Abstract: Xi jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era is the latest theoretical achievement in the localization of Marxism Chinese and a guide to guide all walks of life to do a good job in specific work. Carrying out Xi jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era is an inherent requirement for local university journals to maintain ideological purity and an important prerequisite for local university journals to improve the quality of their journals. Local university journals should combine their own functional characteristics, give play to their unique advantages, and thoroughly implement xi jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era by clarifying the overall thinking, serving the national strategy, expanding academic exchanges and other measures and methods, thus writing a new chapter for the “Chinese dream” of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Key words: Xi jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, Journal of local universities, Academic innovation, quality of the journal.