摘要： 在实现中华民族伟大复兴的征途上，今日中国已经取得了突出成就，成为全球第二大经济体，综合国力显著增强。然而，如果从软实力角度审视，中国未来的发展中还存在不少提升的空间，而中国城市正是实现软硬实力匹配和全面提升的重要发力点。2021年6月，上海在全国率先提出将“软实力”应用于国际大都市的发展和治理。城市软实力具有哪些内涵和维度？培育和提升城市软实力的基础和路径如何寻觅？如何实现城市政治、经济、文化、社会和生态环境的协调发展？怎样在软实力建设中体现中国特色社会主义的城市理念、价值与发展思路？为解答上述问题，《探索与争鸣》编辑部约请专家学者，组织相关笔谈，探讨城市软实力培育和提升的关键因素、着力方向、指标体系等问题，希冀在立足中国城市经验的同时，从全球文明的视野，为未来城市的发展提供学者的思考和智慧。

Abstract:

At present,“soft power” has been written into the National“14th Five Year Plan” and has become an important content. On the journey of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, China has made outstanding achievements today, becoming the world’s second largest economy and signifificantly enhancing its comprehensive national strength. However, from the perspective of soft power, there is still much room for improvement in China’s future development. Chinese cities are an important starting point for realizing the matching and all-round improvement of soft and hard strength. In June 2021, Shanghai took the lead in proposing the application of“soft power” to the development and governance of international metropolises.  

Researcher Wang Zhan pointed out that the cultivation of urban soft power is related to the theory and practice of building a socialist modern international metropolis. The construction of urban soft power needs to pay attention to three levels. Professor Chen Heng believes that urban soft power needs to be understood from the perspective of the history of global civilization. Professor Wang Yonghao advocates that cities are more suitable to be defifined from the perspective of spirit and culture. The concept of urban development should be based on its spiritual essence and reflflect the care for the spiritual needs of urban people. Professor Yang Yang pointed out that the urban cultural soft power should pay attention to the cultural and demographic basis and be considered in theoretical research and planning layout. Professor Chen Zhong believes that“everyone is soft power” in contemporary urban society. Soft power is contained in and serves daily life. Professor Ge Hongbing pointed out that the city needs to build a“cultural and creative core of industrialization”; strengthening the role of public cultural services; pay attention to the cultural basis as the source of creative innovation. Researcher Hu Jian believes that according to the constituent elements of soft power, a set of urban soft power index system can be prepared, which will help to investigate and evaluate urban soft power resources. Professor Xu Jian pointed out that in the context of globalization, the core of realizing the leap of urban soft power level is to improve the global narrative ability of cities, and build a unique and distinctive global identification system of urban image. Professor Zhao Hong proposed that moral law and moral governance provide spiritual support, institutional guarantee and practical guidance for contemporary urban governance, which is the key to improving the soft power of the city.