People-Centeredness: The Value Orientation of “New Cultural Entity”
Liu Yong;Yu Dian;As a core component of Xi Jinping's Thought on Culture, “New Cultural Entity” represents an intergrated organic synthesis of Marxist fundamentals with China's specific realities and the essence of outstanding traditional Chinese culture. This groundbreaking theoretical achievement profoundly embodies the people's central role in cultural innovation, the modern transformation of civilizational inheritance, and the contemporary demands of cultural development. The soul of “New Cultural Entity” is forged in the people-centered theory of Marxist cultural philosophy, rooted in the people-oriented ideology of outstanding traditional Chinese culture, and anchored in the fundamental stance of the Communist Party of China's cultural outlook. It constructs a people-centered cultural innovation system. Within this system, the needs and development of the people serve as the focal point of the “New Cultural Entity”; the masses constitute its primary driving force; and the people's enjoyment of its achievements represents its essential orientation. This people-centered nature permeates the entire process of theoretical construction and practical implementation of the “New Cultural Entity”. It holds profound significance for nurturing the people's profound cultural literacy, forging the mission of national rejuvenation, and advancing the exchange and mutual learning among human civilizations.
Theoretical Connotations, Historical Evolution, and Developmental Pathways of the Multi-Party Cooperation Culture of the Communist Party of China
Gong Wanda;Multi-party cooperation culture is a form of political culture grounded in the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation led by the Communist Party of China. It features “seeking common ground while reserving differences” as its core value, consultative democracy as its practical pathway, historical traditions as its roots, and institutional identification as its goal. Evolving from consensus-building during the revolutionary period, institutional transformation in the construction era, and governance restructuring in the reform and opening-up era, it has become a vital carrier for “whole-process people's democracy” in the new era. Grassroots practice shows this culture exhibits significant effectiveness in organizational building. However, challenges persist, such as an aging membership structure, insufficient effectiveness of activities, and uneven capacity in fulfilling duties. Future efforts should establish a “trinity mechanism” of “value guidance, carrier innovation, and institutional safeguards”:promoting core values like “harmonious coexistence and mutual progress” and “consultation for the people”;innovatively utilizing dissemination forms such as digital platforms and cultural districts; and improving mechanisms for participation evaluation, talent cultivation, honor incentives, and rights protection. This will continuously enhance cultural support and contribute to the development of China's new political party system.
The Realistic Dilemma and Cracking Path of China's Network Cultural Security Governance in the Age of Digital Intelligence——Based on Field Theory Perspective
Jia Shiqi;In the digital and intelligent era, the innovation and development of China's online culture coexist with governance risks. It is urgent to establish a governance system that is both defensive, adaptive, open and orderly to address new challenges. By drawing on the field theory, this study constructs an innovative analytical framework for online cultural security governance from the three dimensions of field, habitus and capital. Under the perspective of the field theory, in the digital and intelligent era, the governance of online culture security requires improving the governance model of diversified cooperation and joint governance, exploring the security early warning mechanism empowered by digital and intelligent technologies, innovating the content supervision mechanism with inclusive and prudent features, grasping the balance of relevant capital for online culture security governance to enhance the collaborative ability, adaptability, cognitive ability and allocation ability, and building a solid online culture security architecture.
From“Water Control” to “Urban Stewardship”: The Governance Transformation and Social Construction of Urban Water Management in Shanghai
Yu Haoran;This paper examines the profound transformation of water governance in megacities, exploring how hydraulic infrastructure has evolved from single-function facilities into multifunctional platforms integrating ecological, economic, and social values. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Shanghai, the study introduces the theoretical concept of the“productive governance hub” and reveals its construction through three interlocking mechanisms. Spatially, hydraulic infrastructures are reconfigured, through functional hybridization and innovative property rights arrangements, as strategic nodes with value-added potential. Institutionally, a tripartite synergy generates sustained governance momentum: party-state accountability systems foster cross-departmental coordination; digital technologies enable dynamic monitoring; and Party-building networks embed governance into grassroots implementation. Culturally, water conservation and water-friendly ideals, promoted through policy advocacy and public practices, gradually become collective dispositions internalized in citizens' everyday lives. The research finds that while intensive administrative mobilization effectively facilitates the capitalization of ecological benefits, it also entails risks such as centralized data power and symbolic public participation. By constructing an analytical framework that integrates spatial, institutional, and cultural dimensions, this paper offers a theoretically distinctive Chinese case for understanding the modernization mechanisms of state-led ecological governance.
The Visible Other and the Unspeakable Subject: Mechanisms of Cultural Representation and Cross-Cultural Power Negotiation in the National Theatre's Engagement with Chinese Culture
Liu Yuxin;Against the backdrop of contemporary global cultural flows and cross-cultural communication, the National Theatre of Great Britain, as a prominent Western cultural institution, embodies complex mechanisms of aesthetic translation, institutional negotiation, and power reproduction in its understanding, reception, and representation of Chinese culture. Using representative productions and artistic projects such as Fanshen and the Chinese-language version of War Horse as case studies, this paper identifies a distinct pattern of cultural reception characterized by selectivity, symbolization, and institutionalization. Chinese culture, in being introduced into the theatrical system, is simultaneously constructed as a cultural Other and activated as a point of departure for cross-cultural discourse and re-articulation. Grounded in the frameworks of showcase multiculturalism and structural negotiation, the paper analyzes the power configurations embedded in cross-cultural theatre practices and explores pathways toward more equitable and agentive models of collaboration.
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