On Answering the Question Related to the Legal Regulation of Working Hours in the New Era:Western Experience and Chinese Approach

The popularity of flexible working hours around the world has slowed down the historical trend of reducing working hours.It even shows signs of regression.Whether and how to guide the cur-rent society with flexible working hours to return to the historical track of reducing working hours,improve the quality of working hours,and promote a smooth transition from the era of traditional standard work-ing hours to the era of flexible working hours has become a question related to the legal regulation of working hours in the new era.In this regard,although Western countries have proposed new regulatory concepts and carried out legislative practices with distinctive charac-teristics,the limitations of legal regulation capabilities have prevented them from proposing a package of institutional solutions.The advan-tage of China in the ability of legal regulation of working hours has been gradually formed in the legislation on working hours unnder the leadership of the CPC in the past century.It enables China to break through the limitations of the West and propose a Chinese approach to answer the question of the legal regulation of working hours in the new era from three aspects:limiting the extension of working hours,improving the quality of flexible working hours,and optimizing the funnctions of the multi-funnctional regulatory system for working hours.

China Moving Closer to Global Center Stage in the New Era

Economic development has always been the main focus of the Chinese government, as the economy lays a foundation for the country＇s social progress.

New Sinology in the New Era

Kevin Rudd,former prime minister of Australia,notes that the new era is calling for new sinology that puts emphasis on analyzing and explaining to the world at large what core Chinese concepts actually mean.LAST December,the International Financial Center located in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area was decorated with colorful lights to welcome the upcoming Christmas Day.Standing nearby was the soaring landmark superstructure–the Oriental Pearl TV Tower,the newly opened Disney flagship store,and the Shanghai International Conference Center.

Making China Stronger in the New Era

CHINESE President Xi Jinping pointed out that both China and the bigger world are in the midst of profound and complex changes in the report delivered at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC)in October.As the Party’s general secretary,he presented a review of the work and historic change over the past five years,and reached the important conclusion that

The Value Structure and Reconstruction of China's Rural Civilization in the New Era——An Exploration of Rural Revitalization through the Rejuvenation of Rural Civilization

Rural civilization is a pattern of human civilization that is profoundly linked with values.Rural revitalization means the rejuvenation of rural civilization under new historical circumstances.To that end,it is necessary to adopt a holistically interpreting mode that transcends individual cases,and to look through the wide-angle lens of civilization and grasp rural civilization's development trend of "prosperity-decline-rejuvenation," as well as its constructive route of "traditional construction-modern deconstructionneo-modern reconstruction." This paper analyzes the "three-in-one" value structure concerning rural civilization's being a cultural carrier,its subjective demands,and objective production,to understand and follow the diachronic evolution of the position and function of rural civilization values "from being a subject,through being an object,to being a subject." Based on this,this paper studies the construction of a subjective rural civilization with Chinese characteristics in the new era and explores a possible approach to rural revitalization through the rejuvenation of rural civilization.Accordingly,the basic idea and strategy is to boost the rejuvenation of rural civilization through innovative time-space integration; to establish rural civilization's subjective status and to always prioritize agricultural and rural development; to rediscover and redefine the principles,values and functions of the rural civilization construction in the new era; and to further advance campaigns of rural civilization constructions to integrate the development of urban civilization with that of rural civilization.

Chinese Diplomacy in the New Era

AMID the development,adjustment,and transformation sweeping the world of our times the relationship between China and the rest of the world is undergoing profound changes.At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC),General Secretary Xi Jiping declared that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era,and elaborated

Thoughts on Pushing Forward People-to-People Diplomacy in the New Era

I.The Situation of China’s People-to-People Diplomacy in the New Era As an indispensable part in China’s overall diplomacy, the people-to-people diplomacy aims at enhancing the friendship between peoples, and hence promoting state-to-state relations. As one of the most vibrant areas with full development potential in China’s overall diplomacy,

Observations on the Theoretical System of People-to-People Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era

With salient hallmarks of the time,people-topeople diplomacy with Chinese characteristics was proposed against the backdrop of China’s integration with the world as well as the strategic transformation of China’s people-to-people diplomacy.The establishment of a theoretical system for it conforms to the new situation and new requirements of the times,and is line

Acquire A Full Understanding of the Guidelines for Running CAS in the New Era and Promote the Knowledge Innovation Program in An All-round Way

Editor's note: We are sorry that because of the over-crowded space in our last issue, we are delayed in presenting the second part of the report delivered by the CAS President Lu Yongxiang at the 2002 working conference of CAS. The report appears in two installments in this and the 1st issue of this volume.

New development of men's wear in the new era

The 3rd China Men’s Wear Summit Forum is held in Ningbo Recently,the 3rd China Men’s Wear Summit Forum which was sponsored by China National Garment Association and Ningbo People’s Government and jointly organized by Men’s Wear Specialized Committee of China National Garment Association,Ningbo Economy

Acquire a Full Understanding of the Guidelines for Running CAS in the New Era and Promote the Knowledge Innovation Program in an All-round Way

Editor's note: We are sorry that because of the over-crowded space in our last issue, we are delayed in presenting the second part of the report delivered by the CAS President Lu Yongxiang at the 2002 working conference of CAS. The report appears in two installments in this and the 1st issue of this volume. ……

Transformation in the Form of a Better Life in the New Era and Its Value Guidance

A"better life in the new era,"a proposition unique to 21 st century Marxism,is based on the historical originality of socialism with Chinese characteristics.Along with the transformation of the main contradictions in Chinese society,"a better life in the new era"has become a new life-form.Of course,the new life-form and new development ideas are complementary.On the one hand,the proposition of the new development ideas is based on the transformation of the new life-forms,so the inherent purport of the two is closely related;on the other,the proposition of such ideas will further promote the construction of"a better life in the new era"at the level of practice,and will play a key leading role in the resolution of major social contradictions.Therefore,to comprehensively understand the revolutionary significance of a"better life in the new era"under the guidance of the new development principles,we must gain an intrinsic grasp of the many forms of a"better life in the new era,"including its actors,forms of occurrence,forms of realization and external forms.They have as their theoretical support such concepts as"the people as themain force,the ruling Party as the guide,""transformation of contradictions,integration of supply and demand,""labor orientation,co-creation and sharing,"and"homogeneous ideals extended worldwide."Together,these constitute a unique Chinese style.In the building of socialism with Chinese characteristics,or modernization,only the sublation of"objective[sachlicher]dependence"and adherence to the practical intention of"free individuality"can fulfill the"return"of a"better life in the new era"toward"man himself,"and achieve value guidance for the Chinese road.

Witnessing the advance of science and technology in life sciences in the new era

Since the launch in 1950,Science China Series and Science Bulletin have published numerous significant scientific achievements,witnessing the development of science and technology in China and serving as a bridge connecting Chinese scientists with their counterparts in the international scientific community.

The Belt and Road Initiative Shows China's Open Mind Mentality in the New Era

To promote the Belt and Road construction is a great conception proposed by President Xi Jinping, one of the most attractive compositions of President Xi Jinping's new concepts, new ideas and new strategy of national governance. After three-year practice, the Belt and Road construction has clearer logic, shines more charmingly, and has entered a new historical stage for greater progress.

Implementing New Requirements of Passenger Station Construction and Building Excellent Passenger Station

In line with the new concept of building up a“well-connected,fullyi integrated,environment-friendlypassenger-oriented,economically-efficient,culturally-rich,intelligent and convenient”railway station and the construction requirements of"elaborate,fine and exquisite construction of excellent passenger stations" put forward by China State Railway Group Co.Ltd.,design optimization and innovation are carried out in the construction of Nantongxi Railway Station and Pingtan Station in the aspects offunctional layout,decoration style,cultural enhancement,construction materials to be used,details treatment of the station buildings and the use of photoelectric technology,focusing on the consideration and research for furrther enhancing cultural confidence,deeply integrating into the regional features,inheriting historical context,innovating artistic expression,trying diversified integration,and exploring the use of science and technology in the contexl 0f the new era,and thus devoting to the construction of railway passenger stations in the new era which will meet the growing needs of the people for a better life.

A Theoretical Outline for National Security Studies for the New Era

China is tasked with attaining the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and facing global changes unseen in a century.To this end,a pressing task for China’s national security studies in the new era,under the guidance of a holistic concept of national security,is to provide an analytical framework and scholarly insights.Seven theoretical propositions can be derived when we clarify the relationships between security level,security capability,and security threats.They are:absolute security is out of reach;growing security investment that eyes absolute security will create a security dilemma;under closed conditions,the country should put the brakes on building relative security when it achieves equilibrium security;under open conditions,hegemonic powers may generate security capabilities that exceed equilibrium security and tend to“protect”or prey on countries whose development has relatively high output efficiency rather than those whose security capabilities have relatively high output efficiency;and following separate technical routes for dealing with intentional and unintentional threats may achieve a higher security level than managing in an undifferentiated way.The“Great Yu Improvement”pattern is pivotal to“Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind”as it can transform other actors’capacity to address intentional threats into a capacity for shielding oneself against unintentional threats;and appropriate allocation of excessive security capability and stronger national system security capability are major solutions to the uncertain nature of security threats.