Abstract:

The interpretation of the “Eight-Eight Strategy” has been the biggest theoretical hot spot in Zhejiang’s scholarly circles over the past ten years. And many books and articles are published each year to continue the discussion. Few scholars, however, have explored in depth the methodological dimension of the Strategy, especially from the Marxist perspective. Hence, interpreting the “Eight-Eight Strategy” from the perspective of methodology is an important task facing Zhejiang theorists. This article reviews the articles and speeches published by Xi Jinping during his stay in Zhejiang on the formulation and implementation of the “Eight-Eight Strategy” and then analyzes and discusses the dialectical relationships between the five major methodologies contained in the “Eight-Eight Strategy”. They are Subject Methodology, Practical Methodology, Contradiction Analysis, Systematical Analysis, and Historical Analysis. The article concludes with a comprehensive application and development of the Eight-Eight Strategy as applied to Marxist methodology.

Key words: Eight-Eight Strategy, methodology, application and development