Abstract:
In the digital intelligence era, the growing prominence of algorithmic power has profoundly reshaped the ecology of political communication. Existing research has predominantly approached this transformation through lenses such as technological regulation or platform governance, thereby overlooking the institutional-design role of state actors. From an institutional perspective on political communication, China has gradually developed an integrated communicative institutional framework for algorithmic governance amid the intelligentization of political communication. Grounded in the principle of Party Leadership, this framework establishes an institutionalized, synergistic division of labor characterized by top-level planning, industry supervision, standards-based support, and platform-level implementation. It further advances the systematic integration of political communication mechanisms across data management, rule-setting, and value guidance. China's approach to algorithmic governance thus marks an institutional shift from external regulation toward internal integration. Through systematic institutional design, it enables an organic synthesis of political, social, and technological logics. The practical wisdom of "China's new governance" in the domain of algorithmic governance lies fundamentally in dialectical thinking and transformative resolve — rooted in concrete practice, capable of navigating contradictions, and oriented toward driving systemic development. This experience offers significant insights for the global community as it jointly confronts modern challenges in the era of intelligent communication, including information cocoons, cognitive manipulation, and political polarization.