Abstract: On May 5th and 6th, 2018, the Third International Symposium on Chinese Form of Marxist Literary Criticism & the Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of Marx's Birth and the 170th Anniversary of The Communist Manifesto was held at Central China Normal University. There are four main topics in this conference: rethinking theoretical issues of classical Marxist literary criticism, the historical development of Chinese Marxist literary criticism, overseas studies of Marxist literary criticism, and the theoretical construction of the Chinese form of Marxist literary criticism. The conference approaches the essence of Marxist literary theory and criticism from a global perspective, in addition to promoting the theoretical construction of the Chinese form of Marxist literary criticism and theory, and highlighting the exuberant vitality of Marxist literary criticism and theory in the contemporary era.

Key words: Marxist literary criticism, Chinese form, summary