After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China emphasized the need to make a systematic, theoretical study and interpretation on the Party’s innovation theory. Strengthening the systematic and theoretical explanation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the need to further promote theoretical innovation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the academic research on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has generally gone through relatively different periods, such as “political propaganda-text interpretation-theoretical interpretation-system construction”. At present, the academic research on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is mainly in the period of “theoretical explanation”, and its “system construction” has just begun. “Systematize” and “theorize” are the first problems that need to be clarified to promote the theoretical interpretation and systematic construction of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It is urgent to grasp the historical position of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, its research object, system backbone, philosophical foundation, core principle and symbolic category.

　　Editor: Zhong Yao  LiuTingting

　　From:Ideological & Theoretical Education.2025.No.3.