Social Sciences in China (Chinese Edition)

No.2, 2021

Constructing Political Science with Chinese Characteristics: Discipline, Scholarship and Discourse—The Example of the Restoration and Reconstruction of Political Science in China

(Abstract)

Xu Yong and Ren Lu

The features, style and scholarly character of philosophy and the social science are the products of having developed to a certain stage, a sign of maturity, a symbol of strength, and an expression of confidence. In China, since its restoration and reconstruction in 1980, political science has devoted itself to the construction of political science with Chinese characteristics, which provides a benchmark for its development. China’s unique political foundation, its unique political issues and its unique position in the changing world order make Chinese political science autonomous and self-constituting in scientific research, which means it has begun to show distinctive Chinese characteristics. Compared with European and American political science, political science with Chinese characteristics is characterized by Marxist guidance of the disciplinary system, the integrated orientation of the academic system and the inclusive features of the discourse system. With China’s increasingly important role on the world stage, we have to be good at integrating all kinds of resources—ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign—and speed up the construction of political science with Chinese characteristics.