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Call for Papers: The 11th National Forum on Marxist Economics and the 12th National Youth Forum on Marxist Economics

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"Greeting the 20th National Congress and Advancing on the New Journey" Fully Launching the New Journey of Socialist Modernization and the Innovative Development of Marxist Political Economy ——Call for Papers for the 11th National Forum on Marxist Economics and the 12th National Youth Forum on Marxist Economics

In order to deeply study the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC [1], welcome the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Party, comprehensively systemize and summarize the important contributions of Marxist political economy to China’s economic development, deeply explore major theoretical and practical issues in the history of Marxist economic thought, and better study, implement, publicize, and research Xi Jinping Economic Thought to promote the construction of political economy with Chinese characteristics and the Sinicization and modernization of Marxist political economy in the New Era, the "11th National Forum on Marxist Economics and the 12th National Youth Forum on Marxist Economics" will be held.

The forum is scheduled to be held at Hebei Normal University in mid-to-late September 2022.

The forum intends to adopt a "1+4+3" exchange and seminar model: namely, one keynote report + four parallel sub-forum reports + three academic exchange sessions (specifically: a dialogue and exchange session for young scholars; an exchange session on the construction of political economy as a discipline and youth development; and an exchange session between academic journals and young scholars).

Forum Theme and Topics The theme of this forum is "Fully Launching the New Journey of Socialist Modernization and the Innovative Development of Marxist Political Economy." It will focus on, but is not limited to, the following topics:

  1. Research on the basic principles of Marxist political economy and the texts of classic works.
  2. Research on important theoretical issues in the history of Marxist economic thought.
  3. Research on the Sinicization and modernization of Marxist political economy and political economy with Chinese characteristics.
  4. Research on Xi Jinping Economic Thought.
  5. Research on the innovation and practice of the Communist Party of China's economic theory and its significance in the history of thought.
  6. Research on major economic issues in fully launching the New Journey of socialist modernization during the new stage of development [2].
  7. Research on high-quality development and the modernized economic system.
  8. Research on issues related to the dual circulation development pattern and the construction of a unified national market.
  9. Research on the theory and practice of common prosperity.
  10. Political economy research on the "changes unseen in a century" [3] and new changes in contemporary capitalism.
  11. Research on foreign Marxist political economy theories and their contemporary value.
  12. Research on other important theoretical and practical issues related to Marxist political economy.

Submission Requirements Researchers from national research institutions, institutions of higher learning, Party and government departments, and other units are encouraged to submit papers. Master’s and doctoral students interested in Marxist political economy are actively encouraged to submit papers and attend.

In addition to the main text, submitted papers must include an abstract, keywords, author biography, contact phone number, email address, and other information. Papers must be previously unpublished and exceed 8,000 words. (See Appendix 1 for formatting requirements).

The deadline for submission is July 20, 2022. Please send the electronic version of the paper to the forum’s public mailbox: bqm_2013@163.com (Liu Daoyi, Institute of Marxism Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), and CC: hbczhliugang@163.com (Liu Gang, School of Business, Hebei Normal University).

A review meeting will be held at the end of July 2022 to deliberate on the submitted papers. The reviewers will mainly consist of experts in the field, heads of core journals, members of the forum executive committee, and members of the secretariat. Authors of selected papers will receive a formal invitation in mid-to-late August.

To encourage young scholars to devote themselves to academic research and innovation, this forum will conduct an evaluation of outstanding achievements. Approximately 10 outstanding achievements will be selected from the submitted papers (focusing on lecturers and graduate students), including 2 first-prize, 3 second-prize, and 5 third-prize awards. Honorary certificates and rewards will be presented to the winning scholars at the opening of the forum. Subsequently, the list of winners and their achievements will be published and promoted on the forum’s official WeChat account, "Marxist Economics Youth" (马经青年).

Review and Recommendations Selected papers will be recommended to relevant journals, including Marxist Studies (马克思主义研究), World Socialism Studies (世界社会主义研究), Teaching and Research (教学与研究), World Review of Political Economy (世界政治经济学评论), Studies on Political Economy (政治经济学研究), Contemporary Economic Research (当代经济研究), Political Economy Review (政治经济学评论), Economist (经济学家), Studies on Chinese Socialism (中国特色社会主义研究), Red Flag Manuscript (红旗文稿), Study and Exploration (学习与探索), Economic Review (经济纵横), Reform (改革), Journal of Management (管理学刊), Shanghai School of Economics (海派经济学), Journal of Beijing Administrative College (北京行政学院学报), New Vision (新视野), Hebei Academic Journal (河北学刊), Journal of Hebei University of Economics and Business (河北经贸大学学报), Journal of Hebei Normal University (河北师范大学学报), Western Forum (西部论坛), and Reform & Strategy (改革与战略).

Host Organizations Project for Marxist Theory Construction and Theoretical Research, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Marxism Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Hebei Normal University

Organizing Units Research Center for Economic and Social Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Department of Marxist Principles, Institute of Marxism Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences School of Marxism, Hebei Normal University School of Business, Hebei Normal University

Co-organizing Units Economic Editorial Department, Information Center for Social Sciences, Renmin University of China Editorial Department of Marxist Studies Editorial Department of World Socialism Studies Editorial Department of World Review of Political Economy Editorial Department of Political Economy Review Editorial Department of Hebei Academic Journal Editorial Department of Journal of Hebei University of Economics and Business Editorial Department of Journal of Hebei Normal University

Appendix 1: Forum Submission Formatting Requirements and Instructions (Technical specifications for title, author affiliation, funding, and abstract omitted for length but preserved in the original context: standard fonts include Songti and Kaiti, with requirements for English-style abstracts and specific citation codes [M, J, N, etc.] according to the Format Norms for Social Science Journals of Chinese Higher Education Institutions.)