Author(s)

WenJing Shen¹, TianTianWang², ZiQian Tang^3*

Affiliation(s)

¹School of Foreign Studies, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 501642, Guangdong, China.

²South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 501642, Guangdong, China.

³Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510420, Guangdong, China. 

Corresponding Author

ZiQian Tang

ABSTRACT

This study investigates the discursive construction of New Quality Agricultural Productivity (NQAP) in China’s international communication, employing a hybrid methodological framework that integrates Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modeling with Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Through an analysis of coverage from China Daily and Global Times, the research explores how Chinese media utilize strategic narratives to project a modernized agricultural identity. The findings reveal seven core topics, which are further synthesized into three overarching dimensions: (1) Global Governance and Multilateral Synergies, (2) Technological Paradigms and Digital Rural Transformation, and (3) Material Foundations and Value Chain Optimization. The analysis indicates that China’s agricultural narrative has undergone a significant paradigm shift toward systemic technological reconfiguration, transforming abstract policy into a perceptible modern landscape through tangible communicative carriers such as drones, agricultural robots, and high-yield seeds. This discourse recontextualizes China’s international identity as a constructive contributor to global agricultural governance, offering complementary perspectives on modernization rooted in inclusive growth and material security. Ultimately, this study contributes to understanding the dynamic and constructed nature of national technological identities in cross-cultural settings and provides insights into how strategic communication facilitates the diversification of global governance paradigms.

KEYWORDS

New quality agricultural productivity; Critical discourse analysis; LDA topic modeling; Agricultural modernization

CITE THIS PAPER

WenJing Shen, TianTianWang, ZiQian Tang. Discursive construction of China’s new quality agricultural productivity in international narratives: a study based on LDA topic modeling and critical discourse analysis. Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities Research. 2026, 4(1): 28-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/tsshr3207.

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