Persistence in 'Hard Core' and Adjustment of 'Protective Belt': Text Analysis on Governance Programme of Chinese Communist Party

摘要

By referring to Lakatos' The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes, the governance programme of Chinese Communist Party can be divided into hard core and protective belt. The four cardinal principles are the "hard core" in the governance programme of Chinese Communist Party, and they ran through the period and later period of Mao Zedong. However, changes of the specific expressions of "the four cardinal principles" can be seen in reports at various Party Congresses. Meanwhile, Language of text in reports at Party Congresses has transferred from "revolution - struggle" to "reform - construction", which is reflection of "protective belt" adjustment. All in all, changes of rhetorical language in reports at Party Congresses can clearly reflect the persistence in "hard core" and positive adjustment of "protective belt" of Chinese Communist Party.