The Potential Role of University Trade Unions in Supporting the Development of New Quality Productive Forces

Abstract

New quality productive forces are advanced forms of productivity that prioritize innovation and move away from traditional economic growth models and pathways for productivity development. A series of important discussions by General Secretary Xi Jinping on new quality productive forces deepens our understanding of the laws governing productivity development, providing a scientific guide for promoting high-quality development on the new journey ahead. Human society continuously advances through the movement of contradictions; the demand for new types of laborers is gradually increasing, the tools of labor are constantly being updated, and the nature of labor objects is also evolving. Coupled with the self-reform and innovation of university trade unions, these factors urge university trade unions to take an active role in the development of new quality productive forces. Compared to other mass organizations, university trade unions have distinct advantages in human resources, organization, and positional strength to support the development of new quality productive forces. University trade unions can offer faculty and staff digital and multidisciplinary educational training to reinforce their talent advantages, organize innovative competitions to cultivate a positive atmosphere for innovation, and employ data-driven decision-making and management to enhance organizational advantages. Thus, they can better contribute to the development of new quality productive forces with the “power of university trade unions.”