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	2025 Vol.42 Issue.5 Published 2025-09-15

	Dialogue on Civilization and Cultural Comparison Special Zones and Chinese Road Economic Growth and Financial Innovation Humanities and Chinese Spirit Innovation Economy and Cultural Industry Politics, Law and Social Governance

Special Zones and Chinese Road

	5	The Logic, Hierarchy, and Practical Strategies of Technology Sharing for Common Prosperity
		CAO Qian-man
		As an essential requirement of the socialist system, the realization of common prosperity needs to be guided by the concept of shared development. Shared development is not only the key to solving deep-seated structural problems, but also the core link that connects technological productivity with the goal of common prosperity. Technology, as the foundation of productive forces for achieving common prosperity and a key element for shared development, not only promotes economic development, but also causes problems such as labor substitution effects and income distribution imbalances due to differences in the ownership of technology. With the transformation of employment patterns brought about by the digital economy, these problems have been further exacerbated, and the practice of common prosperity is facing new challenges. In this context, the collaborative mechanism of technology empowering productivity factors has become the core driving force for promoting common prosperity, and the construction of technology sharing mechanism is an important support. Technology sharing can be divided into free sharing and paid sharing, which is manifested in specific forms such as the open sharing of intellectual property rights, the empowerment of industrial upgrading by technical tools, and the modular embedding of core technologies into terminal products. The sharing characteristics of digital technology and its derivative technologies, through economies of scale, sharing effects, inclusive effects, and synergy effects, provide strong support for achieving common prosperity. To promote common prosperity, it is necessary to strengthen the leading research and development of common technologies and multi-level public applications, and consolidate the foundation of development; Standardize the new economic sharing model and safeguard the interests of all parties involved; Leading the sharing of digital technologies and narrowing the digital divide; Building a multidimensional collaborative governance system; Strengthen national control over national economy and people's livelihood technology to ensure development direction; Relying on market-oriented mechanisms to expand technological application scenarios, cultivate innovative ecosystems, and ultimately achieve the sharing of development achievements among the whole nation.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 5-7 [Abstract] ( 2 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 598KB] ( 41 )

	8	The Topic Transformation and Practical Implementation of Rural Life Governance：A Narration of People's Livelihood in the Context of Agricultural Population Moving to Cities
		WU Ye-miao
		Life governance is an essential component of rural governance, which is related to whether rural residents can have a good life. How to improve the livelihood and raise the living standard of rural residents in rural life governance is a significant theoretical and practical issue. Rural society serves as both a productive entity and a living space, necessitating a governance approach that balances production governance and life governance. Comparatively speaking, both central and local governments have prioritized production governance over life governance, even regarding matters related to agricultural production as “public affairs” and those related to rural family life as “private matters”, and get less involved in them. In the new era, rural governance should not only emphasize production governance, but also highlight the significance of life governance. While addressing the “difficultly” and “poorly” handled trivial issues in daily life, efforts should be made to handle the increasingly severe life problems caused by the migration of agricultural population to cities for work and home purchases, as well as changes in agricultural business entities under the context of urbanization. The continuous migration of the agricultural population to cities hinders the improvement of rural life and creates tension in the construction of rural life order in rural revitalization, making the livelihood issues in rural residents' lives, such as employment, housing, education, elderly care, and medical care, increasingly prominent. Therefore, the governance of rural life should take improving people's livelihood as the core issue. Based on the new situations and problems of people's livelihood needs in rural society, the shortcomings of people's livelihood should be made up in practice to ensure that rural residents can lead a harmonious and beautiful life that is suitable for work, living, upbringing, education, and healthcare.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 8-29 [Abstract] ( 2 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 0KB] ( 2 )

Dialogue on Civilization and Cultural Comparison

	30	Moral Decision-Making in Public Reason: An Insight from Contractualism
		CHEN Ya-wen
		In the structure of public reason, the concept of “reasonable persons” plays a central role, requiring a highest-order framework for moral reasoning on participants, particularly in distinguishing between private and public knowledge. However, this requirement faces challenges at both the empirical and normative levels, especially in addressing deep-seated value disagreements among individuals. Thomas Scanlon's contractualist approach offers a response to these challenges. On the one hand, contractualism corresponds with Rawls's aim of public reason; on the other hand, contractualism provides two innovative contributions: first, it reveals the complex structure of reason-based practical reasoning; second, it elucidates the priority of “reasonableness” from a motivational perspective. Nonetheless, the contractual interpretation of public reason faces three challenges: theoretical redundancy, the appropriate understanding of the nature of moral relationships, and how contractualism can coherently align with the practical role of public reason. I argue that contractualism is not redundant; rather, its theoretical framework bridges individual reasons and public reasons.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 30-39 [Abstract] ( 2 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 505KB] ( 18 )

	40	The Ethical Construction of Bodies' Ritual Study of Confucius
		LI Li-li
		The cores of Confucius' Ethics are benevolence and rites, which are closely related to each other. The relationship of the two is recognized as this: the benevolence is regarded as internal and the rites external in the academic circle. In fact, the two have both internal parts and external parts at the same time. Internal parts include “feelings” and “virtue”, which are launched by feelings and the internal virtue is regarded as the final destination. External parts include actions, without which nobody could truly reach benevolence and rites, while bodies are the carriers that connect feelings and action, rites and benevolence, the internal and the external. The ethics of Confucius is seen from the view of ritual study of bodies, which could present a kind of ethical construction of ritual study. The first is the ritual orientation, which reveals the multiple meanings and connects the meanings of the natural body, the social body and the cultural one through the collective performance and distinguishes men from other beings. The second is the emotional orientation. The rites of Confucius are full of warmth and emotion, without which they will be despised by Confucius and cannot change from external norms to internal virtues. The third is the educational orientation. Confucius sets himself as an example and teaches by personal example as well as verbal instruction, which are embodied in his emotional performance of rites; otherwise, the educational effect could not be generated. The fourth orientation is moral, ritual study of bodies forms the internal virtue from the external to the internal, by which Confucius changes rites, which are considered external by people, into the internal virtues.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 40-51 [Abstract] ( 3 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 615KB] ( 13 )

Innovation Economy and Cultural Industry

	52	The Connotation, Generative Mechanism, and Value Construction of the Aura in Digital-Intelligent Art
		CHEN Geng, YAN Rui-cheng
		The widespread application of digital information technology and artificial intelligence has profoundly transformed the traditional ecology of the arts, giving rise to the emergence and rapid development of digital-intelligent art. The aura of digital-intelligent art emerges from the unique technological, creative, and experiential dimensions as well as distinct cultural value orientations manifested in human-machine collaborative creation, virtual space presentation, and interactive experiences. It embodies an experiential value centered on interactivity, participation, and perceptibility, which fundamentally differs from traditional cult value and exhibition value. This unique aura and its value characteristics stem from transformations in its generative mechanism under the empowerment of digital-intelligent technologies——namely, intelligentized encoding, virtualized presentation, and interactive decoding. In response to the irreversible trend of technological empowerment in artistic creation, the value construction of digital-intelligent aura must be grounded in the creative subjectivity of the artist, supported by blockchain technologies to ensure legitimacy, realized through data anthropomorphism to embody intelligent aesthetics, enhanced by virtual reality to create immersive experiential environments, and regulated by ethical norms to address potential value-related risks. Within the contemporary context where digital civilization is reshaping the ontological paradigm of art, the aura of digital-intelligent art not only constitutes a core proposition of techno-aesthetics, but also represents a key issue in the construction of cultural subjectivity in the digital-intelligent era.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 52-62 [Abstract] ( 3 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 555KB] ( 48 )

	63	Activating Society's Broad-Based Creativity: The Logic and Pathways of Popular Cultural Practice in the Digital-Intelligence Transformation of China's Reading Industry
		YAN Shi-zhe
		In the context of the intersection of the “Reading for All” national strategy and advances in digital-intelligence technologies, the traditional publishing industry is undergoing a profound paradigm shift. Grounded in the theory of “innovative human capital” from humanistic economics, this study reveals that the emergence and operation of the reading industry follow a spiral mechanism of “elite guidance, public engagement, and ecosystem feedback”. At the elite level, three types of innovative human capital—entrepreneurs, science-and-technology professionals, and public administrators—synergistically drive the paradigm shift of the traditional book trade toward a contemporary reading industry centered on “ecosystem-based operations”. At the public engagement level, this emerging industrial ecosystem redefines “reading”, activating society's broad-based creativity and propelling the historic transition of readers from passive audiences to active “co-creators of value”. The co-evolution of elite guidance and public engagement fosters “Broad-based Innovative Human Capital” rooted in popular cultural practices, raises the ecosystem's innovative human capital density and strengthens its innovation foundation. Building on this analysis, the paper proposes practical pathways to promote the industry's high-quality development: Deepening the digital and intelligent transformation of the public reading service system to build an inclusive foundation for innovation; Accelerating the deep integration of cutting-edge technology and content innovation by establishing a balanced incentive mechanism; and Reshaping market rules and business models to systematically empower “value co-creators”, thereby closing the loop from “public empowerment” to “value co-creation”. Catalyzed by digital-intelligence technologies, these pathways mobilize and convert society's broad-based creativity into sustained innovation momentum.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 63-74 [Abstract] ( 2 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 756KB] ( 4 )

Economic Growth and Financial Innovation

	75	Functional Deepening and Emerging Risks of Government Venture Capital
		CHEN Jiang-hua, TANG Qiu-yu
		Government venture capital, as a core instrument of the national innovation strategy, is increasingly demonstrating its theoretical and practical value in driving technological breakthroughs, facilitating industrial upgrading, and achieving high-level self-reliance in science and technology. The functional deepening of government venture capital manifests dual characteristics of patient capital and resilient capital. The patient capital function is reflected in tolerance for failure and early-stage strategic planning at the front end of investment, staged capital infusion and dynamic risk management at the middle stage, as well as diversified exit strategies and value capture at the back end. The resilient capital function is realized through vertical efforts in tackling critical technology bottlenecks and strengthening industrial chains, horizontal regional diversification and geopolitical risk diversification, as well as the construction of an innovation ecosystem and industrial synergy in the network dimension. However, government venture capital also harbors systemic risks in practice, primarily manifested as policy goal distortion caused by institutional embeddedness contradictions, multi-tiered principal-agent problems arising from power structure imbalances, and insufficient dynamic adaptability due to lagging governance capabilities. A comparative analysis of international experiences reveals that despite divergent paths in the American, European, and Asian models, they all face challenges from technological nationalism and the convergence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards, providing important insights for the future development of global government venture capital. Therefore, China should focus on optimizing the top-level design and strategy implementation of government venture capital, enhancing its ability to coordinate with global rules, and guiding capital recipients to take proactive actions. These efforts aim to achieve a multi-dimensional balance between public policy objectives and market laws, providing theoretical support and practical guidance for resolving the“policy paradox” of government venture capital and enhancing national innovation efficiency.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 75-86 [Abstract] ( 2 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 606KB] ( 35 )

	87	Analysis of the Level Measurement, Regional Differences and Driving Factors of Digital Development of the Agricultural Industry Chain
		SUN Qiao-jing
		The digitalization of the agricultural industry chain is the result of the deep integration of digital technology in agricultural breeding, production and sales, which is of great significance to improving agricultural production efficiency and enhancing the toughness of the agricultural industry. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2011 to 2023, the evaluation index system of the digital development level of the agricultural whole industry chain was constructed, and the combination weighting method, the index method and the geographical detector model were used to explore the digital development level, regional differences and driving factors of the agricultural whole industry chain. The results show that the digital development level of China's agricultural industry chain has shown an overall growth trend during the study period; in terms of sub-indicators, there are three major indicators of digital development of the whole agricultural industry chain: the middle reaches of the industry chain-digital production is the best, the upper reaches of the industry chain-digital breeding is the second, and the lower reaches of the industry chain-digital marketing is relatively weak; regionally, there are differences in the construction of sub-indicators in different development levels. This is mainly manifested in the fact that regions with lower levels of development have obvious advantages in the downstream digital marketing link of the industrial chain, while regions with relatively lower levels of development have relatively better development in the upstream digital breeding link of the industrial chain. The midstream digital production link of the industrial chain in regions with higher and higher levels of development is an advantageous link. The overall differences, intra-group differences and inter-group differences in the digitalization of the whole agricultural industry chain have been shrinking continuously, and the inter-group differences are the main source of regional differences in the digitalization of the whole agricultural industry chain. the core driving factors of the digital development of the whole agricultural industry chain are agricultural technology innovation, agricultural industrial structure and rural financial support level, and the digital development of the whole agricultural industry chain is affected by a variety of driving factors, and the interaction among the driving factors is enhanced.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 87-96 [Abstract] ( 2 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 545KB] ( 13 )

	97	Digital Transformation, Supplier Concentration, and Supplier Geographic Distribution
		FU Yu, HE Xiao-gang, HU Yu-ang
		The innovative development and wide application of digital technology help enterprises break through geographical limitations and provide a new opportunity to expand the geographical distribution range of their suppliers.Using data from Chinese listed companies from 2009 to 2017, this study examines the impact effect and transmission mechanism of enterprise digital transformation on supplier distribution decisions from the perspective of supplier concentration. The results indicate that digital transformation has significantly expanded the geographic distribution range of enterprise suppliers, thereby optimizing the layout of enterprise suppliers, and reducing transaction costs and increasing enterprise adjustments demands are two important pathways. Among small and medium-sized listed enterprises, state-owned listed enterprises, and listed enterprises in non-high-tech industries, digital transformation has a better effect in expanding the geographical distribution of suppliers. Supplier concentration exerts a significant negative moderating effect on the expansion of supplier geographic distribution through digital transformation. Specifically, for enterprises with lower supplier concentration, digital transformation yields more pronounced effects in broadening their supplier geographic reach. To promote the digital upgrade of enterprises and enhance the stable and secure operation of supply chains, the following steps should be taken: First, accelerate the pace of enterprise digital transformation and establish a digital supply chain network. Second, expedite the development of digital infrastructure and drive the digital transformation and upgrading of traditional infrastructure. Finally, Stimulate the intrinsic momentum of enterprises to drive the reconstruction of supplier networks through digital upgrading, and strengthen the security barrier and risk resistance capacity of the supply chain.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 97-108 [Abstract] ( 1 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 565KB] ( 74 )

Politics, Law and Social Governance

	109	Criminal Governance of Money Laundering from A Functionalist Perspective
		WANG Yi-jue
		Anti-money laundering (AML) is essential for modernizing state governance and protecting compre-hensive national security. Traditional monistic and pluralistic methods for handling money laundering charges, limited by self-referential legal systems and an outdated “handling stolen goods” framing for concealment offenses, fail to address the growing complexity of money laundering. The key to resolving current challenges lies in developing a functionally oriented AML framework that, while maintaining reflexivity, incorporates criminal policy requirements into the criminal law system through external referencing. The“system/environment” cognitive model clarifies that both money laundering and concealment offenses safeguard financial security by punishing acts that disrupt judicial order. Meanwhile, a “function-structure” approach uncovers behavioral patterns, allowing for integrated typologies of third-party and self-laundering within a “concealment-centric” framework. To prevent policy from overriding norms, systemic controls are vital: internally, by upholding the rules of concurrence, and externally, by clearly defining relationships with predicate offenses.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 109-118 [Abstract] ( 1 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 551KB] ( 24 )

	119	Bidirectional Driving: The Rule of Law Approach to the Adjustment of the Relationship between the Government and the Market in A High-level Market Economic System
		CHI Cheng
		How to handle the relationship between the government and the market has always been the core issue in China's economic restructuring. In the current process of building a high-level socialist market economic system, there are still many problems and challenges in the interaction between the government and the market, including market mechanism failures triggered by multiple factors and systemic obstacles in government regulation. With the dual functions of protecting rights and controlling power, the rule of law can shape the institutional framework and governance mechanism required for the development of the socialist market economy, and thus should serve as the regulator of the “two-way drive” between the government and the market. On the one hand, it is necessary to further elevate the market's position, drive the government to formulate and better implement legal systems, realize the effective integration and driving role of market demand in government behavior, and promote the shaping of a “proactive government”. On the other hand, the government should strengthen the rule of law's role in regulating and guaranteeing economic development in four aspects: political guidance, institutional support, service innovation, and systemic impetus, so as to facilitate the organic integration of an “effective market” and a “proactive government”. Through these efforts, we can achieve a higher-level and higher-quality government-market interaction in the process of building a high-level market economic system, give full play to the dual advantages of China's socialist system and the market economy, accelerate the formation of a new development pattern, promote high-quality development, and provide strong impetus and institutional guarantees for the Chinese path to modernization.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 119-129 [Abstract] ( 1 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 591KB] ( 24 )

Humanities and Chinese Spirit

	130	The Constructive Logic, Dilemma Examination, and Realization Path of Harmonious Digital Labor Relations
		LI Gui-cheng, LI Jing-yuan
		Digital technology is reshaping labor relations, making the construction of harmonious digital labor relations an imperative of the times. Harmonious digital labor relations refer to a labor relation model shaped in the context of digitalization and intelligent technologies, in which platform enterprises and workers, guided by the principles of fairness, transparency, efficiency, and sustainability, build mutually beneficial and dynamically balanced relations through digital management tools, data-driven decision-making, and human-centered communication mechanisms. The construction of such relations rests upon a threefold logical foundation: technological impetus as the underlying support of digital productive forces, institutional adaptation as the reconstruction of rules within production relations, and value co-creation as the ecological coordination of distributive justice. However, this process is confronted with multiple dilemmas, including algorithmic discipline under technological drive leading to labor alienation, institutional lag resulting in legal ambiguities and deficiencies in social security, distributive imbalances exacerbating labor-capital conflicts, and the digital divide intensifying risks of social stratification. To address these challenges, platform enterprises need to enhance algorithmic transparency and shift toward a “human-centered rationality”, foster human-machine collaboration, establish digital labor standards, improve social security and dispute settlement mechanisms, and promote the dignity of labor by cultivating an ethical order of “co-governance and co-sharing”. Through multi-stakeholder consultation and joint construction, labor relations can be transformed from confrontation to collaboration, thereby achieving a balance between enterprise efficiency and employee well-being and promoting the sustainable development of the digital economy.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 130-139 [Abstract] ( 1 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 561KB] ( 37 )

	140	The Mechanism, Alienation Phenomena, and Advanced Exploration of the Emotional Economy in the Digital Age
		SU Yu-bo, LI Hao
		In the digital age, the emotional economy is rapidly emerging and maintaining a strong growth trajectory, offering people accessible ways to alleviate life pressures, fulfill psychological needs, and pursue higher-level spiritual enjoyment. The emotional economy refers to a new economic form that prioritizes the emotional demands of social subjects, stimulates consumption desires through emotional communication, and enables individuals to obtain strong sense of differentiation, happiness, and comfort from the consumption process. The emergence of the emotional economy reflects people's attempts to compensate for psychological loneliness, construct a quality life aesthetic, and temporarily escape group anxiety through emotional consumption behaviors. However, under the subtle influence of capital logic, the emotional economy in the digital age has gradually exhibited alienating trends such as “manufacturing a sense of superiority” “fueling desire for limited-edition items” “hijacking dopamine” and “co-opting attention”. These trends manifest as risks, including substituting rational choice with a fabricated sense of belonging, treating symbols as the sole measure of consumption, viewing happiness as a means of private proliferation, and confining perspectives within limited discourse agendas. Therefore, to achieve advanced development in the digital age's emotional economy, targeted strategies such as emphasizing value orientation, exploring diverse forms, clarifying legal boundaries, and optimizing developmental foundations are necessary to resist the disciplinary power of capital. This will enable the emotional economy to achieve high-quality development and meet people's aspirations and pursuits for a better spiritual life.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 140-148 [Abstract] ( 1 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 631KB] ( 67 )

	149	“Autonomous Marriage”: Symptoms of Alienation, Underlying Logic, and Institutional Regulation in Youth Marriage Patterns
		LIU Yong, QI Xuan-li
		“Autonomous marriage” refers to a new marital structure where spouses maintain a high degree of independence in economic, domestic, and emotional spheres. It represents an attempt by young people to flexibly adapt marital arrangements for greater self-selection and self-actualization, constituting a “pure relationship” built upon economic foundations, social trends, and individual emotional considerations. Unlike traditional marriage forms based on emotional bonds and mutual support, the "Autonomous marriage" model, which is emerging and spreading in first-tier cities, represents a choice made by young people under the pressures of demanding careers, the financial burdens of marriage, differing life philosophies, and the negative impact of online media. “Autonomous marriage” reflects the unique marital philosophy of Generation Z, characterized by a non-interfering approach between spouses and a high degree of material and spiritual independence. However, this marital form also poses challenges such as undermining emotional stability between couples, hindering the mutual support function within families, and eroding social trust in the institution of marriage. To regulate the phenomenon of “Autonomous marriages” among young people, we can establish “Marital Quality Assessment” services that use professional assessment tools to help couples identify and optimize deficiencies, Strengthen “Joint Marital Tax Incentives” policy while promoting excellent traditional Chinese marital culture through marital education courses, and Cultivate “patient capital” in marriage and jointly nurture “happy homes”. Only by encouraging young people to consciously adopt the principle of cautious partner selection before marriage and sincere mutual treatment after marriage can a high-quality social environment be formed that is conducive to cultivating correct values regarding love and marriage.
		2025 Vol. 42 (5): 149-160 [Abstract] ( 1 ) [HTML 1KB] [ PDF 659KB] ( 60 )

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