Abstract:

The increasing fluidity， diversity， and boundary-blurring characteristics of emerging sectors pose significant challenges to traditional Party-building models. This has resulted in insufficient organizational coverage， functional malfunction， and weakened political identification. Building on a review of the evolution of Party-building models， this article introduces a “social linkage” perspective to examine the adaptive transformations required of grassroots Party-building. Drawing on a process-tracing study of the “Comprehensive Coverage Campaign of Party Organization System in Emerging Sectors” in City S， it proposes an analytical framework of “socially linked Party-building.” The findings show that this model operates through a threefold mechanism—organizational embedding， functional adjustment， and reciprocal identification—to reconstruct the multidimensional linkages between Party organizations and emerging sectors.Organizational embedding restructures organizational networks to achieve structural extension and establish institutional linkages； functional adjustment optimizes functional performance， enhancing service provision and governance responsiveness to strengthen interactive linkages； and reciprocal identification fosters political sentiment and a sense of community， thereby deepening affective linkages. Compared with traditional models， socially linked Party-building places greater emphasis on the social relations generated through Party-society interaction.With that comes higher levels of flexibility and adaptability in cross-boundary embedding， resource integration， and identity construction.This offers a more resilient theoretical framework and practical pathway for grassroots Party-building in the new era.

Key words: Social linkage based Party-building, Emerging Fields, Social networks, Political Identity