Party Congress Research Articles

Study on the Transmission and Inheritance of Red Culture in College Student Groups from the Perspective of Marxist Practice Theory

The report of the 20th Party Congress points out: "Education is a major plan for the country and the Party. The root of educating people lies in establishing morality. Fully implement the Party's education policy, implement the fundamental task of establishing morality, and cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetics." Marxist practice theory is an important part of Marxist philosophy, emphasizing the fundamental role of practice in the process of understanding and transforming the world. Red culture condenses the unswerving revolutionary will of the communists and their sincere and persistent sentiment for the people, and centrally embodies the characteristics of China's advanced culture. This paper argues that society and colleges and universities should, under the guidance of the Marxist concept of practice, guide contemporary college students to inherit the red culture, lead them to harvest beliefs and draw strength from real historical events, and cultivate them to set up noble moral sentiments to better serve the society and realize the value of their lives.

Study on the Path of Arming College Student Party Members with the Party’s Innovative Theories in the New Era

The Chairman of the CCP pointed out in the report of the 20th Party Congress that “arming the whole party with the party’s innovative theories is the fundamental task of the party’s ideological construction”, and emphasized “improving the system of arming the whole party with the party’s innovative theories, educating the people, and guiding the practice of the work.” College student party members are the youngest group and the freshest blood in the party members’ team, the most energetic and vibrant group in the party members’ team in colleges and universities, and an important force to ensure the successors of the party and the country’s cause and to promote the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Based on the questionnaire survey, this paper analyzes the influencing factors of arming college student members with the party’s innovative theories in the new era by combining the related knowledge of pedagogy, psychology, communication, sociology, etc., and advances the construction of the path of arming college student members with the party’s innovative theories in the new era.

Study on Improving the Mechanism of Urban-Rural Integration in Ji an City from the Perspective of Labor Flow

The fifth Party Congress of Ji an City proposed to step out of a speed and efficiency synchronous improvement, more coordination between urban and rural areas, economic and ecological complementarity of the old area characteristic development road. Adhere to the systematic concept throughout the whole process. At present, Ji an City is still facing the situation of unbalanced development between urban and rural areas, and has its own particularity in the choice of ways and paths of urban-rural integration. Under the background of ensuring grain production, protecting ecological environment and specific economic environment, Ji an city needs to choose a road of urban and rural integration that accords with the situation of the city.

Cadre Personnel Management and the Central–Local Relations of China’s Financial Governance: The Rise of ‘Airlifted’ Vice-Provincial Governors in Financial Affairs

ABSTRACT Since the 18th National Party Congress, many high-ranking business executives and regulators from China’s financial system have been appointed as the so-called ‘airlifted’ vice-provincial governors in financial affairs. This article presents a systematic biographic profile of this group of rising technocrats. It argues that in appointing these central financial elites to provinces, the Party centre has used the cadre personnel management system to promote governance capability building through technocratic professionalization of local administrative leadership, and drive the recentralization of financial governance as Chinese political economy overall shifts towards prioritizing risk management, systemic stability and national security. It also constitutes a venue for cadre grooming. Moreover, this personnel control via airlifting technocratic appointments has often been prompted, and also constrained, by a short-term crisis management imperative to deal with local financial turbulence and restore market stability.

Research on the Impact Effect of Digital Finance on the Development of Low Carbon Economy

The report of the 20th Party Congress pointed out that “promoting the greening and low-carbonization of economic and social development is the key link to achieve high-quality development”, and steadily promoting carbon peak and carbon neutral work is the proper meaning of promoting the development of low-carbon economy. Digital finance, as a fusion of digital technology and financial business, can form a long-term mechanism of governance of pollution, so the study of the impact of digital finance on the development of China's low-carbon economy has certain theoretical value and practical significance. Based on the panel dataset of 30 provinces from 2011 to 2021, this paper constructs a benchmark regression model and a mediation effect model to analyze the impact effect of digital finance on the development of low-carbon economy, and based on the theoretical analysis and the empirical results, it provides referable policy suggestions for promoting the development of low-carbon economy.

Intra-Party Rules: Rebuilding the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Ecology

This article offers an in-depth analysis of intra-party rules development within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the Eighteenth Party Congress in 2012. Through examining fifty-three major intra-party rules, leaders’ speeches, media articles, and 9,412 punishment verdicts, the study uncovers a three-stage process aimed at revitalising the CCP and constructing a “political ecology.” The analysis identifies three stages of intra-party rules development, characterised by nascent attempts to define political–moral and organisational norms, the tension between expansion and centralisation from 2016 onwards, and a period of deepening and advancement coupled with increasing arbitrariness in enforcement. This investigation enriches our comprehension of the intricate interplay between organisation, morality, and punishment within the CCP under Xi Jinping, shedding light on broader ramifications for China's societal structure, governance, and foreign policy approach.

Building effective and efficient local government under the spirit of the 2013 Constitution

The research highlights the significant progress made in decentralization andlocal autonomy, as guided by the directives of the XIII National Party Congress and theprovisions of the 2013 Constitution. The author emphasizes the need for tailoredapproaches to local government organization, taking into account the diversecharacteristics of rural, urban, island, and special administrative-economic units. Pilotprograms in major cities like Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang exemplify efforts tostreamline operations and maximize efficiency in urban settings. However, challengesremain, particularly in fully realizing the distinctiveness of governance and ensuringeffective oversight mechanisms. The manuscript concludes by advocating for continuedresearch, legislative adjustments, and administrative reforms to optimize local governancestructures and processes. Ultimately, the pursuit of robust and responsive local governanceis vital for advancing socio-economic development of Vietnam.

Multi-dimensional Cooperation:A Path to Enhance After-school Services in Guizhou's Primary and Secondary Schools

Optimizing after-school services for primary and secondary schools is an important initiative to carry out the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, implement the “double reduction” policy, adhere to the “five education” and explore the integration of the “five education”, and promote the diversified and distinctive development of the “five education”, and it is a milestone event in the transition from traditional examination- oriented education to quality education. In order to solve the problem of “three and a half hours” for parents and increase the people's sense of gain and happiness, more and more primary and secondary schools in Guizhou are offering colorful after-school services, “growth class” courses and interest activities. In recent years, around the “burden” policy documents one after another, but the burden of primary and secondary school students has not improved significantly, “school pressure, outside the school burden”, “only the theory of scores” and so on. The chaotic phenomenon of education has accumulated and is difficult to return. After a long period of field research, visiting typical cases, understanding special cases and summarizing and analyzing the research data, the research group found that there are problems such as unsound supervision and management mechanism, insufficient teachers' strength, incomplete resource allocation, and low parental participation in Guizhou's primary and secondary school after-school services. Based on the multifaceted and collaborative approach, the research group proposes measures to improve the quality of after-school services, such as establishing a sound management and supervision system, improving teachers' teaching and learning abilities, optimizing the allocation of after-school education resources, and promoting the development of co-operation between home and school, with a view to providing decision-making references and suggestions for improvement to the governmental departments, educational institutions and parents.

Research on the Construction of Legal Culture in Ethnic Areas in the New Era under the Consciousness of Chinese National Community

The cultivation of a rule of law culture exerts a profound influence on the enactment of the directives from the 20th Party Congress, the refinement of the legal system, and the fostering of ethnic solidarity. Furthermore, the establishment of a rule of law culture is crucial for preserving ethnic unity, augmenting the sense of national identity, and facilitating the grand rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Currently, minority regions face challenges including the attenuation of religious fervor, economic limitations imposed by legal frameworks, and a deficiency in initiatives aimed at nurturing a legal culture. In response to these issues, it is imperative to galvanize public enthusiasm under the Party’s guidance and spearhead the development of a rule of law culture through grassroots social governance, thereby addressing the prevailing challenges in the advancement of legal culture within ethnic communities.

Наследование и развитие китайской традиционной музыкальной культуры

General Secretary Xi Jinping, in a report at the XIX Party Congress, clearly stated that “culture is the soul of the country and the nation. When culture flourishes, the country flourishes; when culture is strong, the nation is strong.” Currently, an important period has come for strengthening the cultural consciousness of the people of China and the active development of Chinese music as its element. Under the influence of foreign and West-ern culture, the study and inheritance of traditions in this area can allow the modern younger generation of Chi-nese to better understand the meaning of national musical culture, which is of great importance for its devel-opment and further search for the place of Chinese traditional musical art in the world as a source of national spirit and strength. It is very important to inherit Chinese traditional musical culture in order to strengthen patriot-ism, national identity and ensure the pride of the younger generation of their ancestors. This article defines tra-ditional Chinese musical culture, examines its connotation, cultural value, principles of inheritance and devel-opment.

Integration of Industry and Education Leads to High Quality Employment for China’s Secondary Tourism Students

Under the double background of the 20th Party Congress re-emphasizing the deepening of the integration of industry and education as well as the official implementation of the new Vocational Education Law of the People's Republic of China, the trend of relying on vocational education for industrial development and upgrading has become unstoppable. Tourism is a pillar industry of China's economy, and tourism employees not only need to have good professional qualities, but also need to have standardized job service skills, and even more need to adapt to the relevant requirements of intelligent tourism in the information age. Employment is the basis of people's livelihood, and the high-quality development of employment is an effective guarantee for building socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Combining the data comparison and analysis of the employment salary of secondary tourism students with the national average salary of all industries from 2013 to 2022, it is found that the employment of secondary tourism students has not yet formed a high-quality development, and then according to the development mode of integration of industry and education, it tries to put forward measures to lead the high-quality development of the employment of secondary tourism students, and cultivate high-quality applied talents for the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

Mechanism and Evidence of the Impact of Foreign Investment on Foreign Trade in Jiangsu Province

Since the modernization initiatives and opening up of China, the trajectory of national economic and social development has surged forward. Highlighted in the report of the Twentieth Party Congress, through a more proactive opening-up strategy, China has orchestrated a dynamic framework of international engagement on a broader scale, spanning diverse sectors, and with increased profundity. Notably, the ascendancy of China's foreign trade has been monumental, with the trade volume skyrocketing to 39.1 trillion yuan in 2021, a staggering increment from the turn of the millennium. Jiangsu Province, a pinnacle of export-driven economic prowess in China, benefits from its strategic placement in the eastern coastal belt, leveraging both its geographical advantage and rich resources. Serving as the nerve center of the Yangtze River Delta, Jiangsu is also a crucial nexus in the "One Belt, One Road" initiative, bridging regions such as Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. Propelled by the collaborative spirit of the "Belt and Road" nations, the infrastructural evolution of the Jiangsu Pilot Free Trade Zone has seen exponential growth, bolstering Jiangsu's outward-focused economy. As such, a meticulous examination of foreign investment trends in Jiangsu can illuminate invaluable insights for shaping the foreign economic stratagem of the province. This, in turn, can act as a catalyst to refine China's FDI blueprint and champion a paradigm of sustainable excellence in development.

Results of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China: a new message to the world

China is rightfully recognized as one of the largest economies in the world and an important political player in the international arena. The dynamic and continuous development of the country's economic component, even in the post-COVID period, gives China a powerful impetus to further maintain the country's stability and image throughout the world. Today it is impossible not to listen to the events taking place in China. Every five years, China hosts congresses of the ruling Communist Party, at which important vectors of development for the coming years are traditionally determined, urgent tasks are set, and ideological decisions are made. Given the importance of the PRC in the world community, party congresses are increasingly attracting attention and are being vigorously discussed on the sidelines of foreign governments. The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China has become a resonant and historic event not only for the entire Chinese people, but also for countries that have close ties with China. In this study, we applied the method of modern structural functionalism, as well as political science, historical and sociological research methods. The article attempts to analyse the opinions of foreign experts, through the prism of which it is possible to see the situation in China in more detail. As a result of the research, an understanding of the main priorities of the new administration was reached, which carry important aspects of China's political landscape.

GEORGE F. KENNAN’S DIPLOMATIC SERVICE IN THE USSR (1952): OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

The purpose of the article is to describe and discuss G. F. Kennan’s diplomatic service as the U.S. Ambassador to the USSR, the political environment and other factors that affected it. Methodology. This is a qualitative empirical research, based on a critical analysis of primary sources: diplomatic correspondence and notes, foreign policy reports and speeches, memoirs and published G. Kennan’s works. The research topic is studied against the background of U.S.-Soviet relations, and major international developments in the early 1950s. The scientific novelty of this research is based on the coverage of a topic that has not been sufficiently studied, and in the introduction of new primary sources for this purpose. Conclusions. G. Kennan was one of a few representatives of the American establishment who sought to reach an agreement with the USSR on the most pressing international issues, and normalize bilateral relations through negotiations. His appointment as Ambassador to the USSR created a «window of opportunity» to open discussions on the major issues. However, this opportunity was not realized due to the unprecedented anti-American campaign in the USSR, and the lack of the Soviet government’s interest in any contacts with the Ambassador. G. Kennan even assumed that the USSR was preparing for the war with the U.S., that he had previously denied. Finally, he reaffirmed his views that the underlying reason for Soviet conduct was a thesis of the instability and weakness of the capitalist world, and the inability of the United States to withstand constant attacks from the USSR and the communist movement. Therefore, the USSR policy was aimed at undermining U.S. authority and splitting the Western coalition. G. Kennan believed that in such circumstances no talks with the USSR were possible. He focused on addressing the anti-American campaign, and the erroneous Soviet beliefs. Instead, the Soviet government declared him persona non grata, just on the eve of the 19th Party Congress, which G. Kennan linked to the possibility of Stalin’s departure from power.

Strategic Deterrence with Chinese Characteristics: Assessing the Use of Strategic Deterrence in the 20th CCP National Party Congress

Strategic Deterrence with Chinese Characteristics: Assessing the Use of Strategic Deterrence in the 20th CCP National Party Congress

The Vietnam Communist Party's views on higher education through the 8th to 13th National Party Congresses

After overcoming the economic crisis in 1996, Vietnam’s higher education has transformed and achieved remarkable successes, greatly contributing to raising the position of our country's higher education in the world as well as to the process of industrialization, modernization, and international integration. To gain these achievements, it is thanks to the thorough leadership of the Vietnam Communist Party and State with many reasonable, timely, and decisive guidelines and perspectives. Based on the reality of Vietnam’s higher education during the period of industrialization, modernization, and international integration, this study clarifies the Vietnam Communist Party's role in higher education in each period through analyzing the views related to higher education at the 8th to 13th National Congresses of the Vietnam Communist Party (hereinafter referred to as the Congress). To achieve the purpose of the research, the author uses the scientific literature review method as the main method. Besides, the author also uses the methods of analysis -synthesis, interpretation, and comparison. The results of the study show that there is a clear development in the Vietnam Communist Party's awareness of the role of higher education in relation to the world and domestic situations during the periods of industrialization, modernization, and international integration. However, there are also difficulties and challenges in implementing the above guidelines. Accordingly, the author has made recommendations to further enhance the role of Vietnam’s higher education.

북한의 SDGs 달성을 위한 입법과 정책의 변화

North Korea is actively utilizing the SDGs as a means to emphasize the unfairness and contradictions of the U.S. and other U.N. sanctions, saying that they are hindering peace-making and global partnerships, including the promotion of the SDGs and development cooperation, and to inform the international community that they are threatening North Korea's survival in non-political areas such as energy, food, water and sanitation, and the climate crisis. Furthermore, by actively embracing the UN SDGs, the DPRK is emphasizing its image as a ‘normal country’ and a ‘moderate country’ by accepting universal norms and values of the international community, including the United Nations, and cooperating with the international community, and recognizing the SDGs as a key means to attract development cooperation from the international community. In other words, the DPRK is establishing an implementation system by linking the UN SDGs to the Kim Jong-un regime's mid- and long-term national development plans, including the National Development Strategy and National Plan. Analyzing the specifics of the linkages and understanding the implications of the North Korean regime's policies can have important implications for advancing inter-Korean relations in the future. North Korea's legislative and policy responses to the implementation of the SDGs, particularly in the area of climate and environment, have so far fallen far short of the 30-year target. Nevertheless, North Korea's diplomatic diversification strategy to actively deal with the prolonged sanctions and diplomatic isolation is centered on the United Nations. North Korea's internal development strategy is also seeking a new direction, and the five-year plan for national economic development established at the 8th Party Congress in January 2021 and the new third UNSF (2022-2026) are also clarifying its intention to implement the SDGs with the international community. Among them, the renewable energy and circular economy sectors are being promoted by North Korea with a very active and urgent will to fulfill the SDGs, which is seen as a way to overcome the internal and external economic difficulties faced by North Korea. In addition, the disaster response field due to the climate crisis is being promoted by the North Korean regime with all its might. Given the need for the United Nations to include integrated SDGs on the Korean Peninsula in the new third UNSF (2022-2026), it is time for North and South Korea to work together with the United Nations to implement the SDGs, and we believe that cooperative projects in the field of climate and environment will be a key driver.

From Victim to Victor. Changing the Narrative in 21st Century China

The paper analyzes the transformation of the victim narrative present in the Chinese political discourse, all along the 20th century, both prior and during the first decades of the People’s Republic founded in 1949, into a narrative of success. Used to motivate and rally people around the Communist Party, the victim narrative lost its luster once the economic reforms and opening initiated by Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s started bearing fruit, during Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao governments. Thus, the party needed to find a new narrative as a means of legitimation. Based on the reports made at the Party Congresses in 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2012 by two of the Secretaries-General, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, the paper analyzes how the economic success attained by China at the beginning of the 21st century triggered a shift in the elite political discourse, toning down the image of China as a victim of internal or external forces, in favor of that of a rejuvenated and strong country. The new image projected was not that of a besieged China any longer, but one of a victorious country which managed to overcome major obstacles. However, the victim narrative did not totally disappear. The paper also looks at how the victim narrative was reflected into the public discourse on the internet, immediately after Hu Jintao’s rule, when the space for debate on the micro blogging platforms was much more unrestricted than it is today, in order to understand how the victim narrative was differently used by the people in order to reevaluate various events from their recent history.

Research on the Mechanism of Improving the Quality of Chinese Residents' Household Financial Asset Allocation

In recent years, China's economy is in the transition stage from high speed growth to high quality development, and the report of the 20th Party Congress puts forward the new concept of "high quality development of finance", while the family, as an important member of China's financial market, will be conducive to the high quality of China's social and financial development by improving the quality of its financial asset allocation. Financial inclusion is intended to create a fair and efficient financial market, which plays a positive role in optimizing the allocation of family financial assets. With the continuous updating of financial technology and financial services, inclusive finance can be developed rapidly, this project will use China's CHFS data to conduct empirical tests, use hierarchical analysis to define indicators from the fairness and efficiency dimensions to construct the Tobit model as well as the advanced model to analyze the enhancement mechanism of China's residents' household financial asset allocation, in order to provide some theoretical thinking for the unfair and inefficient allocation of household financial assets at present.

Public land sales and the political cycle in China

This study analyzed the influence of the political cycle on public land transfer. In this paper, the Party Congress is taken as a political cycle, and we construct a model to discuss the relationship between public land sales and the political cycle. The empirical analysis is based on the land transfer panel data of prefecture-level cities from 2002 to 2018. The main results show that the land transfer area and land transfer income show a downward trend in the early stage of the Party Congress, while the land transfer area and land transfer income show an upward trend after the Party Congress. We believe that the political cycle has a significant impact on the supply of public land. The reason is that the political uncertainty in the early stage of the Party Congress is very high, and the impact of the land transfer on tax revenue and economic growth lags behind. Officials reduce the valuation of future income and thus reduce land transfer. As political uncertainty abated after the party congress, local officials joined the promotion race, offering land to attract investment and boost economic growth.