Artificial Intelligence and the Sustainable Development Goals: An Exploratory Study in the Context of the Society Domain

Artificial Intelligence (AI) experienced significant advancements in recent years, and its potential power is already recognized across various industries. Yet, the rise of AI has led to a growing concern about its impact on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The aim of this paper was to evaluate contributions and the potential influence of AI to sustainable development in the society domain. Furthermore, the study analyzed GPT-3 responses, as one of the largest language models developed by OpenAI, descriptively. We conducted a set of queries on the SDGs to gather information on GPT-3’s perceptions of AI impact on sustainable development. Analysis of GPT-3’s contribution potential towards the SDGs showcased its broad range of capabilities for contributing to the SDGs in areas such as education, health, and communication. The study findings provide valuable insights into the contributions of AI to sustainable development in the society domain and highlight the importance of proper regulations to promote the responsible use of AI for sustainable development. We highlighted the potential for improvement in neural language processing skills of GPT-3 by avoiding imitating weak human writing styles with more mistakes in longer texts.

Socio-economic development of countries based on the Composite Country Development Index(CCDI)

World experience indicates the existence of significant imbalances in the development of countries.The problem of assessing the rational development of the regional and national economy is becoming urgent,since such assessments can prevent development imbalances across countries.The aim of this study is to elaborate a methodology to assess the countries’socio-economic development by integraring 12 modern indices of socio-economic development into the Composite Country Development Index(CCDI).The methodology of this research was based on a set of key indices that described socio-economic development level in four fields(social development,digital development,economic development,and environmental security)and then these indices were integrated into the CCDI.The study further applied factor analysis and R-Studio software to define the gaps of social and economic development in 59 selected countries using the trigonometric function of the angle sine.The correlation analysis confirmed the existence of a close interrelation among the studied countries.This paper noted that due to the emergence of new priorities,it is necessary to revise the assessment methodology of socio-economic development level and expand them to cover the decisive factors.This was confirmed by the results obtained,demonstrating various combinations of the development level in the four fields and their impact on the CCDI.The scientific contribution of this research is to form a methodology(e.g.,the CCDI)for evaluating the socio-economic development level of countries in the world.

Rural Development Transformation and Social Governance from the Perspective of Specialization:A Case Study of Ruiling Village in Guangzhou City,China

The reorganization of the global production network and the increased mobility of urban-rural elements have accelerated the differentiation of rural spaces,resulting in a trend towards specialization in rural areas.This paper focuses on the concept of specialization,and takes a renowned bonsai specialized village in Guangzhou City,China as a typical case to explore its transformation and development process,action logic and coupling mechanism with the social governance.The results show that:1)the development of rural specialization in Ruiling Village is shaped by several key actors,such as local governments,grassroots organizations,villagers,social organizations,policies,markets and infrastructure.The transfer of these key actors and the reconstruction of actor-networks in different stages have an important influence on the transformation and realization of rural development goals.2)Through subjects-driven,organization management and resource connection,social governance supports the specialization of rural industrial organization,operation,technology and mode.The governance structure shifts from decentralization to networking,refinement and integration.A coupling community of social governance and specialization is created by the social governance system of‘local government-grassroots organizationseconomic cooperatives-villagers’,which links industries,industrial chains and cooperatives.3)Social governance integrates into the value chain extension process of rural specialized development with a central,multi-level organizational structure.It promotes the construction of the whole value chain through organizational planning,resource integration and image shaping,thus realizing the value,branding and organization of the industry,as well as the integration of rural sustainable development and governance mechanism.Social governance has a profound impact on the development of rural specialization in terms of subject,structure and mode,and participates in the construction of the whole value chain of rural areas.This paper provides a new perspective for understanding the coupling effect of social governance in the rural development transformation,and promotes the rural sustainable development and governance.

Rural sustainable development:A case study of the Zaozhuang Innovation Demonstration Zone in China

Sustainable development is the central theme of modern global development.With the arrival of the urban era,the vulnerability and instability of rural areas have significantly increased,and rural sustainable development faces serious challenges.To address these issues,the study took the Zaozhuang Innovation Demonstration Zone in China under the National Sustainable Development Agenda as a case,combined with economic,social and land use data during 2016-2020,and applied Granger causality test method to explore the theoretical and practical pathways of“innovation-driven rural sustainable development”.The results showed that rural sustainable development and economic sustainability displayed a trend of synergistic change,with“explosive”growth from 2018 to 2020.The social sustainability steadily increased from 2016 to 2020.Ecological and spatial sustainability continuously declined during the study period.Moreover,the rural innovation capacity of the Zaozhuang Innovation Demonstration Zone displayed rapid growth during 2016-2020.Although the rural innovation capacity of the Zaozhuang Innovation Demonstration Zone has rapidly improved,it has a weak driving effect on rural sustainable development and economic sustainability.There are two primary challenges that must be overcome to ensure the rural sustainable development of the Zaozhuang Innovation Demonstration Zone.The first challenge is the imbalance among the multi-dimensional relationships in the process of rural sustainable development,and the second challenge is the weakening of rural innovation capacity to drive rural sustainable development.To overcome these challenges,this study proposed a systematic pathway for rural sustainable development in the Zaozhuang Innovation Demonstration Zone from multidimensions,such as policy actions,technologies,projects,and institutional guarantees,and formed a universal and representative“Zaozhuang model”.This study expands the theoretical foundation of rural sustainable development and provides theoretical and practical support for innovation-driven rural sustainable development.

Development Strategy of Urban Cultural Scene to Promote the Upgrading of Regional Cultural Consumption in Shaanxi

Regional cultural patterns and characteristics play a positive role in economic and social development.By planning and constructing cultural amenities and creating cultural scenes,the spatial quality and quality of life in a region can be enhanced,facilitating the expansion of cultural consumption.Shaanxi,with its rich historical and cultural resources,positions the capital city of Xi’an as a“world historical city”,boasting a vast number of cultural amenities represented by“cultural facilities”,“cultural activities”,“cultural experiences”,and“cultural services”.The development of urban cultural scene,with the aim of promoting the upgrading of regional cultural consumption in Shaanxi,requires comprehensive planning and a multifaceted approach,particularly in integrating provincial cultural scenes,clarifying the positioning of cultural scenes,innovating cultural scene experience projects,creating cultural scene intellectual property(IP),and empowering cultural scenes through the application of science and technology.

Structural characteristics and influencing factors of spatial correlation network for regional high-quality development in China

On the basis of measuring the regional high-quality development in China from 2011 to 2020,this study uses gravity model to build spatial correlation network,and uses social network analysis method to analyze the structural characteristics and influencing factors of correlation network.The results are shown as follows.First,from 2011 to 2020,the level of regional high-quality development in China is rising gradually,and the discrete characteristics between regions are gradually obvious,showing a step-like distribution structure decreasing from east to west.Second,the network density of regional high-quality development is generally low and tends to decline,but it has strong stability and correlation strength.Third,the spatial correlation network has an obvious core-edge structure.Shanghai is always at the center of the network and plays a significant intermediary role,while Qinghai and Xinjiang are always at the edge of the network.Fourth,the regional high-quality development association network can be divided into four major sectors:main benefit,net benefit,net spillover,and broker,showing the spatial correlation characteristics of inter-plate contact and intra-plate agglomeration.Fifth,the level of economic development,the level of urbanization and geographical proximity have a significant impact on the formation of regional high-quality development correlation network.

“公共文化服务共同体”建设的引领示范意义

广州市“公共文化服务共同体”建设的引领示范意义主要体现在四个方面:一是全面、准确落实和践行公共文化服务社会化发展;二是破除行业壁垒,打通全社会公共文化服务资源和服务;三是以标杆项目为抓手促进形成共建共享共治的实现路径;四是公共文化赋能基层社会治理。

中国特色社会保障制度论纲

中国特色社会保障制度是打上中国特色社会主义制度烙印并具有中华传统保障基因的新社会保障制度文明。中国式现代化的确定性决定了中国特色社会保障制度的确定性,而遵循现代社会保障制度的基本规律,以共同富裕为追求目标,以初次分配、再分配、三次分配协调配套的基础性制度安排为基本条件,与社会主义公有制和中华传统保障有机融合,构成了这一制度文明的基本要素。经过新中国成立以来的实践探索,中国特色社会保障制度轮廓已经呈现,但制度尚未成熟,亟待厘清目标理念,矫正政策路径偏差,充分发挥中国制度优势,走出与中国式现代化相适应的社会保障制度创新发展之路。

我国物流业2023年发展回顾与2024年展望

2023年,我国经济实现恢复发展,物流需求稳步复苏,物流业在国民经济中的地位持续提升,物流供给质量稳步提高,物流运行环境持续改善,现代物流发展模式稳步转换,企业竞争力持续增强,全行业正在进入新的阶段。主要表现在八个方面:一是物流市场实现恢复增长;二是提质增效降本稳步推进;三是供应链物流引领转型发展;四是一流企业提升产业竞争力;五是创新驱动打造新质生产力;六是物流网络布局均衡发展;七是绿色低碳物流影响提升;八是制度保障优化营商环境。但是,我国物流业也面临一系列比较紧迫的问题,结构调整叠加有效需求偏弱,物流需求仍处于恢复期,需求不足企业占比较高,企业经营普遍承压,社会物流总额增速低于GDP增速,短期内行业新动能难以撬动存量大市场,现代物流正进入温和增长阶段,需要妥善应对。我国高度重视现代物流发展,建设现代物流体系是建设物流强国、构建新发展格局的重要支撑和保障。2023年底的中央经济工作会议强调,要有效降低全社会物流成本。尽管经过多年持续推进物流降本工作,但是无论从经济结构、货物结构、产业布局等宏观层面看,还是从市场主体、方式手段、主要环节、政策措施等微观方面看,我国未来一段时期进一步推动降本的难度仍然较大。为进一步提升物流业竞争力、有效降低全社会物流成本、助力实体经济高质量发展,必须改变我国传统物流低价格、低效率、低效益的现实,通过激发物流需求侧变革动力、再造物流全链条组织方式、用好物流新质生产力、发力现代化基础设施、支撑供应链韧性安全,打造我国现代物流发展新模式,激发产业升级新活力。可以预计,2024年及未来一段时期,我国物流业将呈现出一系列新趋势:一是大盘稳定,市场保持温和增长;二是结构调整,需求贡献持续分化;三是提质增效,物流降本仍有空间;四是产业融合,全链条系统化整合;五是市场导向,规模化集约化发展;六是韧性安全,保供稳链更为迫切;七是设施联通,物流网络高效畅通;八是创新驱动,数字化转型提速;九是绿色低碳,物流社会价值提升;十是多方合力,行业共治统筹协调。

中国社会变迁与人的发展:多元建构观点和相关研究

当代全球化背景下的社会变迁导致了不同价值观和生活方式共存和整合,构成了人的发展的新的环境。在中国的社会变迁过程中,与市场化相匹配的价值观(如竞争性、独立性、自我表现)和传统价值观(如社会关系,服从集体,自我控制)在人的社会和心理适应中具有不同的功能。不同文化的碰撞和整合也可能促进新的行为品质的产生,有利于增强人们应对各种情境的能力。根据多元建构观点,群体水平上的社会互动过程,如同伴团体活动中的社会评价和反应及其对个体行为的调节,在社会变迁和文化整合对人的发展的影响中起着关键作用。群体中的行为规范与评价标准的变化通过社会互动过程不仅会影响个体认知、行为和情绪的展现水平,而且也影响它们的功能性意义。本文首先回顾这一领域里的主要理论框架及其在中国情境中应用的问题,并在此基础上着重讨论社会变迁与人的发展的多元建构观点。接着,在对中国儿童独特的气质特征和基于传统文化的社会化方式考察后,进一步从多元建构角度讨论中国当代社会变迁对人的发展的影响的相关研究,包括专刊论文中报告的研究。最后,本文对这一领域的发展方向提出一些建议。

超越认知:社会情感学习的认识论基础

教育发展须在综合以往教育优势,摒除其已有缺陷的基础上前行。推动教育高质量发展、建设教育强国,要基于新的历史起点,致力于推动中国教育长远变革发展。这种发展的基础就是要超越中国教育长期存在的过于注重教书而育人不够,超越过于关注学生的认知发展而忽视其社会性发展的偏向。鉴于当前社会现实基础已由关注外在的自然转向社会的世界,而对人本质的理解已由理性的确认转向社会性关系的构建,这就要求教育定位须由只注重认知转向关注情感的培养,关注学生个人自主发展和社会性适应得以提升的社会情感能力。为此,基于时代赋予人发展的更多的内在规定性,应超越当前教育存在的片面强调知识传授的功利化取向,有效落实立德树人根本任务,促进学生乃至社会的高质量发展;基于人的全面发展而努力彰显教育的完整性,应注重学生健全人格的养成,激发人与自我、他人和社会关系向好的正向力量,构建社会良性运转的基础,促进个人的幸福和社会的和谐。

农户电商创业行为研究:文献回顾与进路展望

从制度情景、市场驱动、个体选择方面探析农户电商创业行为发生机理。对电商创业减贫效应与不同电商农户创业行为的异质性进行阐释,指出空间资源异质性以及知识异质性造成农户创业的差异。从体制机制、组织形式、风险感知等维度评析低度嵌入互联网的农户电商发展问题,并从个体、市场与社会因素剖析电商创业行为发展影响因素。指出农户电商创业行为研究需要在可持续性上不断深化,拓展研究视角、创新研究方法、深化机制研究,接续推进农户电商创业可持续发展关键在于建立良性的政策传导机制、有效的资源链接机制、联动的多元参与机制,健康的价值引导机制。

中国数字经济空间动态演进的区域现状

数字经济已成为引领我国经济一体化高质量发展的主要驱动力,立足于国家整体经济及区域经济稳步协调发展的战略。文章基于中国2013—2020年省级数据,运用主成分分析法对中国数字经济进行测度,并运用社会网络分析及核密度等方法对我国数字经济动态演化的空间关联及区域差异进行研究。研究发现:(1)2013—2020年我国数字经济发展整体网络密度稳步提升但依旧处于低水平。(2)中国各省份数字经济发展两极分化,东部与西北、东北等边缘地区存在“数字经济鸿沟”,加之整体关联水平低,分化严重,发达地区对边缘地区的辐射效应较低,差距可能愈发扩大。(3)将其划分为四个板块,发现存在“弱关联”板块,板块间溢出关系及关联度差异悬殊,进一步研究各省份数字经济发展的“中间人”作用,发现各省份承担角色更是“极化”严重。研究结果可为我国持续深化数字经济建设,推动经济协调、稳定、高质量发展提供参考。

积极青少年发展理论的演进与意涵

积极青少年发展是发展科学理论范式的重大转变,极大推动了全球青少年发展研究和教育政策的进程。积极青少年发展突破“问题视角”和“缺陷模型”,主张关注青少年的优势和相对可塑性,强调个体与情境的互惠互动,凸显青少年之于社会进步和人类发展的贡献与方法论价值。在历经生态情境取向向历史文化取向的演进过程中,积极青少年发展研究逐步在世界范围内开展、推广和践行,彰显出鲜明的理论更新自觉和实践品格,这对推动对青少年的认识论发展、我国积极青少年发展研究以及政策制定实施,具有多重启示。

中国式现代化的动力机理与激发机制

中国式现代化的成功离不开中国式现代化动力的有效激发。中国式现代化体现了合规律性和主动建构性的统一,既符合现代社会发展的一般规律,也具有中国发展现代化的独特性,这种特点也体现在中国式现代化的动力方面。本文从中国式现代化主体的视角探究中国式现代化的动力机理与机制。从机理上看,中国式现代化的动力来自中国式现代化主体强烈的实现现代化的意愿,来自中国式现代化主体对中国式现代化实践必将取得成功的信心。从机制上看,中国式现代化的动力激发由中国式现代化领导主体的动力产生与增强机制、中国式现代化建设主体的动力激活与凝聚机制和中国式现代化外部力量的辅助性动力调动与协调机制共同完成。三个子系统机制既各自独立又相互统一,在共同作用下形成中国式现代化的强劲动力。

社会工作助推高校心理危机干预模式探析

社会工作坚持契合需求为解决问题的前提,对特殊群体进行救助和服务,从内探索症结,从外分析影响,令高校心理危机干预工作呈现从细分到整合,从治疗到预防的发展趋势,实现外部、内部的双向成长和转变。文章以融合思维为导向,以社会工作理论和实践方法为依靠,探索“社会工作+心理危机干预”助推高校心理危机干预工作科学发展新模式。

社会支持网络推动农村养老高质量发展的对策研究

随着农村老龄化加剧,农村老龄人口数量激增。但由于经济发展水平相对较低、医疗资源有限、精神慰藉缺失、应急保障不足等原因,农村养老面临着巨大的挑战。解决农村养老存在的问题,有利于保障广大农村老年人的基本生活权益,关系到农村的繁荣稳定和乡村振兴。因此,必须结合农村实际充分发挥政府、社区、家庭等社会支持主体的作用,建立完善的社会支持网络,改善老年人生活质量,提升其幸福感。

城市更新的参与式治理:从物质空间到社会空间

从全生命周期关注城市更新已引起政策和实践的重视,但现有研究多关注城市更新的空间建设和实现阶段,对于城市更新空间的后续维护和使用阶段却相对较少关注。通过对上海社区层面的微更新、街区层面的生活圈建设、城市层面的滨江滨河空间贯通等三个层次案例的分析发现,城市更新是否带来期待的社会效果不仅取决于物质空间建设,还取决于是否通过参与式治理形成了有序的社会空间。物质空间的建设可在短时间内完成,但有序社会空间的形成需要较长时间的磨合和探索。从城市更新到美好生活需要重视物质空间供给后引发的社会空间问题,以参与式治理推动城市更新的可持续发展。

“综合刊”的独特性质及其高质量发展的目标与关键

综合性中文社科学术期刊,是一种具有鲜明中国特色的期刊类型,不仅在历史上渊源有自,而且在以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业,甚至在影响人类社会未来前进方向上具有举足轻重的地位。从精神气质上说,综合性中文社科学术期刊具有紧跟时代步伐,贯通人文和社科领域,整体性地研究经济社会发展和国家现代化建设进程的学术抱负。“综合刊”之为“综合刊”的“综合性”,不仅与马克思主义理论和中华传统文化重视整体性、系统性的思维特质相契合,而且与中华民族伟大复兴和社会主义现代化国家建设当前阶段特别重视全局性、战略性问题的内在要求相适应,这些基本性质决定了综合性中文社科学术期刊在中国特色哲学社会科学构建和当代中国学术评价体系重塑过程中具有无可替代的独特作用。综合性中文社科学术期刊应当立足于自身独特定位倡导一种思想性、学术性、时代性和典范性并重的“综合刊”文体,并以此为枢纽推动中国特色哲学社会科学的整体性创新、培养和扶持与综合刊历史地位相匹配的核心作者群,以及通过集中呈现当代中国学术“拎得起来”和“看得见”的标志性成果来推动中外学术交流。综合性中文社科学术期刊高质量发展基本目标的实现,关键在于能否立足于自身独特定位自觉参与当代中国学术评价体系的革命性重塑,建立“综合刊”之间更自觉的联盟与协作,在期刊之间和编者作者之间建立“亲清”刊刊和刊学关系,在恰当认识与正确把握期刊发展数字化及国际化趋势的基础上坚守“内容为王”和“中文为本”。

数字治理伦理的创新性发展

人工智能、物联网、大数据等新兴数字技术的崛起将社会治理带入一个崭新的数字时代。在数字时代,数字技术嵌入社会治理,其关键环节不仅在于运用数字技术提升社会治理的效能,更重要的是要认识到传统社会治理中的伦理原则尚不能完全适用于数字治理实践的需要。因此,为促使数字治理最终迈向善治,数字治理伦理的创新性发展已势不可挡。在数字治理进程中,其伦理的创新性发展主要体现在如下方面:数字治理主体伦理由传统一元价值取向迈入现代多元价值共存;数字治理决策伦理由传统形式正义迈入现代实质正义;数字治理服务伦理由传统公仆意识淡薄迈入现代人民至上的全面强化;数字治理监督伦理由传统程序的非整全性迈入现代程序的公正性。