Working for Global Progress in Human Rights

It should be ensured that all peoples enjoy human rights as equals by allowing them to follow their respective paths of modernization.DECEMBER 2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR).On December 10,1948,the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UDHR(General Assembly resolution 217 A),the first international document on this issue.Chang Peng Chun(P.C.Chang,1892-1957),vice chairman of the original UN Commission on Human Rights at the time.

Manifesto for China’s State and Governance Systems in the New Era

SOCIALISM with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era that historically orients China’s development and heralds the direction China is heading toward.Ancient Chinese believed that laws ensure social order,and without laws the nation is imperiled.A sound system and good governance are the ballast stones that keep the nation stable amid crises and adversity.Building and governing a socialist China in the new era requires constant coordination of internal and external development as well as sustained progress by absorbing and drawing on the invaluable experience of past social governance,thus to ensure the renewed vitality and vigor of China’s national governance.The convening of the fourth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)is a realistic response to the critical issue concerning Chinese nation’s fate.

Following Trends of the Times and Seeking Common Progress

Forty years ago,the CPC central leadership with Deng Xiaoping at the core clarified that the essence of socialism is liberation and development of productive forces,elimination of exploitation and polarization,and the ultimate achievement of prosperity for all.Guided by this understanding,China has achieved a tremendous transformation:it has stood up,grown rich,and is becoming strong.

“Being Stronger,Better and Bigger”:The Logical Unity of Theory and Practice of State-owned Enterprise Reform-Development Course and Prospect of State-owned Enterprises in China

China’s state-owned enterprises(SOEs)have developed more than 70 years since the People’s Republic of China(PRC)was founded in 1949.From 1949 to 1978,SOEs provided material guarantee for the construction of the PRC,laid a solid foundation for the industrialization process,and ensured that the people were masters of their own affairs.From 1978 to 2012,SOEs upgraded their growth quality and increased their efficiency for improving people’s material and cultural life.Since 2012,SOEs have become“stronger,better and bigger”on all fronts for satisfying people’s growing expectations for a better life.In essence,reforming SOEs means interpreting and exercising the people-centered development philosophy,and means addressing principal social contradiction through different stages of socialist development,as SOEs care about the main needs of the people.Such a development is a process of constant exploration and continuous growth from strength to strength,which is the inherent logic of theory and practice of SOE growth in new China for more than 70 years.

Digital Empowerment, Digital Input Source, and Green Transformation of Manufacturing Industry

An important proposition needed in-depth research is how digital technology empowers the green transformation of the manufacturing industry.This paper empirically finds that digital empowerment can boost the green transformation of enterprises,the conclusion of which stands valid under all kinds of robustness tests.Moreover,such boosting is heterogeneous and exists in industries with different energy consumption intensities.In addition,digital empowerment has a positive spillover effect on the green transformation ofupstream and downstream enterprises along industrial chains.From the specific mechanism of action,digital empowerment mainly drives the green transformation of manufacturing enterprises through scale and technology effects.The green transformationis significantly positively affected by digital empowerment.Compared with digital empowerment driven by domestic digital sources,the one built on foreign digital sourceshas a more profound influence on the green transformation of the manufacturing industry,although the green transformation is significantly positively affected bydigital empowerment.The differences above may stem from the gap in the development of digital technology at home and abroad.This judgment has been further confirmed in the heterogeneity analysis on regions with different levels of economic development and factor-intensive manufacturing industries.This means that in the new round of technological competition,China should be alert to the potential impact brought by the development gap of domestic and global digital technologies.This paper helps to expand and deepen the understanding of the factors affecting the green transformation of manufacturing enterprises.It also brings important policy implications to the following aspects:the method of seizing strategic opportunities brought by digital technology,the first-mover advantage built on open integration and innovation,the narrowing of the gap with foreign digital development levels,and the stabilization of digital empowerment basis for the green transformation oftheemanufacturing industry.

Fight for Peace and Justice

Seventy-eight years ago,the Chinese people,together with many other nations around the world,defeated Japanese imperialist aggressors.When talking about the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression(1931-1945),Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out that"This great victory is a historical turning point for the Chinese nation to go from a deep crisis to a great rejuvenation since modern times;it is also an important component of the victory of the World Antifascist War.It is a victory for the Chinese people and also a victory for the people of the whole world."