Research on the Construction of Institutional System for Non-Party Representatives in Higher Education Institutions in the New Era

Weiren Yuan; Junsong Zheng; Yang Yang; Yi Xu

doi:10.6918/IJOSSER.202610_9(10).0009

Authors

Weiren Yuan Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, Sichuan, China
Junsong Zheng Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, Sichuan, China
Yang Yang Cuiping District Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Yibin City, Yibin, China
Yi Xu Sichuan Province Yibin vocational and technical school, Yibin, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202610_9(10).0009

Keywords:

New era; higher education institutions; non-Party representatives; normative construction; united front; new-type political party system.

Abstract

Why do some universities manage to cultivate non-Party representatives effectively while others struggle despite years of effort? The answer, we argue, lies less in individual talent than in the institutional scaffolding—or its absence—that either enables or constrains collective action. Starting from this puzzle, we trace the theoretical lineage of the problem back to Marxist united front thought as it has been adapted to Chinese conditions, and supplement it with a systems-science lens to capture how normative components interact. The empirical picture that emerges is sobering: perception gaps persist among university leadership, regulatory texts remain scattered and sometimes contradictory, departments operate in silos, training programmes default to one-size-fits-all templates, platform channels have dulled, and feedback loops from evaluation back to practice are either weak or missing entirely. We respond to these findings not with a single silver-bullet reform but with a layered architecture of norms—anchored in unified Party committee leadership and radiating outward through six interlocking sub-systems—paired with five improvement directions that range from strategic planning to digital enablement. The hope is that this framework, while necessarily general, can serve both as a diagnostic tool and as a practical reference for scholars and practitioners working in the field.

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