The Central Economic Work Conference has listed "vigorously boosting consumption, improving investment efficiency, and comprehensively expanding domestic demand" as the top priority for the year, highlighting the significant importance of expanding domestic demand for China's economic development. To thoroughly implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, the first issue of this year (total issue number) of our journal plans to focus on the theme of "Expanding Domestic Demand and Promoting Consumption," and sincerely invites high-quality academic papers from experts, scholars, and researchers. Contributions can focus on the following areas:

Research on New Consumption Trends and Pathways for Consumption Upgrading:

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Research the consumption characteristics and trends of emerging consumer groups such as different generations, the silver economy, and green consumption.

• Analyze the driving forces and pathways of consumption upgrading, and explore how to meet the people's growing needs for a better life.
• Research how to utilize new technologies, models, and business formats to promote consumption upgrades, such as live-streaming e-commerce, social e-commerce, and the metaverse.

Research on Policies to Enhance Residents' Income and Consumption Capacity:

• Research how to improve the income level of residents by refining the income distribution system and increasing the proportion of labor remuneration in the initial distribution.
• Explore how to improve the social security system, reduce residents' precautionary savings, and unleash consumption potential.
• Research on how to stimulate household consumption through policies such as tax incentives and consumption subsidies.

Research on Pathways to Optimize Investment Structure and Enhance Investment Efficiency:

• Research on how to guide capital investment towards key areas such as leisure tourism, cultural industries, and green development.
• Explore how to improve the efficiency of government investment and leverage its role in stimulating social capital.
• Research on how to improve the investment environment and stimulate the vitality of private investment.

Research on the Linkage Mechanism between Urban-Rural Integrated Development and Domestic Demand Expansion:

• Research on how to unleash rural consumption potential through integrated urban-rural development.
• Explore how to improve the rural distribution system to promote the flow of industrial products to rural areas and agricultural products to urban areas.
• Research on how to expand the urban consumer base through the construction of new urbanization.

Research on the Empowerment of Digital Economy in Consumption Upgrading and Investment Efficiency Enhancement:

• Research on how to utilize big data, artificial intelligence, and other technologies to accurately identify consumer demands and optimize the supply structure.
• Research on how to develop new consumption models such as digital consumption and smart consumption.

Research on the Development of First-Economy, Ice-Snow Economy, and Silver Economy

• Study the connotation, characteristics, development trends, industrial chain construction and ecosystem cultivation of the first-mover economy, as well as its driving effect on urban economic development.
• Study the market size and development potential of the ice and snow economy, the improvement and upgrading of the industrial chain, and how to achieve synergistic development with the regional economy.
• Study the market demand and consumption characteristics of the silver economy, the construction and development models of the industrial system, as well as the collaborative promotion mechanisms among the government, market, and society.

Research on the Efficiency Enhancement of the "Two New" Policies and "Two Major" Projects

• Research on the effectiveness evaluation and optimization path of the "Two New" policies, breakthroughs and innovative models in key areas, risk prevention, and sustainable development.
• Research on the "dual" project elements: ensuring and policy support, project advancement, and pathways to enhance benefits.

Research on International Experience Reference and China's Path Selection for Expanding Domestic Demand:

• Study the experiences and lessons of developed countries in expanding domestic demand to provide references for China.
• Analyze the challenges and opportunities China faces in expanding domestic demand, and explore the path choices that align with China's national conditions.
• The research focuses on how to coordinate the domestic and international markets and resources to achieve mutual promotion of the domestic and international dual circulation.

Submission Deadline: [Year] [Month] [Day]. (For submission requirements, please refer to the appendix.)

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Appendix:

Submission Requirements for "Xinhua Think Tank Research"

The article should be original and not published in any other journals. It should be well-reasoned and well-supported, incorporating both theoretical analysis and practical case studies, and the style should conform to the standards of academic writing.

The article should ideally be around 1,000 words. Essays discussing significant theoretical issues or important academic topics may be slightly longer.

Please attach a Chinese abstract (about 500 characters), keywords (3-5), and an author introduction (including name, work unit, and title) before the article text. If the article is a research fund project, please specify the project name and project number; only one fund project should be retained.

The article does not distinguish between annotations (text that provides further explanation or supplementary information on a certain content or viewpoint in the article) and references. Both are placed at the end of the article and appear as endnotes.

The writing standards for references are as follows:

Monograph: Primary author, Title of the work, Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication, Page range.

Translation: Original Title, Document Title, Translator's Name, Place of Publication: Publishing Unit, Year of Publication, Page Range.

Journal Article: Primary Author, Title of the Article, Journal Name, Year, Volume (Issue), Page Range.

Newspaper Article: Primary Author, Title of the Article, Name of the Newspaper, Edition Number, Publication Date.

Extracted literature in monographs: Primary responsible person of the extracted literature, title of the extracted literature, primary responsible person of the monograph, title of the monograph, place of publication: publishing unit, year of publication, starting and ending page numbers of the extracted literature.

Cite the works of classical Marxist authors, using the latest edition published by the People's Publishing House.

Foreign language monographs and journal articles should use the original foreign language text. Foreign book titles should be italicized, as should magazine names. The publication location must be indicated for monographs. Do not use Chinese to describe foreign language content.

When citing online articles, please refer to the example:

Meituan "Meituan Corporate Social Responsibility Report", //../, last accessed on [Year] [Month] [Day].

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Please send the article in document form to the email address, with the subject line "Expanding Domestic Demand and Promoting Consumption".

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