• Disruptive innovation: the key capability of Chinese companies to cope with Western strategic containment
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1793-1801.
• Abstract ( )
• The digital economy has become the core area of ??strategic competition between the United States and China. In recent years, the United States has continuously strengthened its strategic deployment of digital competition with China, continuously upgraded relevant competitive means, and used its own influence to put pressure on third countries or regions, attempting to contain and encircle Chinese companies in all aspects, so as to weaken the competitiveness of Chinese companies in the international market. However, even in the face of such huge external pressure, Chinese companies still rely on their own strengths and characteristics to gain wide recognition in overseas markets. The resilience of Chinese companies is largely due to their disruptive innovation capabilities. This article systematically reviews the theory of disruptive innovation and compares this specific type of innovation with other types of innovation to clarify its unique connotation and essential characteristics. Huawei and Alibaba, two representative companies, are selected as typical cases for in-depth research. Looking back on the growth process of the two companies from initially marginal small companies to global technology leaders, the shaping strategies and driving factors of their disruptive innovation capabilities in this development process are analyzed. This paper further discusses how Huawei and Alibaba use the unique advantages of disruptive innovation to effectively resist isolation and containment from the Western camp in the Southeast Asian market, successfully win the high trust and support of the local market, and obtain market positions in the fields of smart cities and 5G communications that are difficult for Western companies to replace. It is hoped that this will provide theoretical directions and experience inspiration with reference value, and help Chinese companies develop steadily in the increasingly severe suppression and containment situation and the complex and ever-changing international competition environment.

• Strategic narrative analysis of American to China science and technology: from the perspective of "Ban TikTok"
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1802-1810.
• Abstract ( )
• Under the great changes in the past century, emerging transnational technologies have been brought into the radius of American game against China. Scientific analysis of the narrative content of American science and technology in China can provide a mirror for American science and technology issues and American public opinion research on China. Based on the strategic narrative theory, this paper clarifies the strategic narrative of American science and technology to China in the topic of "Ban TikTok". It is found that the operational path of American strategic narrative of science and technology to China is divided into framing strategic scope, emphasizing strategic connection, intensifying strategic contradiction and solidifying strategic narrative, which embodies the narrative thinking that the United States links stereotypes and stigmatizes China's science and technology, forms a whole-subject narrative layout of "government-media-think tank", establishes narrative skills based on wedge strategy, and finally achieves the goal of suppressing rising countries by science and technology. The narrative of American science and technology strategy to China protects American international discourse right, but it is limited by the intermittent characteristics of American science and technology policy, the large-scale development of China's science and technology going to sea and the common conclusion of emerging global science and technology norms. The U.S. strategy of suppressing Chinese science and technology has been transferred to other China science and technology products. Therefore, the narrative suppression analysis of American science and technology to China should be transformed into relevant strategic industries, so as to help China science and technology to respond to the situation and follow the trend.

• A Study on the Judgment Criteria for Civilian-Military Dual-Use Security Review of Foreign Investment in AI Agent Technology
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1811-1819.
• Abstract ( )
• AI Agent technology is different from traditional large language models in that it can make autonomous decisions, perform multi-step tasks, and sense the environment; thus, it is now changing the world of technology. The AI Agent will use the large language model in the scaffolding software to plan and carry out a series of tasks independently without continuous human intervention, and it can do more than just answer questions. The purpose of this architecture is dual-use, and it can be employed for civil and military applications; thus, the same framework of autonomous planning and tool invocation that has optimised commercial workflows can also be used in the military for command and control, intelligence analysis, autonomous weapons systems, etc. Therefore, the dual-use boundary is determined not by the category of goods but by how they are used and connected in the system; thus, the old way of classifying or declaring the end-use of goods is no longer effective. With the intensification of strategic competition between China and the United States and the changes in the economic security strategy of the European Union, many countries have begun to add artificial intelligence to the mandatory foreign investment security review. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has expanded the scope of application for inbound investment under the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act, introduced the Outbound Investment Security Program to curb outbound investment in countries of concern, and by 2025, the National Security Presidential Memorandum will increase control over sensitive technologies such as artificial intelligence. The new Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regulation in the EU lists artificial intelligence, quantum technology and semiconductors as important areas to be monitored for all member states, and the EU has started to study the screening of outbound investments. China's Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment have covered significant amounts of information and key technologies in the field of information technology and core industries, but specific judgment criteria for the new form of technology, AI agents, have not been established. Building on the foundation of technological security paradox, this paper thinks that the commercial value of AI Agent technology is directly related to its autonomy, adaptability and generalisation ability; at the same time, these are also the reasons for concern. Based on the criteria and practice in the United States, the European Union and China, as well as through cases such as Shield AI, OpenAI and the merger of SpaceX and xAI, this paper introduces the three structural defects of the current review system. The first is the accuracy of technical identification; static classification cannot consider that the capability changes according to the application environment. The second is the coordination of norms, as the security of a country is increasingly used to achieve technological containment in the background of geopolitical competition. The third is dynamic adaptability; that is to say, with the exponential growth in agents' capabilities, the revision of review norms has been slow. A new hierarchical review model based on functions, rather than product labels, will be put forward in this paper. The five parts of the AI Agent model are Autonomy, Connectivity, Adaptability, Collaboration and Accumulation, and one of them has been assigned to each of the four risk levels. If any aspect reaches the third level, a deep audit will be conducted; if two or more aspects reach the third level or any single aspect reaches the fourth level, then strict measures will be taken. Some proposals for the construction and operation of the Chinese review system were also made in this paper, such as adding a particular review guide for AI agent technology, establishing a joint expert assessment team to conduct practical capability tests, and introducing a regular update mechanism for threshold parameters. By changing the focus of the review from what a technology is to what it can do, the model aims to provide a theoretical basis and an institutional reference for China to improve the judgment criteria for the civilian and military dual-use attributes of AI Agent technology in foreign investment security review.

• Research on the Impact of Digitalization and Green Synergies on Future Industrial Development
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1820-1832.
• Abstract ( )
• Artificial intelligence is a pivotal force in cultivating new quality productive forces in China. Examining how the synergy between digitalization and green transformation drives the development of future industries is important for overcoming current bottlenecks. Using panel data for 283 Chinese cities from 2009 to 2023, this study employs fixed-effects, mediation, and spatial Durbin models to empirically assess the effect of the synergy between digital and green transformation on future industrial development. The results show that digital transformation significantly promotes future industrial development, whereas green transformation yields notable effects only in the long term. The synergy between digital and green transformation offsets green transformation’s short-term limitations, enabling them to jointly foster future industrial development in the short- and long-term. Mechanism tests indicate that this dual synergy advances future industrial development through three channels: attracting green finance, strengthening green innovation capabilities, and optimizing industrial structure. Heterogeneity analysis reveals that the synergistic effects are stronger in larger cities, in cities with more advanced digital economies, and in cities with higher environmental awareness. Moreover, the synergy exhibits significant spatial spillover effects, thereby fostering coordinated industrial layouts across cities. This study deepens our understanding of the drivers, mechanisms, and spatial heterogeneity through which the dual synergy of digitalization and green transformation promotes future industrial development.

• Research on the Formation of Breakthrough Technology from the Perspective of Knowledge Recombination
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1833-1851.
• Abstract ( )
• As an intrinsic requirement and a crucial focal point for achieving high-level technological self-reliance and driving high-quality economic and social development in China, the cultivation and formation of new quality productive forces confront theoretical and practical challenges that demand urgent resolution. This process critically requires revolutionary technological breakthroughs to provide dynamic support for its advancement. Consequently, understanding technological formation mechanisms and promoting the emergence of disruptive technologies have become pivotal issues in China's innovation-driven development. Grounded in knowledge recombination theory, this study investigates the impact of knowledge recombination characteristics (knowledge distance and knowledge diversity) on the formation of breakthrough technologies at both knowledge and inventor levels, while examining the moderating role of inventor collaboration intensity (inter-organizational and intra-organizational cooperation). Utilizing patent data from the U.S. synthetic biology sector (2004–2021) for empirical validation, our findings reveal: (1) Both knowledge distance and diversity exhibit inverted U-shaped relationships with breakthrough technology formation; (2) Inter-organizational collaboration intensity reinforces these inverted U-shaped relationships between knowledge recombination characteristics and technological breakthroughs, whereas intra-organizational collaboration demonstrates no significant moderating effect. This research enriches theoretical understanding of breakthrough technology origins and provides practical insights for R&D professionals seeking technological breakthroughs through collaborative innovation.

• Research on Barrier-Breaking Pathways for Key Core Technologies from the Perspective of Triple Barriers
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1852-1864.
• Abstract ( )
• Breaking through the composite barriers in key core technologies is a necessary path to achieving technological self-reliance and strength. Based on the knowledge gap, path dependence and niche lock-in analytical framework, our paper systematically reveals the formation mechanisms of the triple barriers: Knowledge gap manifests as a dual imbalance between the fragmentation of explicit knowledge and the interruption in the inheritance of tacit knowledge. To break through it, a full-chain reconstruction mechanism is required, which includes the systematic integration of explicit knowledge, the explicit transformation of tacit knowledge, and the iterative optimization of knowledge systems; Path dependence arises from the self-solidification of technological systems, the synergistic lock-in of industrial chains, and the constraints of institutional combinations. To achieve trajectory transition, it is necessary to carry out modular decomposition of technical architectures, reconstruct technical standards, and design flexibly adjustable policy tools, among other measures. Niche Lock-in, in essence, refers to the multi-dimensional power solidification of technical standards, institutional rules, and knowledge networks. Achieving niche climbing relies on synergistic strategies including the reorganization of technical architectures, the remolding and integration of institutional rules, and the cognitive reconstruction of knowledge power. Furthermore, there exists a dynamic correlation between the triple barrier-breaking paths: knowledge reconstruction provides theoretical support for the leap of technological trajectories, the leap of technological trajectories creates interface conditions for niche ascension, and niche ascension feeds back to drive the innovation of knowledge production, thus forming a positive cycle that starts from knowledge reconstruction, moves to the leap of technological trajectories, then to niche ascension, and finally returns to knowledge reconstruction. Based on the above conclusions, the following implications are derived: ① Establish a knowledge factor transformation system to resolve the dilemma of tacit knowledge inheritance. A national industrial knowledge graph platform should be built to integrate multimodal perception technologies and systematically capture high-dimensional tacit knowledge. ② Innovate dynamic policy tools to address the dilemma of technological trajectory lock-in. It is necessary to design a special policy package for intergenerational technological leaps and embed a flexible buffer mechanism to cope with path dependence. ③ Implement an innovation ecosystem power restructuring project to break through standard nesting blockades. A technological standard upgrading plan should be launched, and a mechanism for transforming international rules on standard nesting should be established. ④ Improve the collaborative barrier-breaking mechanism to enhance systematic evolution capability. An industry-university-research-government collaborative platform covering barrier diagnosis, path adaptation, and innovation ecosystem restructuring should be constructed, and a real-time monitoring indicator system for the three types of barriers should be developed.

• Computing Power Governance: The Governance of Core Resources in the Digital Era
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1880-1889.
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• Abstract: As a core strategic resource in the era of artificial intelligence, the establishment of a governance system for computing power is an urgent requirement for the modernization of national governance. This paper proposes for the first time the theoretical framework of "computing power governance," elucidating its connotations through dual dimensions of resource attributes and instrumental attributes. In the resource dimension, computing power as a novel derived resource necessitates addressing challenges such as sovereignty assurance, resource allocation, and cross-domain interoperability, enhancing national resource control capabilities through institutional design. In the instrumental dimension, computing power empowers the modernization of national governance through dynamic adaptation, symbiotic governance, and digital-intelligent applications to enhance governance efficacy. Computing power governance must transcend traditional resource governance paradigms to construct a novel framework aligned with its unique characteristics. Future efforts should innovate resource allocation models, reshape national governance logic, and promote the transformation of global power structures, achieving a transition from "technology adaptation" to "institutional empowerment," thereby providing a new governance paradigm for the era of digital civilization.

• The Impact of Data Asset Disclosure on Digital Technological Innovation
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1899-1910.
• Abstract ( )
• Against the backdrop of advancing high-level technological self-reliance, data asset disclosure has become a critical lever for firms to build competitive advantages in digital technological innovation. Based on panel data from Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies during 2012–2023, this study employs a fixed-effects panel regression model to empirically examine the impact of data asset disclosure on corporate digital innovation.The findings reveal that data asset disclosure significantly promotes both the quantity and quality of digital innovation. Heterogeneity analyses show that the disclosure effect on innovation quality is more pronounced among manufacturing firms, while non-manufacturing firms primarily benefit in terms of innovation quantity. The impact of disclosing self-use data assets is stronger than that of transactional data assets. Furthermore, technology-intensive firms experience greater improvement in innovation quality.Mediation and moderation analyses indicate that enhanced positioning in technology trading networks serves as a key mediating mechanism. Moreover, intellectual property (IP) protection positively moderates the relationship between data asset disclosure and innovation quantity, but has no significant effect on innovation quality. This study offers practical guidance for enterprises seeking technological upgrading through data asset strategies and provides policy implications for improving data disclosure regulations.

• Can the construction of intellectual property demonstration cities promote digital collaborative innovation among enterprises?
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1911-1923.
• Abstract ( )
• Can intellectual property public policies safeguard cross organizational digital innovation property rights and promote enterprise digital collaborative innovation? Based on the data of A-share listed companies from 2011 to 2023, this article takes intellectual property demonstration cities as a quasi natural experiment, uses jointly authorized digital patents to represent digital collaborative innovation, and tests the effects and mechanisms of intellectual property demonstration cities on digital collaborative innovation. Research has found that the construction of intellectual property demonstration cities promotes a 25% increase in the average digital collaborative innovation rate of enterprises, indicating that intellectual property public policies can help solve the problem of cross organizational digital innovation property rights and open up the channel for cross organizational "integration of data and reality". Heterogeneity testing found that digital collaborative innovation in the construction of intellectual property demonstration cities only has local creation effects, and spatial spillover effects are not significant; Weak foundations in digital innovation, experienced start-up growth stages, and "weak" enterprises such as private enterprises are more likely to leverage intellectual property public policies to give wings to digital innovation collaboration. In terms of mechanisms, enhancing the connection of multiple stakeholders, promoting the diffusion of basic research, and strengthening intellectual property law enforcement are all important mechanisms for promoting digital collaborative innovation among enterprises in intellectual property demonstration cities. The research conclusion provides theoretical guidance and practical inspiration for improving the innovation of intellectual property system and building a digital innovation consortium.

• The effects of firms' basic research on technology breakthrough
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1924-1934.
• Abstract ( )
• Innovation is the primary driving force for economic growth, and basic research is a key source for promoting innovative growth and stimulating breakthrough innovations. Based on the annual survey data of 63,000 science and technology enterprises in Shanghai from 2008 to 2018, patent applications and paper publications, this paper provides new evidence for the trends, motivations and innovation breakthrough effects of basic research in enterprises. The research findings are as follows: First, basic research by enterprises has a promoting effect on technological breakthroughs. For every additional paper published by enterprises, the number of breakthrough invention patent applications increases by 0.8%. Second, the effects of basic research are heterogeneous and are related to the R&D investment, human capital and the intensity of technological returns in the industry. Third, basic research promotes technological breakthroughs through three mechanisms: increased knowledge density, expanded technical scope, and enhanced economic value. The conclusion of this article provides theoretical support and policy reference for giving full play to the role of enterprises as the main body of innovation, achieving science-driven innovation, and accelerating the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy.

• From standards to startups: A quasi-natural experiment based on the national standardization comprehensive reform pilot
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1935-1946.
• Abstract ( )
• Entrepreneurship, as one of the core driving forces of economic vitality, continuously injects fresh blood and growth momentum into the high-quality economic development by providing employment, industrial upgrading and structural transformation. Meanwhile, standards, as the institutional cornerstone for the construction of a unified national market, provide an important guarantee for the prosperity and development of the urban entrepreneurial ecosystem. Since 2016, the State Council has successively approved five provinces including Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanxi and Guangdong to launch national comprehensive reform pilot actions for standardization. Each region focused on areas such as technological innovation, public services and internationalization environment, and carried out comprehensive governance reforms in aspects such as standardization system construction, institutional mechanisms and supply capacity. Based on the theory of entrepreneurial ecosystem, the implementation of the national comprehensive reform pilot policies for standardization is regarded as a quasi-natural experiment. Using the panel data of 277 prefecture-level cities in China from 2007 to 2022, a multi-time-point difference-in-differences model was constructed to examine the empowerment effect of standardization governance on urban entrepreneurial vitality and the influencing mechanism. The research findings are as follows: (1) The standardized governance actions represented by Chinese Standardization Comprehensive Reform Pilot significantly enhanced the entrepreneurial activity of cities. This conclusion remained valid after a series of robustness tests such as parallel trend test, placebo test, substitution of dependent variables, and change of research methods; (2) The mechanism test indicates that technological innovation clustering and public service optimization played a mediating role in activating the entrepreneurial vitality of cities through standardized governance, while the enrichment of human resources and high-level opening-up positively regulated the incentive effect of standardized governance on the level of urban entrepreneurship; (3) The enhancement effect of the national comprehensive reform pilot policies on the entrepreneurial activity of cities varies due to different urban characteristics such as geographical location, education investment, industrial environment and marketization degree. Specifically, the entrepreneurial incentive effect of standardized governance is more obvious in northern cities, cities with greater education investment, better industrial environment and higher marketization degree. The research conclusions of this paper provide new ideas for activating the urban entrepreneurial ecosystem, explore the boundaries of standardized governance, and offer certain references for building a unified national market and promoting high-quality economic development. The possible contributions of this paper are as follows: First, by constructing a quasi-natural experiment based on the national comprehensive reform pilot of standardization, this paper for the first time evaluated and demonstrated the entrepreneurial incentive effect of standardized governance, not only expanding the influence boundary of standardized policies, but also enriching the entrepreneurial research system in the Chinese context from the institutional level. Second, based on the comprehensive application of the entrepreneurial ecosystem theory and Schumpeter's innovation theory, this paper deeply reveals the internal mechanism of standardized governance activating the urban entrepreneurial ecosystem from multiple aspects such as technological innovation, public services, human resources endowment and opening-up, enriching the research content of government policies' impact on urban entrepreneurship, and also based on geographical location and urban characteristics, carefully examines the heterogeneity facts of policy effect. Third, starting from stimulating the entrepreneurial vitality of cities, this paper connects the formulation of government policies and the commercial behavior of market entities from the perspective of standardized governance, providing a theoretical logic and empirical evidence for the combination of an active government and an effective market to jointly exert efforts and promote innovation development.

• Organizational Resilience, Resource Action and Value Creation: Based on Comparative Case Studies of Cultural and Tourism Enterprises in China
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1947-1958.
• Abstract ( )
• In the process of overcoming the external crisis, organizational resilience is crucial for enterprises to succeed in creating value by developing internal capabilities. Based on the resource arrangement and resource action view, this paper examines four representative cases of cultural tourism enterprises to analyze the development of organizational resilience and the role of utility in value creation. The findings are as follows: The formation of organizational resilience of cultural tourism enterprises follows the logic of "external crisis impact - internal resource arrangement - organizational ability", and its effectiveness follows the logic of "organizational ability - resource action - value creation". The impact of organizational resilience on the value creation of cultural tourism enterprises is primarily seen in three areas: economic value, social value, and environmental value. Additionally, there is a positive mediating role of resource action between organizational resilience and value creation. Cultural tourism enterprises, regardless of their property rights, follow the same fundamental logic in developing organizational resilience and achieving value creation. However, there are significant differences in resource arrangement and resource action paths. The contribution of this paper lies in relying on the underlying logic shaped by the resilience of “from the outside to promote the inside”, and incorporating resilience shaping and utility into the analysis of enterprise value creation process. It comprehensively depicts the formation process of organizational resilience of cultural tourism enterprises and its influence on value creation. In addition, the paper introduces a new connecting path of “organizational resilience, resource action, and value creation”, thereby expanding the scope of resource arrangement theory. It also responds to the question of how to “move from value discovery to value creation”, and provides a new cognitive perspective for enterprises to realize value creation in a highly uncertain environment.

• Why does scientific misconduct persist?——Evidence based on research activities in China
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1959-1970.
• Abstract ( )
• By creating a novel theoretical framework based in the sociology of science but adapted to China's particular state-led system, this study tackles the ongoing problem of scientific misconduct in the country's research landscape. China has a disproportionately high retraction rate (0.3%, three times the global average), according to an analysis of global retraction data from 2001 to 2020. There are also clear trends, with emerging science nations like China seeing rising retraction shares that surpass their publication output while established powers saw declines. The prevalence of plagiarism and fabrication gave way to more complex types of misconduct, such as paper mills, which had an especially negative effect on the fields of biology and medicine during China's explosive rise in these domains. Historically, universities were the main providers, but in the past ten years, hospitals—which are primarily associated with paper mills—have risen to over half of retractions. These patterns reveal the shortcomings of Western-centric theories such as Merton's concept of "priority" competition. This framework positions China's "Competition for Meritocracy" (You Sheng Quan) as fundamental. Government dominance fosters a resource allocation model characterized by "competition for excellence," compelling researchers to engage in intense rivalry during a "shortlist-selection" process. Success is fundamentally dependent not on absolute "priority" but on attaining relative superiority within a candidate pool, reflecting the principles of "meritocracy." This generates distinct pressure dynamics: the main stressor is uncertainty stemming from the performance escalation of peers within the cohort, rather than from fixed benchmarks. Accelerated average peer growth significantly increases pressure, which, when it surpasses the limitations of national integrity policies and scientific self-regulation, results in misconduct. This framework underwent empirical validation via a rigorous micro-level quantitative analysis of Chinese biology researchers, a field characterized by high levels of misconduct. A matched-pair sample was created consisting of 116 researchers with retractions from 2001 to 2020, paired with 116 controls matched on institution, department, gender, age, education, career stage, and honors, but lacking retractions. The longitudinal career and performance data from 2001 to 2020 resulted in an unbalanced panel comprising 3,920 observations. Logistic regression incorporating time fixed effects validated the primary hypotheses. 1) Increased perceived competitive pressure, indicated by the deviation of individual publication growth from personal moving averages, significantly elevated the probability of misconduct; 2) Accelerated average peer publication growth within the department (lagged) notably heightened misconduct, supporting the peer-driven pressure mechanism; 3) The existence of an active institutional misconduct policy substantially diminished the pressure-misconduct relationship, highlighting the essential role of organizational governance in mitigation. Consequently, the persistence of misconduct in China is fundamentally rooted in the systemic pressures arising from competition for relative status within a meritocratic allocation framework. Effective solutions necessitate structural reform: shifting resource allocation from solely competitive selection to hybrid models that include thresholds; enhancing the governance capacity of research organizations to enforce integrity policies; and promoting collaborative ecosystems to reduce hyper-competition and redirect research towards meaningful innovation. Addressing these systemic drivers is essential for ensuring sustainable research integrity in China and comparable contexts.

• Global Landscape and Sino-US Dynamics: An Interdisciplinary Topic Identification and Evolution Analysis in Artificial Intelligence
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1971-1984.
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• Abstract: In the context of the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), interdisciplinary integration has become an increasingly vital pathway for driving technological breakthroughs and knowledge innovation. However, previous research rarely explores the interdisciplinary knowledge structure and its evolutionary dynamics in AI, limiting our understanding of its underlying development patterns and weakening the strategic initiative in shaping its trajectory. This study investigates the interdisciplinary knowledge integration and structural evolution within the AI domain. By introducing the BERTopic model and incorporating disciplinary diversity and cohesion indices as well as topic intensity and content evolution metrics, we develop a three-pronged analytical framework comprising “topic identification – structural analysis – mechanism comparison”. We identify representative interdisciplinary topics in the global AI landscape, systematically analyze their structural typologies and evolutionary trajectories, and further compare the evolutionary pathways and mechanisms of China and the United States. Our findings reveal 23 interdisciplinary topics in AI with distinct structural types and varying levels of knowledge integration, exhibiting characteristics of multi-paradigm coexistence, heterogeneous knowledge convergence, and structurally coupled evolution. This indicates that AI has emerged as a paradigmatic “interdisciplinary integration platform” within complex socio-technical systems. Moreover, China and the United States demonstrate two contrasting evolutionary paths: a “paradigm-driven, system-diffusion” model in the U.S., and a “task-oriented, technology-integration” model in China. These reflect fundamental institutional, organizational, and resource allocation differences—where the U.S. emphasizes open-ended exploration and pluralistic collaboration, and China prioritizes strategic orientation and mission-driven initiatives. Based on these insights, the study proposes policy recommendations such as building heterogeneous integration platforms, refining project funding mechanisms, and enhancing interface disciplines to strengthen China’s interdisciplinary capacity and systemic resilience in AI innovation. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of interdisciplinary knowledge production and evolution in AI and offers theoretical perspectives for evaluating the dynamics of Sino-US competition in emerging technologies.

• Human-Machine Fusion Communication on Wheels: Technological Evolution and Social Embeddedness of Intelligent Connected Vehicles??
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1985-1993.
• Abstract ( )
• Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICVs), as intelligent entities deeply involved in constructing social order in the AI era, shift the focus to transportation—a dimension often overlooked in mainstream communication studies—thereby establishing a theoretical foundation for highlighting their significance in communication studies. Under current socio-technological conditions, the interactive activities jointly participated in by humans and ICVs epitomize the reality of human-machine integrated communication. The technological evolution and social embeddedness of ICVs reveal the practical role of such integration.In terms of technological evolution, ICVs establish cross-node connectivity among humans, vehicles, infrastructure, and networks. Building upon this foundation, large-scale AI models trigger interaction generalization, ultimately transcending "geofencing" and bridging spatial divides. Regarding social embeddedness, ICVs provide a preliminary basis for constructing a "multi-scalar communicable" environment and fostering barrier-free societies. However, they also face two paradoxes: energy consumption and unemployment crises, while legal and ethical dilemmas remain unresolved issues.

• How Industrial Enterprises Can Build Open Digital Platform Capabilities ： From the Perspective of “Digital-Ecological” Synergy
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 1994-2002.
• Abstract ( )
• Constructing open digital platforms has become a key pathway for industrial enterprises to achieve digital transformation and ecological synergy. However, there is still a lack of systematic research on how to integrate external innovation capabilities and internal business systems through platform openness. This study reveals the construction path and ecological synergy mechanism of open digital platform capabilities through a longitudinal case analysis of five industrial enterprises that were pioneers in building open digital platforms. The findings indicate that: (1) The construction of open digital platform capabilities follows a three-stage evolutionary path of “open infrastructure—ecological synergy expansion—value co-creation iteration,” characterized by the progressive features of “connection—symbiosis—evolution.” (2) The “digital-ecological” capabilities, through three major strategies of “introduction—collaboration—governance,” have achieved ecological synergy in “technical interfaces—resource networks—rule systems,” promoting the transformation of the platform from a tool-based infrastructure to an innovation ecosystem hub. The research results reveal the dynamic laws of open digital platform capability construction, expand the intersection of open digital platform theory and ecosystem research, and provide practical insights for industrial enterprises to accelerate ecological transformation through open strategies.

• Fiscal Authority and Expenditure Responsibility in the Science and Technology Sector and Innovation Capability —A Qualitative and Quantitative Study Based on Three Major Coastal Urban Agglomerations in China
• 2026 Vol. 44 (9): 2003-2016.
• Abstract ( )
• The scientifically and rationally delineation of fiscal authority and expenditure responsibilities in the field of science and technology is a key institutional arrangement for deepening fiscal and scientific reform, holding significant strategic importance for enhancing the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system. Against the backdrop of accelerating the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy and building a world-class science and technology power, clarifying the roles of governments at all levels in science and technology governance and establishing a stable and efficient fiscal support mechanism are of great practical significance for stimulating societal innovation vitality and achieving high-quality economic development. This study takes the three major coastal urban agglomerations in China—representative samples with the most active innovation activities and cutting-edge reform practices—as the focus. It employs a mixed research methodology combining qualitative case analysis and quantitative empirical research: On one hand, the study conducts an in-depth analysis of the three coastal urban agglomerations, using the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center as a typical case to outline and summarize the pathways and outcomes of fiscal authority and expenditure responsibility reforms in the scientific and technological sector. On the other hand, guided by the Reform Plan for the Division of Fiscal Authority and Expenditure Responsibility Between the Central and Local Governments in the Scientific and Technological Sector, the study constructs a difference-in-differences model and empirically examines the impact of fiscal authority reforms on innovation capacity using panel data from the three coastal urban agglomerations. Research findings: (1) The reform of fiscal responsibilities and expenditure obligations in the science and technology sector has a significant enhancing effect on innovation capabilities. This indicates that clearly defining the fiscal responsibilities of governments at various levels in different types of scientific and technological activities can effectively optimize the innovation governance structure, thereby unleashing innovation vitality and improving innovation capabilities. (2) The reform’s role in promoting innovation capabilities is primarily achieved through two mechanisms: First, it reduces the misallocation of innovation resources by optimizing the distribution of scientific and technological resources across levels and fields through more rational fiscal responsibility delineation, effectively correcting distorted resource allocation between departments and regions and improving the overall input-output efficiency of the innovation system. Second, it enhances the vibrancy of innovation and entrepreneurship by establishing a stable and predictable fiscal support framework and precisely guiding social capital, which greatly incentivizes innovation and entrepreneurial activities among various market entities such as enterprises and researchers, fostering a more dynamic regional innovation ecosystem.(3) The policy effects of the reform exhibit important amplification mechanisms. The study reveals that increasing talent recruitment intensity and boosting research and development investment intensity are two key positive moderating variables, implying that when fiscal responsibility delineation reform is combined with proactive talent policies and sustained research and development investment, its impact on innovation capabilities will be multiplicatively amplified.The findings of this study hold dual significance. Theoretically, by examining the institutional drivers of innovation capability enhancement from the perspective of fiscal system arrangements, this paper enriches the institutional economics explanation of innovation capability formation and development. Practically, the research conclusions provide direct empirical evidence and policy insights for the coordinated advancement of the new round of fiscal system reform and science and technology system reform.