Scientific Journal Of Humanities and Social Sciences
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The Development Course, Theoretical Connotation and Contemporary Value of the Soul of MAO Zedong Thought
Mao 's ideology, which was the cornerstone for the Communist Party of China's significant triumphs in the New Democratic Revolution, socialist revolution, and national development, encapsulates three essential aspects: — the pursuit of seek the truth from facts, the concept of mass line, and the pursuit of independence. These enduring principles have not only played pivotal roles throughout history but continue to demonstrate remarkable vitality and contemporary relevance in the new era. This study explores the developmental trajectory, theoretical essence, and modern significance of Mao Zedong Thought's living soul, providing theoretical foundations for advancing transformative reforms, promoting common prosperity for all, and realizing the Second Centenary Goal. By examining its practical applications and theoretical evolution across historical periods, along with the contemporary enrichment of its concepts in the new era, this paper reveals its vital relevance to modern society.
MAO Zedong Thought; seeking truth from facts; mass line; independence; development history; theoretical connotation; contemporary value.
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Multimodal Synergy: Multimodal Communication Pathways for Hengyang Regional Culture
Against the backdrop of the deep integration of globalization and digitalization, the international communication of regional cultures is undergoing a paradigm shift from “text-centeredness” to “modal convergence.” Hengyang regional culture, as a distinctive part of Chinese culture, faces persistent challenges in its international dissemination, including cultural discount, platform dependence, and stereotypical perceptions. To address these challenges, this study aims to explore multimodal international communication pathways for Hengyang regional culture. Drawing on multimodal discourse analysis theory and digital humanities technologies, the study adopts a systematic approach that integrates literature review, case analysis, and comparative studies. The findings reveal that Hengyang regional culture exhibits a five-dimensional structure comprising “Nanyue Longevity Culture,” “Chuanshan Culture,” “Anti-Japanese War Culture,” “Red Culture,” and “Modern Culture.” Accordingly, the study proposes a multimodal pathway model centered on the dual strategies of “creative transformation” and “multimodal synergy,” supported by specialized corpus construction, 3D digitization of cultural relics, and innovative multimodal content production. The results indicate that such an integrated pathway can effectively mitigate the cultural discount effect, reduce platform dependency, and break down stereotypical barriers in cross-cultural communication. In conclusion, this study provides a systematic theoretical framework and practical insights for the international cultural communication of Hengyang and other similar small and medium-sized cities, offering actionable strategies for enhancing global cultural outreach.
Hengyang Regional Culture, Multimodal Communication, Digital Humanities, Creative Transformation, International Communication.
An Analysis of the Influence of Religion in James Joyce’s “Araby”
James Joyce’s “Araby” is a short story deeply embedded in the religious context of early 20th-century Ireland. Based on close textual analysis, this paper aims to analyse how Catholic imagery and language shape the narrator’s perception of love and reality. Using the full text as raw data, a qualitative approach is adopted to interpret religious symbols and allusions in the story. The results show that the narrator internalizes religious vocabulary and combines his romantic feelings with the veneration of the Virgin Mary, finally considering his quest as a failed pilgrimage. Religious imagery does not merely decorate the text. It confines the boy psychologically. His disillusionment at the bazaar thus becomes Joyce’s critique of Catholicism as a primary cause of Ireland’s spiritual paralysis, revealing how religion distorts adolescent emotion and deepens Dublin’s social paralysis.
Religious language, love, loss of faith, disillusionment.
Innovative Trust Structures and Regulatory Synergy for Cross-Border Intellectual Property Securitization: An Integration Approach Based on Reflections on Traditional Transaction Structures and Hong Kong's “LEAP” Framework
Intellectual property securitization, as an important financial instrument for revitalizing the value of intangible assets, faces structural dilemmas in cross-border practice, such as differences in judicial recognition, valuation opacity, and regulatory mismatch. Traditional single or dual special purpose vehicle (SPV) structures struggle to effectively address the challenges posed by cross-border intellectual property right heterogeneity. Based on a critical reflection on existing transaction schemes, this paper proposes an integrated solution centered on a “dual-compliance smart contract,” combining the virtual asset development and tokenization policy direction established by the Policy Statement on Development of Virtual Assets in Hong Kong 2.0, and blockchain technology. Research indicates that this framework, through automated compliance review and a dynamic valuation mechanism, can significantly enhance the effectiveness of cross-border bankruptcy isolation and asset transparency, and provide a replicable institutional paradigm for regulatory coordination in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. This study holds important theoretical value and practical significance for cross-border financial innovation.
Intellectual Property Securitization; Cross-border Trust; Regulatory Coordination; Smart Contract; Dual-Compliance; Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).
Amid the rising "returnee wave" and the notable "homing effect," the employment decisions of overseas students reveal considerable diversity and unpredictability. Current research often emphasizes macro-level factors like policies and economic push-pull dynamics, while paying less attention to the micro-level psychological mechanisms shaped by overseas experiences and the interplay of diverse motivations. This study focuses on regular overseas students as its primary subjects, using a questionnaire survey to systematically identify and categorize the multidimensional factors influencing their decision to return home for employment. Findings indicate a significant "homing effect," with 67.78% of respondents leaning toward or firmly choosing to return. At the same time, the phenomenon of "failure to put down roots" abroad is prominent, where cultural barriers, difficulties in social integration, and visa obstacles serve as strong passive push factors. This study constructs a multidimensional framework integrating both "emotional pull" and "passive push" forces, revealing the "homing" decision as a complex trade-off. It offers an empirical basis for policy optimization and individual decision-making.
Returnees; Homing Effect; Employment Decision; Multidimensional Motivations; Talent Mobility.
A Comparative Study of Museum Cultural Creative Products’ Outreach Strategies Between China and South Korea from the Perspective of Hunan Culture
Amid the intensifying global competition for cultural soft power, cultural creative products’ outreach has emerged as a critical pathway for enhancing national cultural influence. This study examines the Hunan Provincial Museum alongside the National Museum of Korea and Gyeongbokgung Palace as primary research objects, employing comparative analysis, case study methodology, and cross-cultural communication theory to systematically analyze the similarities and differences in Sino-Korean cultural creative outreach products' strategies. The findings reveal a significant complementarity between the two countries' outreach models: China adopts a "civilizational dialogue" orientation, leveraging its profound historical resources to pursue academically grounded outreach; South Korea, by contrast, is driven by "emotional consumption," achieving mass cultural dissemination through lightweight narratives. Accordingly, China may draw upon South Korea's experience in private-domain traffic management and IP lightweighting, while South Korea can benefit from China's expertise in deep IP development and regional cultural differentiation. Both nations can further pursue East Asian cultural synergy through collaborative initiatives such as shared digital repositories and joint UNESCO heritage nominations. Balancing "traditional authority" with "modern communicative power" in cultural outreach offers practical insights for cross-cultural communication in an era of globalization.
Cultural outreach; Cultural creative industry; Sino-Korean comparison; Hunan Provincial Museum; Korean museums.
Narrative Innovation from a Feminist Perspective in "She Variety"
This study examines the second season of Sherlock, employing feminist theory, gender studies, and narratology alongside textual analysis, case studies, and comparative research to dissect the program's narrative innovations through a feminist lens. Findings reveal that through reconstructing narrative subjects, optimizing narrative structures, and deepening narrative content, the program achieves a profound integration of feminism with detective variety formats. This provides a model for balancing entertainment value with intellectual substance in "She Variety" programs, thereby advancing the popular dissemination of gender equality concepts.
She-variety; Sherlock; Narrative Innovation; Feminism; Female Narrative Subject.
Research on Rural Ecological Revitalization Path Based on Citespace Theory of Ecosystem
In alignment with China's national rural revitalization strategy and ecological civilization development requirements, this study employs an ecosystem theory framework to analyze core challenges in rural ecological revitalization and propose actionable solutions. As a pivotal component of the "Five Revitalizations" initiative, ecological revitalization serves as the foundation for achieving agricultural powerhouse status, ensuring ecological security, and enhancing public welfare. Research identifies several critical challenges in current practices, including inefficient capital flow and integration barriers, governance failures due to fragmented responsibilities among stakeholders, ecological overburden and landscape fragmentation threatening system stability, as well as weak environmental awareness and outdated living conditions. To address these issues, the paper proposes targeted strategies focusing on resource recycling, collaborative governance, ecological restoration, and the cultivation of ecological culture.
Ecosystem theory; rural ecological revitalization; rural revitalization strategy; ecological restoration; collaborative governance; sustainable development.
Risk Factors, Prevention, and Recovery of Knee Joint Injuries in Marathon Runners
Driven by the national strategies of "Fitness for All" and "Building a Strong Sports Nation," marathon running has experienced rapid growth in China, with a significant increase in participants. However, due to the high-load nature of marathon running, knee injuries have become a common health risk among runners, severely affecting their performance and overall health. Despite this, domestic research has yet to establish a systematic understanding of the risk factors, prevention, and recovery strategies for knee injuries in marathon runners. Given the extensive research on marathon-related knee injuries abroad, this study aims to review and synthesize international research on the risk factors, prevention, and recovery strategies for knee injuries in marathon runners. In terms of risk factors, the primary internal factors for knee injuries include muscle strength and running technique, while external factors encompass excessive training load and footwear type. Effective prevention strategies include balancing muscle strength, optimizing running technique, managing training load, and selecting appropriate running shoes. For injured runners, initial recovery strategies involve physical therapy, medication, and exercise therapy. In the intermediate phase, gradual load increase and progress monitoring are essential, followed by a step-by-step return to running to ensure a scientifically guided recovery. This study provides marathon runners with a systematic approach to the prevention and management of knee injuries, aiming to support their long-term healthy running careers.
Marathon running; Knee joint injury; Risk factors; Prevention strategies; Recovery strategies.
International Comparison and Implications of Digital Education Policy Tools: Based on Textual Analysis of Generative Artificial Intelligence Education Policies in China and Europe
This study compares generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) education policies in China and the European Union (EU) using a three-dimensional policy instrument framework and quantitative textual analysis from the dual perspectives of basic policy instruments and application elements. The findings reveal that China adopts a balanced configuration of environmental, supply, and demand instruments, while the EU emphasizes ethical regulation. Both prioritize transforming teaching models and evaluation systems but share a blind spot in teacher workforce capacity building, though China maintains a significant advantage in infrastructure investment. These divergences stem from China’s developmental strategic ambition versus the EU’s regulatory tradition of digital rights protection. Accordingly, this study proposes three optimization pathways for China’s digital education governance: deepening technology-practice integration based on infrastructure advantages, establishing fine-grained standards for educational algorithm admission by learning from precautionary regulations, and systematically advancing teachers’ digital literacy and human-machine collaboration to bridge policy gaps.
Generative artificial intelligence, digital education, policy tools, text analysis, international comparison.
Research on International Communication Translation Strategies of Culture-Loaded Words in Xiangxi Ethnic Minority Culture
In the context of the “Going Out” strategy of Chinese culture, the international communication of ethnic minority cultures has garnered increasing attention. As vital carriers of ethnic culture, the translation quality of culture-loaded words directly influences the effectiveness of communication. Focusing on the Miao, Dong, and Tujia cultures in the Xiangxi (Western Hunan) region, this paper classifies culture-loaded words based on bilingual texts from scenic spots, government publicity materials, and tourism corpora. Guided by Skopos theory, it analyzes corresponding translation strategies. The study finds significant variations in strategies across different categories: geographical environment words primarily employ transliteration and literal translation; customs and habits favor “literal translation plus explanation”; while religious beliefs and ways of thinking rely heavily on explanatory translation and functional rewriting. Furthermore, the selection of translation strategies is constrained by factors such as culture-loading intensity, cultural type attributes, communicative purposes, and audience receptivity. Based on these findings, this paper constructs an explanatory framework for selecting translation strategies for culture-loaded words, aiming to provide theoretical support and practical reference for the international communication of China’s ethnic minority cultures.
Culture-loaded words; International communication translation; Skopos theory; Translation strategies; Ethnic minority culture.
Research on Legal Regulation of Quantitative Trading and Its Improvement Path in China
As a technology-driven financial innovation paradigm, quantitative trading possesses both the positive value of enhancing securities market efficiency and the potential risk of undermining market fairness, exhibiting a dual nature of efficiency empowerment and fairness challenges. Currently, China's legal regulatory framework for quantitative trading faces core dilemmas such as fragmented regulatory norms, lack of algorithm transparency oversight, inadequate cross-market collaborative supervision mechanisms, and the absence of investor compensation mechanisms. Therefore, it is imperative to address these issues by improving top-level design, strengthening process regulation, optimizing market fairness mechanisms, and enhancing accountability systems, thereby establishing a legal regulatory framework that balances innovation inclusiveness with fairness safeguards.
Quantitative trading; Securities regulation; Compensation for damage.
Metaphor Translation in China's Green Development in the New Era: A Study from the Perspective of Emotional Equivalence
This paper examines metaphorical expressions in the white paper China's Green Development in the New Era as carriers of policy concepts, national sentiments, and values. Drawing on conceptual metaphor theory and the principle of emotional equivalence, it systematically analyzes seven metaphor types and their translation strategies. Using HanLP for sentiment analysis, the study compares the emotional polarity of metaphorical expressions in the Chinese and English versions to determine whether the translation preserves the source language's positive emotional connotations and whether target readers can achieve comparable emotional resonance. Findings reveal a systematic link between metaphor translation strategies and emotional conveyance, with the degree of emotional equivalence significantly shaped by the cultural specificity of source-language metaphors. By offering cognitive insights and empirical evidence, this paper aims to contribute to the global dissemination of China’s cognitive frameworks and political discourse.
China’s green development in the new era; conceptual metaphor; metaphor translation; emotional equivalence; political discourse.
The Construction of ethnic communities in the Intergenerational transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage: An Analysis Based on the Practice Path of Longsheng Autonomous County of Various Ethnic Groups in Guangxi
The sense of community for the Chinese nation is the foundation of ethnic unity. The intergenerational transmission of intangible cultural heritage, as an important way of cultural identity, provides key support for the construction of the Chinese national community. This paper takes Longsheng Autonomous County of Various Ethnic Groups in Guangxi as the research object, combines its regional characteristics of multi-ethnic settlement and rich intangible cultural heritage resources, analyzes the coupled symbiotic logic of intergenerational inheritance of intangible cultural heritage and the construction of ethnic communities, and sorts out Longsheng from the three dimensions of cultural identity, interest identity, and governance identity Specific measures to empower the construction of the Chinese national community through practical paths such as cross-ethnic intangible cultural heritage inheritance, the development of the intangible cultural heritage industry, and the integration of fire pit deliberation with modern governance. The study found that Longsheng's practice solved problems such as intergenerational breaks in intangible cultural heritage inheritance, provided micro-practical experience for the construction of the Chinese national communities in multi-ethnic areas, and also pointed out the practical problems existing in its development, with the aim of enriching the practical research on the construction of the Chinese nation as a community.
Intergenerational inheritance of intangible cultural heritage; The sense of community for the Chinese nation; Longsheng Autonomous County of All Ethnic Groups; Multi-ethnic integration.
Trauma, Escape, and Fall: A Study of Traumatic Narrative in Tar Baby
Tar Baby, a novel by African American writer Toni Morrison, centers on the identity crisis of African American individuals, presenting the deep trauma endured by the protagonists, Jadine and Son, within the context of racial discrimination and cultural conflict. Faced with the irreconcilable structural clash between African American culture and mainstream white culture, the two protagonists attempt to achieve self-repair and identity reconstruction through different paths, yet ultimately fall into a continuous cycle of trauma. This paper, employing Judith Herman's trauma theory, analyzes the causes, manifestations, and healing outcomes of the protagonists' trauma in the novel. In the book, racial discrimination is the root of Jadine and Son's psychological trauma: the former chooses "assimilation into white culture" as a strategy to escape trauma, while the latter resorts to "returning to the roots of black culture" for solace. However, neither truly completes the process of post-traumatic healing and recovery. Through the protagonists' tragic endings, the work reveals the complexity and difficulty of African American identity reconstruction, pointing out that neither one-dimensional cultural assimilation nor romanticized cultural return constitutes an effective path to trauma recovery. Furthermore, this paper aims to deepen the understanding of the ideological connotations of Tar Baby from the perspective of traumatic narrative and to enrich the discussion on collective trauma and identity politics in African American literary studies.
Toni Morrison; Tar Baby; trauma theory; identity; racial discrimination.
Study on Urban-rural Differences in the Choice of Insurance Participation Grades of Urban and Rural Residents' Basic Endowment Insurance under the Urban-rural Dual Structure: Based on Yangzhou
Against the backdrop of advancing urban-rural integration and deepening population aging, the basic pension insurance system for urban and rural residents is shifting from "quantitative expansion" to "qualitative improvement". To analyze the differences in the choice of insurance premium grades between urban and rural residents and solve the problem of "low-grade lock-in" among rural residents, this paper takes three districts and counties in Yangzhou, namely Hanjiang, Jiangdu and Gaoyou as research objects. By adopting the multi-stage stratified random sampling method, surveys were conducted among urban and rural insured residents and grassroots social security administrators, obtaining 250 valid questionnaires and 32 interview records. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and binary Logistic regression analysis were carried out using SPSS 26.0. The results show that there are significant differences in the choice of insurance premium grades between urban and rural residents in Yangzhou. 67.2% of rural residents choose the minimum grade of 300 yuan, with only 12.4% willing to upgrade, showing an obvious feature of "low-grade lock-in"; more than 80% of urban residents choose medium and high grades, with an upgrade willingness of 58.9%. Household per capita disposable annual income and policy cognition have an extremely significant positive impact on the choice of insurance premium grades; education level, household registration type and digital operation ability have a significant positive impact, while age has a significant negative impact. On this basis, this paper puts forward optimization paths from four aspects: income improvement, precise policy transmission, service equalization and optimized treatment incentives, so as to provide empirical support and decision-making reference for Yangzhou to improve the urban and rural residents’ pension insurance policy and promote the substantive equalization of the social security system.
Basic pension insurance for urban and rural residents; choice of insurance premium grade; urban-rural dual structure; low-grade lock-in.
Memory, Identity, and Cross-Cultural Translation: A Study of Hussein Chalayan’s Fashion Translation Strategies
This article analyzes a series of works by the contemporary avant-garde experimental designer Hussein Chalayan, interpreting his core concept of viewing clothing as a medium that carries cultural memory and the transformation of identity. This concept is further elaborated across three dimensions: the symbolism of materials, the narrativity of structure, and the performativity of the body. Through this framework, the study reveals Chalayan’s design approaches to materials, structure, and the body in contemporary practice, and explores their implications for designers working within the context of globalization and geopolitics.
Hussein Chalayan, cultural memory, design translation.
Comparing AI and Human Translation of O. Henry’s Short Stories under the Guidance of Functional Equivalence Theory
Existing research has primarily focused on human translation, while analyses of AI translation remain relatively limited. To address this gap, this study employed Nida’s functional equivalence theory to compare the performance of AI translation and human translation in O. Henry’s short stories, analyzing their strengths and limitations. The study selected cases from the two translated versions of three O. Henry short stories. After conducting a qualitative comparison across three dimensions—linguistic, style, and readability—to assess the degree of functional equivalence, the study finds that AI translation is not a literal translation, but rather a flexibly-adjusted translation based on context and style. However, when translating complex texts, the translation can be stiff, and sometimes the style is too strong. In contrast, the human translation is overall logical, coherent and natural with more stable translation quality. However, human translation may cost more time and thus is not as efficient as AI translation. This study validates the applicability of functional equivalence theory in literary translation and provides implications for optimizing AI translation, contributing to further explorations of effective human-machine collaborative translation models.
Functional Equivalence Theory; AI translation; human translation; O. Henry’s short stories.
New Changes in Rural Order Following the Implementation of Rent and Interest Reduction Policies in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region
During the War of Resistance, the rent and interest reduction policy in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region represented a significant practice by the Chinese Communist Party to adjust rural production relations and drive social transformation. This paper examines the reshaping of the social structure in the base areas following the policy's implementation, focusing on the evolution of rural order. Through the gradual transfer of land rights, the policy facilitated the flow of land from landlords to poor peasants and farm laborers, expanded the middle peasantry, and shifted the class structure from a “pyramid” to an “olive” shape. Mass organizations like farmers' associations proliferated, dismantling landlord monopolies and reconstructing rural governance systems. Party organizations recruited activists and trained cadres through rent reduction efforts, achieving mass mobilization and organizational penetration. Traditional clan-based authority gave way to a new political authority grounded in class identity. The rent and interest reduction campaign achieved rural social integration on both economic and political levels, laying the foundation for subsequent land reform and regime consolidation. This process remains instructive for contemporary rural reform and rural revitalization.
Rent and interest reduction; Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region; rural order; land tenure structure; mass organizations.
The Frankfurt School and the Reconstruction of Contemporary Social Critical Theory
The purpose of this article is to explore the internal logic of the transition from Frankfurt School critical theory to contemporary social critical theory. This article examines the paradigm shift from philosophy of consciousness to philosophy of language, analyzes the mechanism of the differentiation between communicative rationality and life world, and explains how recognition politics expands the dimension of justice from economic distribution to identity. By integrating resources from Kant, Hegel, Rawls, etc., the theory re-established norm standards with universal binding force in the context of secularization. Contemporary critical theory has repaired the decline of explanatory power of traditional Marxism and provided a solid framework for diagnosing systemic pathology in post-modern society. This has contributed to the key ideological resources for reshaping the rational order of modern society.
Frankfurt School; Social critical theory; Instrumental rationality; Communicative rationality.
Construction and Practice of an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Model for Art Vocational College Students Oriented by Moral Education and Talent Cultivation
Vocational education in the new era takes moral education and talent cultivation as its fundamental task. As an important position for cultivating talents in the cultural and creative industry, art vocational colleges must adhere to the unity of value guidance and ability cultivation in their innovation and entrepreneurship education. At present, some art vocational colleges face problems such as the disconnection between innovation and entrepreneurship education and ideological and political education, overemphasis on skills over literacy, competition over education, and results over process, making talent cultivation unable to meet the requirements of the new era.Guided by moral education and talent cultivation, this paper uses the methods of literature research, investigation and research, practice summary and case analysis to define core concepts, sort out theoretical foundations, analyze the practical predicaments of innovation and entrepreneurship education in art vocational colleges, construct a five-in-one education model of "Goal-Curriculum-Practice-Teachers-Evaluation", and conduct practical verification. The research shows that integrating value guidance, professional ethics and social responsibility into the whole process of innovation and entrepreneurship can effectively improve students' ideological literacy, innovative spirit, practical ability and employment quality; the constructed model has a complete system, clear paths, and is implementable and promotable, which can provide theoretical reference and practical paradigm for art vocational colleges to deepen education reform.
Moral Education and Talent Cultivation; Art Vocational Colleges; Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education; Education Model; Curriculum-Based Ideological and Political Education.
The Role of English Loanwords and Glocalization in Contemporary Chinese Linguistic Landscapes
This paper explores the mechanism of English loanwords in the contemporary Chinese linguistic landscape from the theoretical perspective of Glocalization. As a product of language contact and cultural interaction, the presence of loanwords in the linguistic landscape not only reflects the dynamic interplay between globalization and localization but also realizes integration with the local context through a threefold interactive model of "formal borrowing-semantic adaptation-functional reconstruction." The study finds that English loanwords in the linguistic landscape primarily play three roles: serving as a carrier of "internationalization" symbols to construct commercial identities, balancing cultural identity and negotiation through the adaptation of "global form + local meaning," and acting as a marker of social stratification to differentiate group identity and discourse power. By analyzing the specific practices of loanwords in commercial scenarios, cultural communication, and social interaction, this paper reveals how loanwords act as a medium for dialogue between global cultural elements and the local linguistic ecology-retaining the formal characteristics of global symbols while integrating into the local cultural system through localization transformation. The study also points out the limitations of existing research, such as geographical restrictions and an imbalance between quantitative and qualitative methods. Future research could expand into comparative studies of loanwords in dialect regions, quantitative analysis of group attitudes, and studies of internet loanwords in digital linguistic landscapes, to deepen the understanding of the interaction between loanwords and Glocalization.
English Loanwords; Glocalization; Linguistic Landscape.
An Analysis of the Value of Lao-tzu's “Non-action” Thought in Moral Education in Universities
Lao-tzu's thought of “non-action” is not only the essence of his political philosophy system, but also provides a unique and rich philosophy for moral education. The views of “not to do anything in vain,” “vacuity” and “not to contend” in his thought contain profound dialectical wisdom and humanistic spirit, which have practical enlightenment significance for the educational purpose, educational method, and the practice of educators and students. At present, there are some problems in practice, such as simple inculcation of moral knowledge, single orientation of moral education content, passive catering of moral education activities and utilitarian orientation of evaluation system. In view of the problem, this paper puts forward some feasible suggestions such as constructing recessive education model, respecting personality to enhance moral experience, strengthening teacher ethics construction and exploring the law of moral education. Integrating Lao-tzu's concept of “non-interference” into college education for cultivating moral character is not only the due course of action for inheriting and promoting China's excellent traditional culture, but also has significant implications for innovative development of college education for cultivating moral character.
Lao-tzu “non-action”; colleges and universities; moral education.
Research on the Multi-Actor Collaborative Governance Model in the Smart Elderly Care Service System
With the acceleration of global population aging, traditional elderly care models are increasingly unable to meet the growing and diverse needs of the elderly. The rapid development of information and communication technologies has given rise to the emerging paradigm of "smart elderly care," which aims to provide precise health management and daily care through intelligent technologies and data-driven approaches. However, the success of smart elderly care is not merely a matter of technological accumulation; its core lies in constructing an efficient and sustainable service provision and governance system. From the perspective of public management, this study focuses on the "multi-actor collaborative governance" model within the smart elderly care service system. It first defines the connotations of smart elderly care and collaborative governance, and constructs a theoretical analysis framework of "actors-interaction-mechanism-environment." Subsequently, it systematically analyzes the roles, positioning, and interactive relationships of key actors, including the government, market, social organizations, communities, and families. Through case studies of three typical models-government-led, market-driven, and community-embedded-the study reveals the operational logic and limitations of different models. In response to current challenges in collaborative governance, such as coordination failure, service fragmentation, the digital divide, and data security, this paper proposes six countermeasures and suggestions: strengthening top-level design, building a unified data platform, cultivating a tiered service market, bridging the digital divide, and improving the legal and ethical framework. The aim is to provide theoretical and practical references for building an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable smart elderly care service system.
Smart Elderly Care; Collaborative Governance; Multi-Actor Cooperation.
Legislative Dilemmas and Pathway Exploration for the "Second Line" Control of Hainan Free Trade Port under the Background of Closed-Loop Operation
The island-wide closed-loop operation is the "Number One Project" for the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port. As the core component of the closed-loop operation, the "second line" control directly impacts the effectiveness of the "first line" opening-up policies and the bottom-line security of the national trade control system. Currently, the "second line" control faces several legislative dilemmas, including unclear allocation of legislative authority between central and local governments, tension between customs supervision systems and the facilitation needs of the free trade port, ambiguity in the legal nature of cargo flow between China's mainland and Hainan, and a lack of sufficient legal authorization for information-based supervision methods. Based on observations of the preparatory work for Hainan's closed-loop operation and drawing on the mature experiences of international free trade ports, this paper proposes practical pathways. These include clarifying the boundaries of central and local legislative authority, issuing the "Special Provisions on Customs Supervision for Hainan Free Trade Port," establishing a "three lists" management system, and strengthening legal authorization for digital supervision, aiming to provide a reference for the legal guarantee of the closed-loop operation.
Hainan Free Trade Port; Closed-Loop Operation; Second Line Control; Customs Supervision; Legislative Dilemma.
Adolescent "Self-Harm Games": Triadic Reciprocal Mechanisms and Preventive Strategies
"Self-harm games," an aberrant manifestation of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), have garnered significant societal concern due to their programmatic, covert, and coercive nature, which profoundly compromises the physical and mental well-being of adolescents. This phenomenon extends beyond simple behavioral imitation; rather, it emerges from a vicious interaction among environmental induction, cognitive reconstruction, and behavioral reinforcement. Protecting adolescents from the detrimental impacts of toxic subcultures and ensuring a healthy developmental environment is a critical public health priority. Consequently, it is imperative to establish a collaborative, multisectoral mechanism. By implementing multidimensional interventions-encompassing environmental regulation, cognitive guidance, and behavioral correction-the generative chain of self-harm games can be effectively severed, thereby safeguarding the healthy development of adolescents.
Triadic Reciprocal Determinism; Adolescents; Self-Harm Games.
Evaluating the Extent of Public Housing Contributing to Social Justice and Social Mix in Hong Kong from Resident Perceptions S
As the most basic livelihood issues, the housing problem, to a great extent, is largely related to the social stability. This study focused on how public housing contributes to social justice and social mix, especially from the resident‟s perception. The methodology we used includes on-spot questionnaire, short interview and multiple regression models. A survey of 52 valid questionnaires received can help to support our result. Despite the results suggest that residents of Hong Kong Public Houses expressed a neutral attitude on Hong Kong Public Housing Policy contributing social mix and social justice, their perception on social mix and social justice are highly related with each other.
Public Housing; Social Justice; Social Mix; Resident Perceptions.
Multimodal Large Language Models for Smart City Analysis from Unstructured Data in Singapore
Achieving sustainable urban development in high-density city-states such as Singapore requires planning frameworks that integrate heterogeneous data sources, capture interactions across multiple spatial and temporal scales, and respond to rapidly evolving environmental and socio-economic conditions. However, most urban modeling solutions treat isolated aspects independently, resulting in a fragmented perspective that severely limits their operational utility and adaptability in real-world scenarios. This study proposes a multimodal large language model (MLLM)-based framework tailored to sustainable urban development in Singapore, combining crucial urban resource inputs, outputs, and socio-economic factors. External influences arising from global political and economic dynamics are embedded to enhance the model’s practicality. The proposed architecture supports parallel multi-task learning, human-in-the-loop interaction, and real-time data updates, ensuring high precision and practical utility. Experimental results conducted using Singapore-specific datasets demonstrate the model’s outstanding performance in generating interpretable and actionable responses that remain consistent across diverse scenarios while advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This work serves as a stable and adaptive paradigm for applying multimodal artificial intelligence in urban governance and policy-making.
Sustainable urban development, Multimodal Large Language Model, Singapore, urban governance, sustainable development goals.
Brand Restoration Mechanisms for Multinational Enterprises from the Perspective of Crisis Communication and Implications for Business Education
Under the dual background of globalization and social media, transnational enterprises' public opinion crises have become normalized and cross-cultural. Based on crisis communication theory, this paper explores the formation mechanism and evolution path of brand crises, constructs a brand repair mechanism in cross-cultural contexts, and finds that effective crisis communication can reduce brand damage and accelerate trust reconstruction. The research proposes synergistic brand repair from the dimensions of information response, emotional communication, responsibility fulfillment, and value identification, and integrates crisis communication and cross-cultural communication into business education to optimize curriculum structure, strengthen practical teaching, and cultivate composite business talents adapted to global competition.
Crisis communication, multinational enterprise, brand restoration, business education, cross-cultural communication.
Application of Mathematical Culture in Micro-Dramas: Value, Paths and Prospects
As an emerging literary and artistic form in the era of fragmented communication, micro-short dramas are transforming from "traffic-oriented" to "value-oriented". Their lightweight and strong narrative characteristics provide an innovative carrier for the dissemination of mathematical culture. This paper discusses from four dimensions: application value, practical paths, typical cases and development prospects. Through the cross-analysis of practical examples of mathematical applications in film and television, practical experience of mathematical dramas and the logic of hit micro-short dramas, it systematically constructs an integration framework of mathematical culture and micro-short dramas. The research shows that through the path of interdisciplinary integration, the win-win situation between the dissemination of mathematical culture and the refinement of micro-short dramas can be achieved, providing new ideas for the popularization of scientific culture and the innovation of new media content.
Mathematical culture, micro-dramas, cultural communication.