The reference books for the postgraduate entrance examination of ideological and political major in Southwest University are:

1, introduction to the basic principles of Marxism, etc. Higher Education Press, 2009 (written test)

2. Chen Zhangyaocan, editor-in-chief of "Principles of Ideological and Political Education", Higher Education Press, July 2007, second edition (written test)

3. Introduction to the Theoretical System of Mao Zedong Thought and Socialism with Chinese characteristics, edited by Wu Shuqing, Higher Education Press, 2009 (interview)

4. Principles of Marxist Philosophy, edited by Chen Xianda, Renmin University of China Press, second edition (equivalent to written test) in 2004.

5. Political Economy (equivalent written test)