根据收集到的群众反馈意见及时调整和完善理论表达方式，切实增强理论的针对性与时效性，使党的创新理论研究真正做到问政于民、问需于民、问计于民，“形成为人民所喜爱、所认同、所拥有的理论”。

Second, must uphold confidence and self-reliance, independently solving China’s problems based on the country’s actual conditions. Confidence and self-reliance are not only the spiritual character formed by the CPC leading the people to independently blaze new trails, but also the sober cognition of maintaining strategic initiative in responding to various risks and trials. Advancing the systematic and disciplinary study of the Party’s innovative theory in the New Era requires that philosophy and social science workers must soberly recognize that theoretical research concerns the security of the national ideology. In the current era of increasingly fierce ideological confrontation, it is necessary to be highly vigilant against the “Western-centrism” tendency in theoretical research, not to regard Western research paradigms as the golden rule, and even less to transplant Western theoretical frameworks to solve Chinese problems in a Procrustean manner. We must break the “apprentice mindset” of dependence on others, accelerate the construction of an independent knowledge system for philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, and continuously enhance the discourse power of Chinese scholarship.

第二，必须坚持自信自立，立足于本国实际自主解答中国问题。自信自立既是中国共产党领导人民独立自主开辟新道路中所形成的精神品格，也是在应对各种风险考验中保持战略主动的清醒认知。新时代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究，要求哲学社会科学工作者必须清醒地认识到理论研究关乎国家意识形态安全，在当前意识形态交锋日益激烈的时代背景下，需要高度警惕理论研究的“西方中心主义”倾向，不能将西方研究范式奉为圭臬，更不能移植西方理论框架削足适履式地解答中国问题，必须破除依赖他者的“学徒思维”，加快构建中国特色哲学社会科学自主知识体系，不断增强中国学术的话语权。

Third, we must uphold fundamental principles and break new ground (守正创新), achieving the coordinated advancement of steadfast adherence to positions and theoretical innovation. To advance the systematic and theoretical study of the Party’s innovative theory, it is essential to always grasp the dialectical unity of upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground. Only by upholding fundamental principles can we ensure that innovation always proceeds in the correct direction; only by continuous innovation can we better uphold fundamental principles. The “fundamental principles” (正) in “upholding fundamental principles” refer to correctness in direction, stance, and path. Theoretical innovation must unswervingly uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership, deeply excavate the principled theoretical achievements contained in the classic works of Marxism, and consistently uphold and develop the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The “new ground” (新) in “breaking new ground” refers to newness in conceptual categories, research methods, and theoretical viewpoints. This requires theoretical researchers to follow a path of cross-boundary integration, break down traditional disciplinary barriers, carry out interdisciplinary and multi-field cross-integration research, and continuously broaden new horizons and make new generalizations in theoretical research.

第三，必须坚持守正创新，实现立场坚守与理论创新协同推进。推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究，必须始终把握守正与创新的辩证统一关系，只有守正才能确保创新始终沿着正确的方向前进，只有不断创新才能更好地守正。“守正”之“正”是方向、立场、道路之正，理论创新应毫不动摇地坚持和加强党的全面领导，深入挖掘蕴含在马克思主义经典著作中的原理性理论成果，并一以贯之坚持和发展中国特色社会主义道路。“创新”之“新”是概念范畴、研究方法、理论观点之新，这就要求理论研究者应遵循跨界融合的建设路径，打破传统学科壁垒，开展跨学科、多领域的交叉融合研究，在理论研究上不断拓宽新视野、作出新概括。

Fourth, we must adhere to a problem-oriented approach, grasping the key directions of theoretical research. Identifying problems is the starting point and driving force of theoretical innovation; seizing the problem means finding the growth point of theoretical innovation. This requires theoretical researchers to maintain a highly acute insight, taking the deep-seated problems existing in reform, development, and stability, as well as new problems emerging from changes and developments of the times, as breakthroughs for theoretical innovation. Analyzing problems is the key link in theoretical innovation. This requires that theoretical research work not remain on the surface of phenomena; through thinking methods such as induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, and abstraction and concreteness, it must deeply analyze the internal mechanisms of problems and continuously deepen the understanding of the regularities of the Party’s innovative theory. Identifying and analyzing problems are the premise and foundation of theoretical research, while scientifically answering questions and transforming theoretical research results into practical solutions for real-world problems are the ultimate goals of theoretical research. This requires theoretical researchers, on the basis of identifying and analyzing problems, to accurately grasp the pulse of the times, promote theoretical armed forces to go deep and be implemented with the spirit of driving a nail [n], and enable the Party’s innovative theory to serve the overall situation of the Party’s and the country’s undertakings, providing a solid theoretical foundation and practical guidance for economic and social development.

第四，必须坚持问题导向，把握理论研究的重点方向。发现问题是理论创新的起点和动力源，抓住问题就找到了理论创新的生长点，这需要理论研究者保持高度敏锐的洞察力，将改革发展稳定存在的深层次问题和因时代变化发展而涌现出的新问题作为理论创新的突破口。剖析问题是理论创新的关键环节，这就要求理论研究工作不能流于现象表面，通过归纳与演绎、分析与综合以及抽象与具体等思维方法，深度剖析问题的内在机理，不断深化对党的创新理论的规律性认识。发现问题、剖析问题是理论研究的前提和基础，而科学回答问题、将理论研究成果转化为解决实际问题的现实方案才是理论研究的最终目标。这就要求理论研究者在发现问题、分析问题的基础上精准把握时代脉搏，以钉钉子精神推动理论武装走深走实，使党的创新理论服务于党和国家事业发展全局，为经济社会发展提供坚实的理论基础与实践指导。

Fifth, we must adhere to a systems perspective, enhancing the overall development efficacy of the Party’s innovative theory. The Party’s innovative theory is a grand theoretical system composed of several specific theories. To advance the systematic and theoretical study of the Party’s innovative theory, we must adhere to grasping both the outline and the details, interpreting the achievements of the Party’s innovative theory from a holistic perspective. We must not only pay attention to specific details, strengthening the academic interpretation of several specific theories, but also, more importantly, grasp the overall outline. Based on the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan and the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, we must strengthen forward-looking thinking and overall planning of the Party’s innovative theory, be adept at placing specific theories within a larger theoretical system, grasp their respective positioning and attributes as well as the internal logical connections between theories, thereby avoiding a partial and one-sided understanding of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

第五，必须坚持系统观念，提升党的创新理论的整体发展效能。党的创新理论是由若干具体理论所构成的宏大的理论体系，推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究必须坚持纲目并举，以整体性视野诠释党的创新理论成果。既要关注具体的细目，加强对若干具体理论的学理阐释；更要抓好总体的大纲，立足“五位一体”总体布局和“四个全面”战略布局，加强对党的创新理论的前瞻性思考与整体性谋划，善于将具体理论置于更大的理论体系之中，把握其各自的定位属性以及理论之间的内在逻辑关联，从而避免局部地、片面地理解习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想。

Sixth, we must uphold a global vision, making theoretical contributions to solving the common challenges of humanity. Theoretical innovation is not a self-enclosed philosophical reflection; it must uphold an open and inclusive broad-mindedness, constructing a system of thought with global significance through mutual learning among civilizations. It is necessary not only to take root in Chinese civilization to continuously create new cultural life forms, enhancing the subjectivity and originality of theoretical innovation, but also to take the outstanding achievements of human civilization as important resources for theoretical innovation, continuously advancing the systematic and theoretical study of the Party’s innovative theory through inclusiveness and drawing on the strengths of others. Faced with the current peace deficit, development deficit, security deficit, and governance deficit emerging in global development, China should continue to shoulder the mission and responsibility of a major country, contributing innovative theories with Chinese wisdom and Chinese experience to the world.

第六，必须坚持胸怀天下，为解决人类共同难题作出理论贡献。理论创新不是自我封闭的哲学反思，必须秉持开放包容的博大胸襟，在文明互鉴中构建具有世界意义的思想体系。既要根植于中华文明不断造就新的文化生命体，增强理论创新的主体性和原创性，也要将人类优秀文明成果作为理论创新的重要资源，在兼容并蓄、博采众长中不断推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究。面对当前全球发展中出现的和平赤字、发展赤字、安全赤字、治理赤字，中国应继续肩负大国的使命担当，为世界贡献具有中国智慧、中国经验的创新理论。

III. Practical Paths for Advancing the Systematic and Theoretical Study of the Party’s Innovative Theory in the New Era

三、新时代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究的实践路径

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech at the Symposium on Philosophy and Social Sciences that we must “take China’s actual conditions as the starting point for research, put forward theoretical viewpoints with subjectivity and originality,” and “continuously advance the construction and innovation of the disciplinary system, academic system, and discourse system.” [n] This important exposition indicates that the Party Central Committee has always attached great importance to the construction of an independent knowledge system for philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. To advance the systematic and theoretical study of the Party’s innovative theory in the New Era, we should promote it coordinately from three levels: the disciplinary system, the academic system, and the discourse system.

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，要“以我国实际为研究起点，提出具有主体性、原创性的理论观点”，“不断推进学科体系、学术体系、话语体系建设和创新”。 这一重要论述表明党中央始终高度重视中国特色哲学社会科学自主知识体系的建构问题。新时代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究，应从学科体系、学术体系、话语体系三个层面协同推进。

1. Construct a Scientific, Coordinated, and Synergistically Innovative Disciplinary System, Expanding the Breadth and Depth of Theoretical Research

1. 构建科学统筹、协同创新的学科体系，拓展理论研究的广度和深度

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics should cover various fields such as history, economics, politics, culture, society, ecology, military affairs, and Party building, encompassing many disciplines including traditional disciplines, emerging disciplines, frontier disciplines, interdisciplinary disciplines, and niche disciplines.” [n] This indicates that philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics constitute a disciplinary system composed of multiple disciplines, with systematic and professional characteristics. It is built on the basis of knowledge production and scientific division of labor, composed of elements such as disciplinary directions, curriculum settings, and talent cultivation, and is an important support and key link for advancing the systematic and theoretical study of the Party’s innovative theory.

习近平总书记指出：“中国特色哲学社会科学应该涵盖历史、经济、政治、文化、社会、生态、军事、党建等各领域，囊括传统学科、新兴学科、前沿学科、交叉学科、冷门学科等诸多学科。” 这表明中国特色哲学社会科学是一个由多学科构成的，具有系统性、专业性的学科体系，它建立在知识生产、科学分工基础之上，由学科方向、课程设置和人才培养等要素构成，是推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究的重要依托与关键环节。

First, cultivate growth points for theoretical innovation through coordinated disciplinary development. On the basis of giving full play to the leading and orienting role of the Marxist theory discipline, construct ecological relationships among philosophy and social science disciplines with a “grand disciplinary consciousness,” strengthen the overall planning of disciplinary construction, and improve the development of foundational disciplines of great significance, innovative emerging disciplines, and niche and rare disciplines passed down through generations. Carry out collaborative research across disciplines, fields, and regions, be adept at drawing on theoretical tools and research paradigms from disciplines such as philosophy, history, political science, sociology, economics, and law, and cultivate growth points for theoretical innovation. Specifically, we must closely focus on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, set up comprehensive topics across disciplines and fields, organize major project research on the systematic study and theoretical interpretation of the Party’s innovative theory, and reveal the principles, theories, and philosophies contained in the Party’s innovative theory from a multi-disciplinary perspective, continuously contributing high-quality theoretical achievements to the New Era. For example, when conducting a theoretical interpretation of the innovative theory of “new quality productive forces,” we should not only analyze the basic connotation of new quality productive forces from the perspective of the three elements of productive forces in the basic principles of Marxism, but also draw on economic growth theory in economics to analyze how technological breakthroughs reconstruct the production function to promote total factor productivity growth. We should also reflect on the boundaries of technological ethics from the research perspectives of philosophy and ethics, strengthening the examination of human subjectivity. Only in this way can we deepen the theoretical interpretation of the innovative theory of “new quality productive forces.”

第一，以学科协同发展培育理论创新的生长点。在发挥马克思主义理论学科领航定向作用的基础之上，以“大学科意识”构建哲学社会科学学科之间的生态关系，加强对学科建设的统筹布局，健全具有重大意义的基础学科、创新发展的新兴学科以及代有传承的冷门绝学。开展多学科、多领域、多地区的协同攻关研究，善于借鉴哲学、历史学、政治学、社会学、经济学、法学等学科的理论工具和研究范式，培育理论创新的生长点。具体而言，要紧紧围绕习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想，通过设置跨学科、多领域的综合性选题，组织关于党的创新理论体系化研究和学理化阐释的重大课题攻关项目，以多学科视角揭示党的创新理论中所蕴含的道理学理哲理，持续为新时代贡献高质量的理论成果。例如，在对“新质生产力”这一创新理论进行学理阐释时，不应仅从马克思主义基本原理中关于生产力三要素的视角分析新质生产力的基本内涵，也要借鉴经济学中的经济增长理论，分析技术突破如何重构生产函数推动全要素生产率提升，还应从哲学与伦理学的研究视域反思技术伦理边界，加强对人的主体性审视。唯有如此，方能深化对“新质生产力”这一创新理论的学理阐释。

Second, advance the construction of the curriculum and textbook system in tandem with the armed forces of the Party’s innovative theory. Ideological and political theory courses are the main channel and main front for using the Party’s innovative theory to cultivate souls, enlighten minds, and gather consensus, playing an important role in talent cultivation, theoretical armed forces, and consensus building. In terms of curriculum setting, we should strengthen the top-level design of the course “Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” continuously enhance the frontier nature and effectiveness of academic research in ideological and political theory courses, use vivid and lively language to highly summarize and refine the Party’s innovative theory, transform the theoretical system into course content and integrate it into teaching practice, and explain the Party’s innovative theory deeply, thoroughly, and vividly. In terms of textbook compilation, textbooks for ideological and political theory courses should promptly keep up with the latest theoretical achievements in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times. Textbooks for different educational stages should reflect coherence and continuity, promoting the Party’s innovative theory to enter textbooks, enter classrooms, and enter minds.

第二，课程教材体系建设与党的创新理论武装同步推进。思政课是用党的创新理论培根铸魂、启智润心的主渠道和主阵地，在人才培养、理论武装、共识凝聚等方面发挥着重要作用。在课程设置方面，应加强对“习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想概论”课的顶层设计，不断增强思政课学术研究的前沿性与实效性，以鲜活、生动的语言对党的创新理论进行高度概括和总结提炼，将理论体系转化为课程内容、融入教学实践，将党的创新理论讲深、讲透、讲活；在教材编写方面，思政课教材应及时跟进马克思主义中国化时代化最新理论成果，不同学段的教材要体现衔接性与连贯性，推进党的创新理论进教材、进课堂、进头脑。

Third, comprehensively cultivate and make good use of the contingent of philosophy and social science talent. On the one hand, the intellectual support role of professional theoretical talent in advancing theoretical research must be fully leveraged. A theoretical research work pattern under the unified leadership of Party committees and with coordinated efforts from all sides should be established, bringing into play the converging effectiveness of the “five armies” [8]8 The “five armies” (五路大军) refers to the five main sectors engaged in philosophy and social science research in China: universities, Party schools (schools of administration), academies of social sciences, research departments of Party and government organs, and military academies. of philosophy and social science, coordinating the research forces of multiple systems — the university system, the Party school (school of administration) system, the academy of social sciences system, the research departments of Party and government organs, and the military academy system — to build a philosophy and social science talent system with complete categories and echeloned succession, forge a phalanx of expert-type composite talents from multiple dimensions, and effectively enhance the professionalism and precision of the systematic study and theoretical elaboration of the Party’s innovative theories. On the other hand, the mechanism for independently cultivating talent should be improved, dedicated to fostering a group of theoretical workers with firm ideals and convictions, relatively high theoretical literacy, and solid professional foundations, so as to cultivate composite professional talents for building an independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social science, and to promote the transformation of the Party’s innovative theories from “quantitative” output to “qualitative” enhancement.

第三，全方位培养和用好哲学社会科学人才队伍。 一方面，要充分发挥专业理论人才对于推进理论研究的智力支撑作用。要构建党委统一领导、各方协同发力的理论研究工作格局，发挥哲学社会科学“五路大军”聚合效能，统筹高校系统、党校（行政学院）系统、社会科学院系统、党政机关研究部门、军队院校系统等多方研究力量，构建种类齐全、梯队衔接的哲学社会科学人才体系，多维锻造专家型复合人才方阵，切实增强党的创新理论体系化研究和学理化阐释的专业性与精准度。另一方面，要完善人才自主培养机制，致力于培育一批理想信念坚定、理论素养较高、专业基础扎实的理论工作者，为构建中国哲学社会科学自主知识体系培养复合型专业人才，推动党的创新理论由“量”的产出转化为“质”的增效。

2. Build an academic system that serves national strategy and leads academic frontiers, enhancing original theoretical research capacity

2. 构建服务国家战略、引领学术前沿的学术体系，提升原创性理论研究能力

The current world faces multiple challenges such as accelerated technological revolution, restructuring of the international order, and deficits in global governance. There is an urgent need to establish an independent knowledge system based on Chinese practice that possesses both strategic height and theoretical depth. Therefore, building an academic system should revolve around national development strategy, serve the needs of national development, take China’s actual conditions as the starting point to produce theoretical knowledge with subjectivity, and strive to form academic discourse power commensurate with China’s comprehensive national strength. To accelerate the construction of a disciplinary system for philosophy and social science with Chinese characteristics in the New Era, efforts should be coordinated from multiple dimensions, including integrating various academic resources, forming academic theoretical achievements with realistic explanatory power, and leveraging the advantages of academic platforms.

当前世界面临科技革命加速、国际秩序重构、全球治理赤字等多重挑战，亟须立足中国实践构建兼具战略高度与学理深度的自主知识体系。因此，构建学术体系应围绕国家发展战略、服务国家发展需要，以中国实际为起点产出具有主体性的理论知识，努力形成与我国综合国力相匹配的学术话语权。新时代加快推进中国特色哲学社会科学学科体系建设，应从融通各类学术资源、形成具有现实解释力的学术理论成果、发挥学术平台优势等多个维度协同发力。

First, on the basis of integrating various academic resources, refine theoretical viewpoints with autonomy. Taking the major theoretical and practical issues facing the Party and the state as the main direction of attack, on the basis of fully understanding the laws of governance by the Communist Party, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of the development of human society, and fully grasping the laws of the Party’s theoretical innovation, adhere to the Marxist stance, viewpoint, and method, endow the “root vein” [9]9 “Root vein” (根脉) is a metaphor for the foundational and life-giving source of a tradition; here it refers to fine traditional Chinese culture as the root of the Party’s theoretical innovation. of fine traditional Chinese culture with new contemporary connotations, and on the basis of adhering to subjectivity, absorb and draw on the outstanding achievements of human civilization, thereby refining a series of original and iconic conceptual categories, basic principles, and theoretical viewpoints. In this process, attention should be paid to clarifying the logical connections between specific theories and professional terminology on the one hand, and universal laws and basic principles on the other, defining the internal hierarchical structure and applicable boundaries of the theoretical system, and continuously producing weighty, high-quality theoretical research results.

第一，在融通各类学术资源基础之上提炼出具有自主性的理论观点。以党和国家面临的重大理论和现实问题为主攻方向，在充分认识共产党执政规律、社会主义建设规律、人类社会发展规律，充分把握党的理论创新规律基础之上，坚持马克思主义的立场观点方法，赋予中华优秀传统文化这个“根脉”以新的时代内涵，在坚持主体性的基础上吸收借鉴人类优秀文明成果，从而提炼出一系列具有原创性、标识性的概念范畴、基本原理、理论观点。在此过程中，应当注意厘清具体理论、专业术语与普遍规律、基本原则之间的逻辑关联，明确理论体系的内在层次结构与适用边界范围，持续推出有分量、高质量的理论研究成果。

Second, form academic theoretical achievements with realistic explanatory power. Advancing the systematic and theoretical study of the Party’s innovative theories ultimately aims to form a scientific theoretical system capable of explaining reality and guiding practice. The research work on the Party’s innovative theories should focus on practical problems, centering on major issues in international changes, the unique challenges facing a major party like the CPC [10]10 “Unique challenges facing a major party like the CPC” (大党独有难题) is a term used in official discourse to refer to the distinctive governance difficulties encountered by a large, long-ruling Marxist party, such as maintaining discipline, preventing corruption, and sustaining ideological unity., difficulties in reform, development, and stability, and specific problems of urgent concern to the people, conduct various forms of in-depth investigation and research into actual conditions, penetrate complex phenomena to identify blind spots and shortcomings in existing theoretical achievements, continuously excavate the practical materials of the Party’s innovative theories, and strengthen theoretical research on practical problems.

第二，形成具有现实解释力的学术理论成果。推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究，归根到底是要形成能够解释现实、引领实践的科学理论体系。党的创新理论研究工作应聚焦现实问题，围绕国际变局中的重大问题、大党独有难题、改革发展稳定难题、人民群众急难愁盼的具体问题，深入实际开展形式多样的调查研究，透过纷繁复杂的现象，明确现有理论成果的盲区和短板，持续挖掘党的创新理论的现实素材，加强对现实问题的理论研究。

Third, leverage the advantages of academic platforms to empower theoretical knowledge production. Focusing on the study and elaboration of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, by integrating academic resources from all sides, build new academic community platforms, and through the converging advantages of high-end think tank innovation platforms, scientific research achievement dissemination platforms, and digital integration platforms for philosophy and social science, continuously produce high-quality theoretical research results, and constantly enhance original theoretical research capacity. In addition, experts and scholars in relevant fields should be actively invited to offer suggestions and advice, regular expert symposiums should be held, and strategies and countermeasures should be discussed with experts and scholars in various fields on issues such as the direction and path of the systematic study and theoretical elaboration of the Party’s innovative theories, fully leveraging the academic influence of authoritative experts, thereby accelerating the formation of a high-quality academic system that is based on a global perspective, leads academic frontiers, embodies original capacity, and serves national strategy.

第三，发挥学术平台优势赋能理论知识生产。聚焦习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的研究与阐释，通过整合各方学术资源，搭建新型学术共同体平台，借助高端智库创新平台、科研成果传播平台以及哲学社会科学数字集成平台等聚合优势，持续产出高质量的理论研究成果，不断提升原创性理论研究能力。此外，应积极邀请相关领域专家学者建言献策，定期召开专家座谈会，围绕党的创新理论体系化研究和学理化阐释的方向路径等问题与各领域专家学者共谋方略、共商对策，充分发挥权威专家的学术影响力，从而加快形成立足全球视野、引领学术前沿、体现原创能力、服务国家战略的高质量学术体系。

3. Build a discourse system that integrates Chinese and foreign perspectives and is close to daily life, achieving the interembedding and isomorphic construction of theoretical content supply and discourse narrative dissemination

3. 构建融通中外、贴近日常的话语体系，实现理论内容供给和话语叙事传播互嵌同构

As the external expression form of the theoretical system and knowledge system, the discourse system fully reflects a country’s economic development status and cultural traditional concepts. The discourse system of philosophy and social science with Chinese characteristics, as an important carrier for disseminating the Party’s innovative theoretical achievements, should strive to build a discourse system with political height, theoretical depth, and the warmth of mass life. However, judging by the current situation, there are still many practical problems in the dissemination of the Party’s innovative theories. At the level of theoretical popularization, there is a certain degree of “discourse fragmentation” in the transformation of political discourse and academic discourse into mass discourse, and targeted propaganda work has not yet been carried out comprehensively. At the level of international communication, the pattern of international public opinion still shows a situation of “the West is strong and the East is weak,” with Western countries, relying on their hegemonic position in discourse, continuously creating issues that “stigmatize China,” such as the “Thucydides Trap,” the “China Threat Theory,” and the “End of History.” [11]11 The “Thucydides Trap,” “China Threat Theory,” and “End of History” are cited as examples of Western narratives that the author argues stigmatize China; the “End of History” refers to Francis Fukuyama’s thesis that liberal democracy is the endpoint of human ideological evolution. Therefore, in the New Era, the construction of a discourse system for philosophy and social science with Chinese characteristics that integrates Chinese and foreign perspectives and is close to daily life should be accelerated.

话语体系作为理论体系和知识体系的外在表达形态，充分反映了一个国家的经济发展状况和文化传统观念，中国特色哲学社会科学话语体系作为传播党的创新理论成果的重要载体，应着力构建具有政治高度、理论深度以及大众生活温度的话语体系。但就目前形势而言，党的创新理论在传播过程中仍存在诸多现实问题。在理论普及层面，政治话语、学术话语在向大众话语转化过程中存在一定程度的“话语割裂”，尚未全方位开展有针对性的宣传工作；在国际传播层面， 国际舆论格局仍呈现“西强东弱”之势，西方国家凭借自身的话语霸权地位不断制造“修昔底德陷阱”“中国威胁论”“历史终结论”等“污名化中国”的议题。因此，新时代应加快构建融通中外、贴近日常的中国特色哲学社会科学话语体系。

First, domestically, academic discourse should be used as a medium, connecting upward with political discourse and downward with mass discourse. In terms of discourse narrative methods, achieve the simultaneous advancement of macro and micro narratives of the Party’s innovative theories, using rhetorical devices such as metaphor, intertextuality, and parallelism to vividly and concretely transform theories into mass language close to the lives of the people. In terms of discourse dissemination channels, respect the differences in theoretical literacy levels among different audience groups, use the segmented, differentiated, and precise dissemination characteristics of new media to accurately grasp the theoretical needs of the audience, and use multimodal intelligent technology to integrate the dissemination advantages of vision, hearing, and touch, presenting abstract theories in the form of dynamic images. In terms of discourse content supply, use plain and easy-to-understand language to explain profound theories, draw on common scenes and tools in production and daily life as material sources for theoretical innovation, stimulate the vitality and tension of textual language, so that the masses are willing to listen, can understand, and can accept. Strive to form political discourse with firm stance and rigorous accuracy, academic discourse with profound theory and clear viewpoints, and mass discourse that is lively and deeply embedded in daily life, actively publicize the Party’s innovative theoretical achievements and the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and promote the Party’s innovative theoretical achievements to “fly into the homes of ordinary people.” [12]12 “Fly into the homes of ordinary people” (飞入寻常百姓家) is a classical allusion originally from a poem by Liu Yuxi (772–842) of the Tang dynasty, describing how swallows that once nested in the halls of the wealthy now fly into common homes; it is frequently used in contemporary Chinese political discourse to mean making Party policies and theories accessible to the general public.

第一，对内应以学术话语为媒介，上承政治话语，下接大众话语。在话语叙事方法上，实现党的创新理论宏微叙事并进，采用隐喻、互文、对偶等修辞手法，生动形象地将理论转化为贴近群众生活的大众语言。在话语传播途径上，尊重不同受众群体的理论素养水平差异，利用新媒体分众化、差异化、精准化的传播特点精准把握受众的理论需求，利用多模态智能技术融合视觉、听觉、触觉等的传播优势，将抽象的理论以动态的图像方式呈现。在话语内容供给上，用通俗易懂的语言阐释深刻的理论，借助生产生活中常见的场景和工具作为理论创新的素材来源，激发文本语言的活力与张力，使群众愿意听、听得懂、能接受。努力形成立场坚定、严谨准确的政治话语，学理深厚、观点明晰的学术话语，生动活泼、深入日常的大众话语，积极宣传党的创新理论成果和党中央重大决策部署，推动党的创新理论成果“飞入寻常百姓家”。

Second, externally, we should actively construct a more effective international communication system to enhance the international community’s understanding of and identification with the Party’s innovative theories. In setting the agenda for external propaganda, China, as a responsible major country, should focus on international concerns, proactively create global issues around common problems and global challenges facing humanity, such as global governance, climate change, and cybersecurity, and build a system of thought and theory that contributes Chinese wisdom, joining hands with the people of the world to solve major global difficulties. In cracking the “discourse trap” [13]13 “Discourse trap” (话语陷阱) refers to rhetorical frameworks or narratives set by Western powers that are designed to put China in a defensive or negative position, such as the “China threat theory” or accusations of “debt-trap diplomacy.” directed at China, in the face of the increasingly concealed forms of discursive hegemony from the United States and the West, we must always maintain theoretical clarity and political steadfastness. Based on a comparative study of Chinese and Western modernization, we should emphatically highlight the significant advantages of Chinese-path modernization, using the rigor of theory and the feasibility of practice to forcefully clarify Western misreadings of the socialist path with Chinese characteristics. In terms of transforming narrative methods, external discourse expression, while embodying China’s positions, viewpoints, and attitudes, should fully consider the thinking patterns and information preferences of the target audience, adopting precise communication methods tailored to different regions, countries, and audience groups, thereby breaking down the barriers of discourse exchange between countries. At the same time, we should find the greatest common denominator of the interests of all countries, explore theoretical meeting points and discursive commonalities, rely on clusters of concepts, symbols, and other discursive clusters that can be perceived and accepted by each other to carry out cross-cultural dialogue and exchange, and strive to create new global concepts, categories, and expressions that are easily understood by the world. We should actively tell the vivid stories of Chinese theory and the Chinese path to the world, presenting a credible, lovable, and respectable image of China.

第二，对外应积极构建更有效力的国际传播体系，增进国际社会对党的创新理论的理解与认同。在外宣议题设置方面， 中国作为负责任的大国应聚焦国际关切，围绕全球治理、气候变化、网络安全等人类面临的共同问题和全球性挑战，积极主动创设世界性议题，构建贡献中国智慧的思想理论体系，同世界人民一道，携手解决全球性重大难题。在破解对华“话语陷阱”方面，面对美国和西方形式日渐隐蔽的话语霸权，应始终保持理论清醒和政治坚定，基于中西方现代化的比较研究，着重强调中国式现代化的显著优势，以理论的严密性和实践的可行性有力澄清西方对中国特色社会主义道路的误读。在叙事方式转换方面，对外话语表达在体现中国立场、观点和态度的基础之上，应充分考虑受众群体的思维方式和信息偏好， 采用贴近不同地区、不同国家、不同受众群体的精准传播方式，打破不同国家间话语交流的壁垒。同时，应找到世界各国利益的最大公约数，探寻理论契合点和话语共通点，依托彼此能感知和可接受的概念群、符号群等话语集群开展跨文化对话与交流，努力打造易于被世界所理解的全球性新概念、新范畴、新表述，积极向世界讲好中国理论、中国道路的生动故事，展现可信、可爱、可敬的中国形象。

Strengthening ideological and theoretical armament is the key to the century-old major Party [14]14 “Century-old major Party” (百年大党) refers to the Communist Party of China, which was founded in 1921 and has governed China since 1949. maintaining its vigor and vitality. For a political party to always stay at the forefront of the times, it cannot stop theoretical innovation for a single moment. To ensure that theory possesses strong and lasting vitality, it must, with a high degree of theoretical consciousness and confidence in the theory, persistently and continuously exert effort in systematization and theorization. In the New Era, advancing the systematic and theoretical study of the Party’s innovative theories is of great significance for constructing an independent knowledge system for philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics and for enhancing the discursive power of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. On the new journey of the New Era, looking at the world, changes unseen in a century are accelerating; looking domestically, the heavy responsibility of comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization rests on our shoulders. This requires the entire Party to clarify the methodological consciousness of the Two Integrations and the “Six Musts” [15]15 The “Six Musts” (六个必须坚持) are six principles Xi Jinping has emphasized for applying the Party’s innovative theories: upholding people-centeredness, self-confidence and self-reliance, integrity and innovation, prioritizing problems, adopting a systems perspective, and embracing a global vision., base itself on China’s specific national conditions, focus on the construction of the “three major systems” [16]16 The “three major systems” (三大体系) refer to the disciplinary system, academic system, and discourse system of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, as outlined by Xi Jinping in 2016. of philosophy and social sciences, and continuously produce a series of innovative theoretical achievements of the Party that are rooted in Chinese soil, deeply grounded in academic foundations, and manifest a global vision. This will advance the systematic and theoretical study of the Party’s innovative theories, provide important theoretical guidance for continuously opening up new frontiers in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, and enable philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics to truly stand tall among the world’s academic forests.

加强思想理论武装是百年大党永葆生机活力的 关键所在。一个政党要想始终走在时代前列，就一 刻也不能停止理论创新，而为了确保理论具有强大 而持久的生命力，就必须以高度的理论自觉和理论 自信在体系化学理化上久久为功、持续发力。新时 代推进党的创新理论体系化学理化研究对于建构中国特色哲学社会科学自主知识体系，提升中国特色哲学社会科学话语权具有重大意义。新时代新征 程，放眼世界，百年未有之大变局加速演进；立足 国内，以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业重任在肩。这就要求全党要明确“两个结合”和“六个必须坚持”的方法论自觉，立足中国具体 国情，围绕哲学社会科学“三大体系”建设，持续 推出一系列扎根中国大地、厚植学术根基、彰显世 界情怀的党的创新理论成果，推进党的创新理论体 系化学理化研究，为不断开辟马克思主义中国化时 代化的新境界提供重要的理论指导，使中国特色哲学社会科学真正屹立于世界学术之林。

(The author is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Marxism, Northeast Normal University)

（作者系东北师范大学马克思主义学部教授、博士生导师）

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