Journal of Shanghai University (Social Science Edition) ›› 2026, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 146-156.

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From Capital Hegemony to Labor Ontology: The Just Transition of Digital Labor Distribution

  

  1. School of Marxism, Hangzhou Dianzi University
  • Online:2026-03-15 Published:2026-03-17

Abstract: In contemporary society, the digital transformation of labor forms is reshaping the foundationallogic of global production relations. Digital labor, deeply entangled with capital and technology, has becomealienated into a novel regime of power and discipline. Within the capitalist mode of production, the decline oflabor allocation in the presence of intelligent machines, the hegemonic monopolization of digital means ofproduction, the savage effects of digital capital, and the institutional failure of data-factor income distributionhave together led to an exponential exacerbation of polarization between capital and labor, inflicting systemicdamage on frameworks of social fairness and justice. As a socialist country, China has consistently taken the joyand purpose of labor, as well as the advancement of common prosperity for all, as the compass of distributivejustice. By constructing a "labor-led" legal framework for human-machine distribution, clarifying the publicownership attribute of digital means of production, developing a responsive regulatory model for digital capital,and advancing the reforms of "labor empowermen" in the data-factor contribution and data property rights,China offers an institutional paradigm for global digital economic governance that coordinates fairness andefficiency.

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