Li Yang

Assistant Professor, Peking University

PKUSSI Course: Studies on Important Figures in the History of the Communist Party of China

Li Yang is an assistant professor in the School of Marxism of Peking University.She received a PhD degree from School of Marxism at Peking University in 2021. After graduation, she joined Peking University as an assistant professor in 2022. Her research focuses on Marxist governance theory. Now she also pays attention on the history and practice of the Communist Party of China. Her recent study focuses on urban governance of the Communist Party of China. She also supervises graduate students.

Representative Publications:

1. Li Yang, “A Marxist Examination of Challenges Confronting AI Governance”, Academics, 8, 2025.

2. Li Yang, “The Historical Structure of the Transformation of Young Marx’s Thought：A Study Centered on the Notes of Kreuznach”, Studies on Marxist Theory, 1, 2025.

3. Li Yang, “Young Karl Marx’s Critique of National Governance and Transformation of Ideological Methods”, Journal of Northwest Normal University(Social Sciences), 5, 2024.

4. Li Yang, “The Defects of Western Governance Theory and the Transcendence of Marxist Governance Thought”, Philosophical Research, 7, 2020. Reprinted in full in the Marxism-Leninism Studies by Renmin University Copying Press, 12, 2020.

5. Li Yang, “The ‘Alienation’ and ‘Revival’ of the ‘Wonderful Constitution’-The Analysis of Governance in Engels’s The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State”, Fujian Tribune (The Humanities & Social Sciences Edition), 5, 2020. Reprinted in full in Marxism-Leninism Studies by Renmin University Copying Press, 8, 2020.