Bimonthly. It is a national Chinese core periodical and a first-class periodical in Hunan Province. There are Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping Theory Studies, Philosophy, History, Chinese Language and Literature, Law, Economics, Management, Higher Education Research, Huxiang Culture and other columns. Guided by Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, implement the publishing principles and policies of the party and the state and relevant laws and regulations, and adhere to the policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend; Based on the school, facing the whole country and the world; Pay attention to academic quality and serve for the prosperity of academics, the promotion of teaching and scientific research and the construction of two civilizations.

In recent years, the overall quality of this magazine has been rising. It has been successively rated as: China Chinese Social Sciences Core Journal, the First National Top 100 Social Sciences Journals, Hunan First Class Journals and the First Hunan Top Ten Social Sciences Journals. It is listed as "China Humanities and Social Sciences Citation Database Source Journal" (CSSCI) and "China Academic Journals Comprehensive Evaluation Data Source Journal". There are columns on Mao Zedong Thought, philosophy, history, economics, law, public management, comparative literature and literary theory, literature and political science.