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    Analysis of the Resolution Model for the Responsibility Gap in the Metaverse World
    Lili YUAN, Guoguang BAO
    2025, 27 (6):  13-21.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.002
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    Through an in-depth analysis of the root causes and effective solution models for “responsibility gap” in the metaverse world, the connotation and types of responsibility gap are reinterpreted. From an ethical perspective, while discussing the strengths and limitations of “relationship method” and “interpretive method”, it introduces the “society-human-machine” relationship model that assigns relational responsibility to non-human entities, resolving the issue of autonomous systems being unable to bear moral responsibilities. Additionally, by using the interpretive method, it presents the “history-fiction” narrative model, clearly defining the narrative responsibility of humans for the actions and consequences of autonomous systems. Comparative studies have shown that these two methods are complementary, including the complementarity of responsibility allocation factors, the complementarity of human and non-human entity responsibilities, and the complementarity of legal, moral, democratic, and active responsibilities. Therefore, adopting a collaborative model of the relationship method and the interpretive method to bridge the responsibility gap is helpful to establish a responsible and sustainable metaverse world system.

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    Digital Platform Discipline and Its Governance from the Composite Intentionality Perspective
    Chen SHI
    2025, 27 (6):  22-28.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.003
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    Human thought and behaviour are closely related to intentionality. Unlike the two traditional paths of phenomenology and ethics of intentionality, Verbeek proposes a third path of composite intentionality: human beings and technological objects co-mediating technological practices. In the era of big data, as the embodied characteristics of new technological artifacts such as data and algorithms become more and more obvious, digital technology is bringing great convenience to human life, while at the same time, people’s autonomous thinking and actions are being disciplined and even controlled by digital platforms. Relying on digital survival to quantify people, manipulating people through relevance algorithms, and inducing people with persuasive technologies, digital platforms are constructing a kind of composite intentionality in which the role of technological objects far exceeds that of human subjects, profoundly influencing and regulating users’ autonomous judgement and choices. In the face of this challenge, an effective governance program should be based on the theory of composite intentionality, correcting the current non-anthropocentrism of “seeing things but not seeing people” by emphasizing the co-presence of people and technological artifacts.

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    Information Disorder: The Epistemological Dilemma and Solution in the Absence of Practical Intermediary
    Dan LIN, Zhiwei ZHU
    2025, 27 (6):  29-36.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.004
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    With the advent of big data and smart era, the issue of information disorder in the digital public area has emerged, encompassing misleading, false, or harmful information, whether intentionally or unintentionally disseminated. The significance of Marx’s concept of “synthesis” in terms of an epistemological revolution lies in its revelation that information disorder fundamentally underscores an epistemological dilemma centered on information distortion in the digital age. Specifically, under the influence of digital interfaces, algorithmic technologies, and digital intelligence systems, the absence of human practical activities, processes, and mechanisms gives rise to distortions in the content, capacity, and horizons of cognition. As such, the construction of a new type of “responsible” regulators, the establishment of a historical critique of the notion of intelligent fetishism, and the reinvention of a coded “tertiary retention” that highlights the mechanisms of praxis are important ideas and ways to combat information disorder within this epistemological shift.

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    Study on the Green Technology Innovation Effect of Fiscal Vertical Imbalance: Based on an Analysis of Provincial Panel Data
    Yuyang SUN
    2025, 27 (6):  37-48.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.005
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    Green technology innovation plays a key supporting role in green and low-carbon development. Under the framework of China-style decentralization system, it is of great practical significance to explore the effect of fiscal vertical imbalance on green technology innovation. In this context, the mechanism of fiscal vertical imbalance and green technology innovation is first systematically expounded from the theoretical level, and then the impact of fiscal vertical imbalance on green technology innovation is empirically tested by building a two-way fixed effect model. The results show that fiscal vertical imbalance inhibits green technology innovation, and this conclusion is still valid after the endogeneity and robustness tests. Fiscal vertical imbalance mainly inhibits green technology innovation by weakening the government’s innovation preferences and reducing the intensity of environmental regulation. Further research shows that the effect of fiscal vertical imbalance on green technology innovation is heterogeneous due to the differences in economic development level, transfer payment level and fiscal vertical imbalance degree.

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    Driving Factors and Multiple Path Selection of Provincial Green Development in China:An Empirical Analysis Based on PEST Framework
    Weiwei LI, Yating CHI, Pingtao YI
    2025, 27 (6):  49-56.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.006
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    In order to address the issue of drivers and path selection of green development in Chinese provinces, the green development level of 30 provincial-level regions in 2023 and their drivers and development paths are analyzed based on the PEST theoretical framework and the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) method. The results show that, a single factor does not constitute a necessary condition for high green development in a province, but informationalized level plays a universal role in promoting green development; there are three kinds of multiple paths that can realize the high level of green development in the regions, the ‘political-technological driven model with economic support’, the ‘political-technological driven model reliant on society trust’ and the ‘social-technological dual-driven model’, as well as three kinds of groupings that lead to the low level of green development in the regions, and there is a causally asymmetric relationship between the two types of groupings.

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    How Proactive Intelligence Promotes Interaction Willingness: Experimental Research Based on the Human-Machine Value Co-creation Perspective
    Xuecheng YANG, Jing GUO, Jingnan JIANG
    2025, 27 (6):  57-68.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.007
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    The influence of proactive intelligence on users’ interaction willingness is becoming increasingly significant. Focusing on smart home contexts, a theoretical model of how proactive intelligence shapes users’ interaction willingness was developed, drawing on the perspective of human-machine value co-creation. Three controlled offline experiments were conducted to empirically test the model. Results demonstrated that, compared with low or non-proactive intelligence, highly proactive intelligence significantly enhances users’ interaction willingness. Moreover, the human-machine value co-creation experience mediates this relationship. This mediation effect is further moderated by the AI feature-user capability fit, such that the impact of proactive intelligence on co-creation experience becomes more pronounced when the fit is low. These findings lay the foundation for exploring machines’ behavioral characteristics of smart services, and also provide scientific insights into smart product design.

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    Can Crisis Information from Government Social Media Stimulate Public Insurance Attention?Evidence from Sudden Public Health Crisis
    Wenjie LI, Junyao ZHENG, Fan YANG
    2025, 27 (6):  69-80.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.008
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    The main purpose of the government’s release of crisis information is to encourage the public to actively respond to risks. As insurance constitutes a crucial risk management tool, it is worth exploring whether crisis information from government social media can stimulate insurance awareness. Based on the sudden public health crisis of COVID-19, the city-level daily panel data are used and the fixed effect model is applied to explore the impact of crisis information from government social media on public insurance attention. The results show that crisis information from government social media significantly reduces insurance attention, which is caused by the fact that crisis information from government social media increases public prevention attention. The introduction of specific medical insurance policy is also one of the reasons why crisis information from government social media further reduces public insurance attention, which forms the “charity hazard”. In addition, crisis information from government social media has a greater negative impact on public insurance attention in regions with higher development levels of internet and insurance (including internet insurance) , while it can have a positive impact on public insurance attention in regions with lower development levels of internet and insurance. To effectively respond to such crises, it is recommended to further promote the protective functions of insurance, clarify the management scopes of the government, and make up for the development shortcomings of insurance.

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    On the Normative Positioning and Boundaries of Supervisory Accountability
    Yucheng HOU
    2025, 27 (6):  81-89.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.009
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    In the normative context, supervisory accountability has the dual attributes of accountability power and disposal power. However, in practice, the current application of supervisory accountability deviates from this normative positioning, which is concentrated in the confusion and conflicts between supervisory accountability, other forms of accountability, and supervisory disposal methods at the application level. To realize the rule of law in supervision, promote the precision of supervisory accountability, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of those being held accountable, it is urgent to accurately delineate the boundaries of supervisory accountability to avoid practical problems such as the generalization and alienation of accountability. In response, supervisory authorities can construct a three-tier discrimination framework to clarify the boundaries of supervisory accountability and improve its standardization: using “behavioral discernment” to delineate the boundaries between supervision accountability and other supervisory disposal methods, determining whether accountability should be initiated; using “accountability discernment” to delineate the boundaries between supervisory accountability and other forms of accountability, determining whether supervisory accountability should or can be initiated; and using “value discernment” to delineate the boundaries between supervisory accountability and error-tolerant correction mechanisms, determining whether supervisory accountability can be deterred.

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    Theoretical Clarification and Legal Realization of Security Obligations in Personal Financial Data Sharing
    Shaokai RUAN
    2025, 27 (6):  90-99.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.010
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    Faced with the dilemma of personal financial data sharing, the data trust theory introduced at the theoretical level improperly aggravates the obligations of data controllers, and it is necessary to clarify that the legal basis of data controllers’ responsibility is the obligation of security. At the institutional level, the absence of pre-entry qualification review standards, the conflict between data sharing and personal information protection during operations along with the risk of ineffective contractual constraints, and the trend toward joint liability in the allocation of post-event civil liability due to the conflation of “joint handling” and “joint infringement” have essentially distorted the the security obligation from “monitoring of risk sources” to “protection of legal interests.” In order to promote the legal realization of personal financial data sharing, it is necessary to realize the return of security obligation of “monitoring of risk sources” by clarifying the industrial pre-entry qualification review standards, implementing the restraint mechanism of “public-private cooperation” during operations and distinguishing the responsibility allocation according to the personal financial data sharing mode and subjective state afterwards. Meanwhile, mechanisms such as insurance can replace the “protection of legal interests” approach to security obligations, thereby achieving the legal effect of favorably protecting data subjects.

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    On the Application of Substantive Similarity in the AI Age : Taking AIGC as the Object
    Junkai ZHANG
    2025, 27 (6):  100-109.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.011
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    Based on the characteristics of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the current AI generation process relies on pre-existing works as training data to produce expressions according to given instructions. Consequently, there may be a high degree of similarity between the generated expressions and the original works. Under the existing Copyright Law, the determination of infringement is generally based on the criteria of “access plus substantial similarity.” In the context of the internet, the “access” requirement is implicitly sidelined, and the substantial similarity standard is applied from an outcome-oriented perspective, which may hinder the future utilization of AI. The randomness inherent in machine-generated creations deviates from the traditional rules for determining “substantial similarity.” The selection of databases and prompt words plays a significant role in the allocation of liability. Through the deconstruction and analysis of the AI generation process, greater emphasis should be placed on human intervention and guidance in infringement cases involving AI-generated contents. The scope of AI databases and the generation prompt words can also serve as considerations in infringement adjudications.

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    Causal Effect of Postgraduate Education on Promoting Economic Growth
    Fengliang LI, Manqing LIU, Weifang MIN
    2025, 27 (6):  110-121.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.012
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    Many studies have identified a positive correlation between the scale of postgraduate education and regional economic growth; however, the causal relationship remains unclear. Based on the provincial panel data from China, an instrumental variable approach is employed to empirically examine the causal effect of postgraduate education on regional economic growth. The main findings are as follows: Overall, after controlling for basic education, undergraduate and junior college education, physical capital investment, human capital investment, and the degree of openness, the scale of postgraduate education is found to significantly promote economic growth. This result remains robust after addressing endogeneity, confirming that the expansion of postgraduate education is a cause rather than a consequence of economic growth. Regionally, the expansion of postgraduate education significantly boosts economic growth across eastern, central, and western China, with the magnitude of the effect decreasing in the order of eastern, western, and central regions. In terms of economic zones, postgraduate education positively contributes to economic growth in the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Bohai Rim, with the strongest effect observed in the Yangtze River Delta, followed by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Bohai Rim. Moreover, the positive impact of postgraduate education on economic growth is moderated by talent mobility and industrial structure. Specifically, industrial structure upgrading explains regional differences across geographic areas, while industrial rationalization accounts for differences among strategic economic zones. Additionally, both the scale of postgraduate education and the proportion of employed postgraduates jointly influence economic growth, underscoring the importance of effective employment of highly educated talents.

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    Study on the Mechanism and Path of Brand Creation of Party Building Work in Colleges and Universities Based on Grounded Theory
    Yongqiang SUI, Zhenghong LI, Huihu ZHUANG
    2025, 27 (6):  122-130.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.013
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    Promoting the brand establishment of party building is an objective requirement to improve the scientific level of party building in colleges and universities and enhance its work vitality. 26 cases of party building brand creation in colleges and universities are taken as the sample sources, and the grounded theory is used to extract the internal mechanism model of party building brand creation in colleges and universities. It is found that the brand of party building in colleges and universities is a symbol that can reflect the characteristics of party building in colleges and universities, and the carrier is the working mode and organizational activities of party building with epoch-making, innovation and sustainability. With the help of endogenous drive and external pressure, colleges and universities can realize the brand development of party building work by deepening political foundations, building signature projects, and optimizing continuous operations, and make the benefits of party building continue to spill over. Five ways are proposed to promote the brand establishment of party building in colleges and universities, including systematic operation, source control, professional implementation, project-based management and integrated education, so as to drive the high-quality development of colleges and universities with the brand establishment of party building.

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    On the Literary and Musical Convergence Between The Waves and Beethoven’s String Quartets
    Yue ZHAO, Yan SONG
    2025, 27 (6):  131-139.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.014
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    The Waves is Virginia Woolf’s groundbreaking novel of experimentation and one of her important intermedial works exploring the relationship between literature and music. It is evident that Beethoven’s music has a profound impact on the creation of The Waves from its conception to completion. There exists a significant relevance in both form and content between the novel and Beethoven’s late string quartets in B-flat Major. Within the framework of “covert intermediality” in the musicalization of fiction, Woolf draws an analogy between her novel and Beethoven’s string quartets in structure, thematization and imaginary content, and composition technique by way of implicit “showing” and explicit “telling”. Thus Woolf accomplishes an experiment in transmediation spanning from macrocosmic structural adaptation and thematic mapping to microcosmic perceptual activation. The profound convergence between The Waves and Beethoven’s music thereby establishes it as a paradigmatic text of Woolfian musicalization of fiction.

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    River Civilization Narratives in the New Experiences of Northeast Chinese Literature: Case Study of Jin Ziwei’s The Great Liaohe River
    Zhe HU, Mingqian LIU
    2025, 27 (6):  140-146.  DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2025.06.015
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    Rivers not only give birth to human civilization but also witness the evolution and development of civilization. Jin Ziwei’s new work, The Great Liaohe River, uses the mother river of his hometown as a primordial symbol and employs nonlinear narratives to intertwine history and reality, blending fiction and nonfiction, thereby recreating the ecology, history, and culture of the Liaohe River. Traditional Northeast literature has formed creative experiences characterized by regionalism, cultural identity, historicity, and ethnicity. While The Great Liaohe River follows this tradition, it also engages in deeper reflections on time and space. It traces the origins of Chinese civilization and through the writing of river civilization explores the new form of human advancement, revealing the communal essence of human civilization. By placing local civilization within the broader framework of world civilization, it promotes thinking about the community with a shared future for mankind. In this way, the work allows Northeast literature to transcend regional experiences and open up to a more global perspective under the philosophy of “new globalization”.

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