Pacific International Journal

Research on the Digital Development and International Communication Innovation Path of Museum Resources in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

ZHANG LIYAN — 2026-06-20

Digital narrative has provided a new paradigm for the digitalization and international communication of museum resources. The museum resources in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, featuring distinct ethnic and regional traits, serve as a vital carrier of the pluralistic and integrated Chinese civilization. However, in the practice of digital development and international communication, these resources are confronted with practical predicaments, such as superficial application of technology, insufficient content innovation, and weak cross-cultural communication capacity. Based on the theory of digital narrative, this paper analyzes the core characteristics, current development status, and existing bottlenecks of museum resources in Inner Mongolia. It puts forward targeted innovative paths from three aspects: technological empowerment, content innovation, and communication optimization, and constructs a comprehensive guarantee system integrating talents, funds, policies, and industry-university-research cooperation. The research aims to promote the upgrading of grassland culture from digital archiving to digital narrative communication, enhance the international communication power and influence of grassland culture, and provide theoretical reference and practical models for the digital development of museums in ethnic minority areas and the international communication of their cultures.

Governing Platform Data in the Generative AI Era: Personal Information Protection Lessons from China’s Didi Cybersecurity Review Case

Yuanyuan Wang — 2026-06-20

Generative artificial intelligence has transformed personal information protection from a narrow compliance issue into a broader problem of platform data governance. Although much current debate focuses on model outputs, hallucination, content moderation, or deepfake misuse, this study argues that a deeper source of risk lies in the data infrastructures that precede AI deployment. Using China’s Didi cybersecurity review and administrative penalty as a qualitative single-case study, the paper examines how large-scale platform data accumulation, sensitive personal information processing, algorithmic inference, and weak internal governance may create systemic privacy and security risks in the generative AI era. The Didi case is not a direct generative AI case. Rather, it provides a pre-generative-AI lesson: trustworthy AI governance depends on lawful, secure, transparent, and auditable platform data governance. Drawing on doctrinal legal analysis and regulatory document analysis, the study develops a platform-data-infrastructure framework that links data aggregation, algorithmic inference, AI reuse, and governance response. It shows that Didi’s violations involved excessive and unlawful processing of large volumes of personal information, including facial recognition information, precise location information, identity card numbers, and inferred travel-related data. The case reveals three governance challenges: platform data aggregation risk, heightened vulnerability of sensitive personal information, and the expansion of privacy risk from direct collection to algorithmic inference. The paper argues that generative AI governance should not begin only at the model layer. It should integrate training data compliance, sensitive information protection, platform accountability, data security audits, and lifecycle-based risk assessment. The study contributes to AI governance scholarship by linking platform data regulation with generative AI privacy protection and by highlighting upstream data governance as a precondition for responsible AI development.

Research on the Current Situation of Educational Digital Transformation of Rural English Teachers in Hunan Province from the Perspective of Self-Determination

Zhi Tian — 2026-06-20

With the advancement of educational digitalization, the digital literacy of rural teachers has become a crucial factor influencing the high-quality development of education. Based on Self-Determination Theory, this study investigates the current situation of educational digital transformation among rural English teachers in Hunan Province. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 371 teachers from 14 prefecture-level cities. The findings reveal that teachers’ overall digital literacy is at an upper-medium level. The dimension of ethical responsibility scored the highest, indicating that teachers have a full understanding of the normative nature of digital ethics; the autonomy dimension is at a relatively high level, but there is an imbalance between cognition and action internally; the scores of the support environment dimension, application ability dimension, and knowledge and skills dimension are relatively low, reflecting insufficient competence and sense of belonging. Drawing on the three core needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness in Self-Determination Theory, this study comprehensively proposes three improvement paths: encouraging teachers to participate in the planning of changes and digital innovation, scientifically designing training content and developing local resources for English teaching, and enhancing emotional support and the fit of rural teachers’ identities. The aim is to stimulate teachers’ intrinsic motivation and facilitate their digital transformation, providing theoretical insights and practical references for the development of rural teacher teams.

Translation as a Catalyst for Technological Advancement: A Historical Perspective

天祺李 — 2026-06-20

The relationship between translation and the dissemination of technological knowledge has been a critical yet underexplored dimension in the history of science and technology. From the medieval translation movements that preserved and transmitted Greek scientific texts into Arabic and Latin, to the modern localization of software and technical documentation in the digital age, translation has consistently served as a fundamental mechanism for the cross-cultural transfer of technical innovation. This paper examines the historical role of translation in facilitating technological diffusion across civilizations, analyzing six key periods: the Baghdad Translation Movement (8th-10th centuries), medieval European Latin translations, 19th-century industrial technology transfer, contemporary information technology localization, Meiji-era Japanese scientific translation, and post-colonial African and Latin American translation programs. Through systematic literature review and comparative historical analysis, this study identifies recurring patterns in how translated technical texts influence recipient societies, including the acceleration of indigenous innovation, the restructuring of educational systems, and the transformation of economic landscapes. A comparative table summarizes cross-case findings. The analysis reveals that translation functions as an active epistemological process that reshapes knowledge systems and catalyzes technological development, with innovation outcomes correlating with translator social status and institutional patronage structures. The paper argues for greater recognition of translators as knowledge producers rather than passive intermediaries, and discusses implications for contemporary AI translation policy, science communication frameworks, and global equity in access to technical knowledge.

The Historical Evolution, Key Features, and Policy Implications of Japan’s Teacher Certification Examination System

Peili Yuan — 2026-06-20

The teacher certification examination is a key institutional mechanism for ensuring the quality of the teaching workforce. Japan’s teacher certification system is characterized by a dual-track structure in which university-based preparation serves as the primary route and the certification examination functions as a supplementary pathway. In this system, the examination is not the mainstream route to teacher entry; rather, it operates as a limited and targeted supplementary mechanism, primarily intended for specific school levels and shortage subject areas. By establishing differentiated eligibility requirements, a stratified and category-based certificate structure, and a practice-oriented evaluation system, this institutional arrangement enhances the flexibility and precision of teacher supply while maintaining professional standards. This study systematically reviews the historical evolution and current development of Japan’s teacher certification examination system, analyzes its institutional logic and design features as a “supplementary pathway,” and, on this basis, proposes implications for reforming China’s teacher certification examination system. First, it is necessary to clarify the institutional positioning of the examination and strengthen its coordinating role within the teacher quality assurance system, while also distinguishing its equivalence to the exemption-based certification mechanism for teacher education students. Second, greater institutional flexibility should be introduced by exploring diversified certification mechanisms for shortage subjects and underserved areas, so as to enable more targeted teacher recruitment and supplementation. Third, the practice orientation of the system should be deepened by strengthening the assessment of authentic teaching competence throughout the entire process, from application eligibility to final evaluation, thereby enabling the teacher certification examination to function more effectively as an entry threshold for the teaching profession.

A Performance-Data-Driven Evaluation Model for Physical Education Teaching Quality in Higher Vocational Colleges

Zhiqiang Li — 2026-06-20

This study develops and preliminarily validates a teaching-quality evaluation model for physical education (PE) in higher vocational colleges using student sports-performance data. The model responds to two persistent limitations in conventional PE evaluation: an excessive focus on terminal test scores rather than learning processes, and insufficient attention to occupation-specific physical demands. Guided by the reform orientation of integrating job requirements, courses, competitions and certificates in vocational education, the study constructs an indicator system covering four dimensions: general physical fitness, occupation-specific physical fitness, motor skills and participation. The Delphi method, analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and Markov-chain modelling are integrated to estimate indicator weights and to analyse dynamic transitions from basic fitness attainment to occupational fitness adaptation. A 10-week pilot application was conducted in an automotive maintenance programme and a nursing programme at a higher vocational college in Shandong Province, China. Results indicate that sports performance data collected through wearable devices and professional training equipment were strongly associated with PE teaching evaluation outcomes (r = 0.85), with occupation-specific physical fitness contributing 42% of the explanatory weight. Student participation mediated the relationship between sports performance and teaching evaluation, with a stronger mediating effect in occupation-specific training modules than in general fitness modules. Dynamic monitoring also showed a moderating effect (effect value = 0.41), particularly in engineering-related training scenarios. The findings suggest that embedding occupational adaptability into data-driven PE evaluation can provide a dual reference framework that integrates general physical development with professional competence requirements. The model offers a practical basis for process-oriented assessment, curriculum optimisation and professionalised PE reform in higher vocational education.

A Study on the Imagery Translation of Animals, Plants and Cultural Relics in The Book of Songs from the Perspectiveof Relevance Theory

Haiyan Ma — 2026-06-20

The Book of Songs, the first of the Five Classics, is a classic of Chinese culture. It is the first collection of realistic poetry in China and is the glorious starting point of realistic poetry in China. Imagery is the product of the poet’s subjective emotions and objective objects, and is essential for the poet to convey his emotions and meanings. As one of the traditional Chinese cultural texts, The Book of Songs is rich in imagery of animals, plants and cultural relics, containing a rich cultural heritage and carrying the poet’s deep emotions. Relevance theory is arguably the most popular cognitive pragmatics theory in recent years, focusing on human cognition and verbal communication. The purpose of this paper is to explore the study of animal, plant and cultural relic imagery in The Book of Songs based on the translation theory of relevance theory, to show the aesthetic value of the translation, and to promote the recognition of the artistic value of the traditional Chinese cultural texts represented by The Book of Songs and their dissemination to the outside world.

Research on the Current Situation and Improvement Path of Digital Cultural Tourism Experience in the Zhejiang East Canal Museum

Yi Hong — 2026-06-20

Under the background of integrated development of culture and tourism, dynamic inheritance of cultural heritage and Digital China construction, digital technology has become an important driving force for museum experience upgrading. Taking Zhejiang East Canal Museum as the case, this study adopted questionnaire survey (315 valid samples) to explore the current situation and bottlenecks of its digital cultural tourism experience. Results show that the museum has formed basic digital services and entertainment-education functions, which are recognized by tourists. However, there are still prominent problems: weak cultural narrative on digital platforms, serious homogeneity of cultural tourism content, and insufficient in-depth immersive experience. It is difficult to meet tourists' demands for high-quality and in-depth cultural experience. Accordingly, this paper puts forward optimization paths from three aspects: upgrading digital service platform, optimizing digital immersive experience, and building an integrated digital ecosystem, so as to realize the deep integration of digital technology and Grand Canal culture connotation.

The Improvement of Prescription Dispensing Efficiency and Accuracy by Intelligent Pharmacy

Wei Xie — 2026-06-20

Intelligent pharmacy systems are increasingly adopted to address delays, workload pressure, and avoidable dispensing errors in modern pharmaceutical services. This study evaluates pharmacist perceptions of how intelligent pharmacy technologies influence prescription dispensing efficiency, dispensing accuracy, medication safety, work experience, and implementation barriers. A quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted among 50 pharmacists working in tertiary hospital pharmacies, community medical institution pharmacies, and chain retail pharmacies that had implemented intelligent pharmacy technologies. The questionnaire measured demographic characteristics and 15 indicators related to system speed, workflow design, patient waiting time, inventory management, prescription review, data entry, professional role transformation, training burden, cost, and system compatibility. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize means, standard deviations, and categorical distributions. The results show an overall positive perception of intelligent pharmacy applications (overall M = 3.42, SD = 1.34). The strongest perceived benefits were reduced patient waiting time (M = 3.70), greater focus on clinical guidance rather than manual dispensing (M = 3.70), improved prescription review for error reduction (M = 3.56), and improved work convenience and satisfaction (M = 3.54). However, equipment speed, workflow design, drug recognition, and data entry accuracy received only neutral evaluations, indicating that technology adoption alone does not guarantee full operational optimization. System complexity, maintenance cost, and platform incompatibility remained important constraints. The findings suggest that intelligent pharmacy systems should be implemented as socio-technical systems requiring workflow redesign, standardized operating procedures, system integration, and tiered pharmacist training. The study contributes practice-oriented evidence for pharmacy managers seeking to improve service quality while preserving the clinical and human-centered value of pharmacists.

Research on Perception and Optimization Strategies of Exhibition Tourism Experience from the Perspective of Generation Z: Empirical Analysis of Hangzhou West Lake International Expo Based on IPA Model

Miao Ling — 2026-06-20

In the context of cultural-tourism integration and tourism consumption upgrading, Generation Z has emerged as the dominant consumer group in the exhibition tourism market. This study takes the Hangzhou West Lake International Expo as a case, develops a Gen Z-adapted exhibition tourism experience evaluation system based on Schmitt's five-dimensional experience theory, and conducts an empirical analysis with 385 valid questionnaires using the Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) method. The findings indicate that Gen Z's demand for exhibition tourism presents a clear hierarchy: basic services as the foundation, digital experience as the core, cultural creativity as the priority, and social interaction as a supplement. IPA four-quadrant analysis shows that onsite staff service and transport accessibility are in the “Keep Up the Good Work” quadrant, whilecultural and creative products and immersive technology are in the 'Keep Up the Good Work' quadrant (though with minor performance gaps), while ticket price value and supporting facilities fall into the 'Concentrate Here' quadrant, indicating urgent supply-demand mismatches. This study proposes targeted optimization strategies according to IPA results, which can offer empirical evidence and decision-making references for the youth-oriented transformation and high-quality development of traditional exhibition brands.

Can CPEC 2.0 Generate New Quality Productive Forces? A Conditional Conversion Framework for Infrastructure, Industrial Upgrading, and High-Quality Development in Pakistan

Jun Tang — 2026-06-20

This study examines whether the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC 2.0) can convert infrastructure assets accumulated under CPEC 1.0 into productivity-enhancing development capabilities in Pakistan. It translates the Chinese policy concept of new quality productive forces into a comparative analytical framework centered on technological innovation, industrial upgrading, green transition, digital connectivity, and inclusive development. The study adopts a theory-guided qualitative case design, combining structured reading of policy documents, mechanism tracing, and indicator-based triangulation. The argument is conditional: CPEC 2.0 marks a strategic and discursive shift from infrastructure accumulation to productive conversion, but this shift is not itself an outcome. Special economic zones, digital connectivity, lower-carbon energy systems, agricultural modernization, and Gwadar-linked logistics are plausible conversion mechanisms. Their developmental effects depend on Pakistan's absorptive capacity, energy-sector reform, institutional coordination, security governance, regulatory predictability, and the ability of domestic firms and local communities to capture spillovers. The study contributes to Belt and Road Initiative and development-corridor scholarship by reframing CPEC as a contested process of capability formation rather than merely a geopolitical corridor, a debt-financed infrastructure program, or a list of bilateral projects.

Youth Roles and Linguistic Functions in Cross-Cultural Practice: Implications for Japanese Language Education

Jiahui Wei — 2026-06-20

While the multipolar world drives rapid and high-quality global development, it also gives rise to new issues of the times. Taking Chinese and international students at Inner Mongolia Honder College of Arts and Sciences as its subjects, this study adopts a case study approach to examine two types of cross-cultural practice: first, Chinese students' capacity for cultural symbol transmission in English public speaking; and second, Mongolian international students' language adaptation and their cognition of Sino-Mongolian cultural contrasts during their studies in China. On this basis, the paper foregrounds youth roles and language use, exploring the functions and influence of young people in multipolar cultural dialogues. Drawing on the above case analyses, the paper further discusses the implications of cross-cultural practice for Japanese language education and puts forward preliminary approaches to integrating language and cultural content in Japanese language teaching. The findings tentatively indicate a mutually reinforcing relationship between youth participation in cross-cultural practice and the enhancement of their linguistic competence and cultural awareness. Accordingly, the study advocates creating contextualized opportunities for language use for young people in educational practice and introducing a cross-cultural comparative perspective into university-level Japanese language teaching, so as to promote the dual acquisition of linguistic forms and cultural understanding.

Visual Verb-Object Constructions in Chinese and English

Ruili Xiao — 2026-06-20

Research on visual verbs has generated substantial insights into lexical classification, lexicalization, semantic extension, metaphor and metonymy, polysemy networks, and linguistic typology. Yet the Chinese construction 看 (kan) + NP and its English equivalents have not been examined systematically as a contrastive constructional unit. This review argues that the meanings of kan + NP are shaped not only by the polysemy of kan but also, more crucially, by the semantic type of the object and the event frame it activates. In Chinese, kan + NP packages a range of meanings within a single highly productive pattern. In English, comparable meanings are distributed across several lexical and phrasal forms, including see, look at, watch, read, visit, consult, and look after. Future research should therefore move beyond lexical comparison and develop a construction-based framework that integrates object types, event frames, and cross-linguistic correspondence patterns.

Effects of Therapeutic Quality of the Recreational Belt Around Metropolis on Perceived Health Benefits: A Case Study of Hangzhou Xixi Wetland Park

Weihan Shen — 2026-06-20

To explore the internal mechanism among the therapeutic quality of Recreational Belt Around Metropolis (ReBAM), tourist satisfaction and perceived health benefits, this study takes Hangzhou Xixi National Wetland Park as the research case, constructs a theoretical model of Recreational Belt Around Metropolis (ReBAM) therapeutic quality-satisfaction-perceived health benefits, and conducts empirical analysis by adopting the structural equation model.

The results indicate that: (1) Among the dimensional attributes of ReBAM therapeutic quality, only the built attribute exerts a significant positive effect on tourist satisfaction, while the effects of natural, social and symbolic attributes are insignificant; (2) Tourist satisfaction has a significant positive effect on perceived health benefits; (3) The natural attribute presents a significant direct positive impact on perceived health benefits, whereas the direct effects of built, social and symbolic attributes are not statistically significant; (4) Satisfaction plays a significant mediating role only between the built attribute and perceived health benefits.

Based on the above conclusions, practical implications are proposed from four aspects: optimizing the built environment, highlighting the natural therapeutic value, improving the comprehensive recreational experience, and perfecting the transmission mechanism. This study aims to provide theoretical basis and practical references for the healthy development and quality improvement of ReBAM.

A Case Study on the Impact of Production-Oriented Approach Empowered by Artificial Intelligence on IELTS Speaking Performance

Haoran Dong — 2026-06-20

As a localized teaching theory, Production-Oriented Approach (POA) provides important inspirations for foreign language teaching, while the development of generative artificial intelligence tools has also brought new supporting approaches to oral English teaching. This paper combines the Production-Oriented Approach (POA) with AI tools, and conducts a 6-week teaching practice on a college student with relatively weak IELTS speaking foundation but strong learning motivation. This study adopts a case study method, and explores the application process of POA enabled by AI in IELTS speaking teaching and learners' feedback through means including oral transcription analysis, interviews and questionnaires. The results show that the learner has exhibited positive changes in IELTS speaking scores, expression fluency and learning attitude, and has gradually developed the habit of conducting independent oral practice with the assistance of AI tools. Since this study is a single case study, the relevant results are more suitable to serve as an exploratory case of AI-enabled POA-based speaking teaching, and provide references for subsequent larger-scale studies.

Towards Establishing an Erhu Ensemble at PWU School of Music: An Action Research

Liu Yang — 2026-06-20

This study reports an action research study on the establishment of an erhu ensemble at the Philippine Women's University (PWU) School of Music. The study examined how Filipino university music students accepted, learned, and collaboratively performed a traditional Chinese bowed string instrument within a multicultural higher education setting. Using the action research cycle of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting, the teacher-researcher designed and implemented a six-session introductory erhu ensemble course for three volunteer undergraduate music students with different instrumental backgrounds. Data were drawn from classroom observations, reflective teaching notes, student feedback, video-supported performance review, and a final small-group performance. Thematic analysis identified five interrelated findings: initial curiosity developed into sustained cultural interest; technical learning required differentiated and embodied instruction; peer scaffolding supported ensemble coordination; cultural contextualization enabled students to interpret Chinese repertoire beyond note reproduction; and the teacher's role shifted from skills transmitter to facilitator, cultural mediator, and co-learner. The study suggests that an erhu ensemble can function not only as a performance activity but also as a culturally responsive pedagogical platform for intercultural understanding, collaborative musicianship, and localized curriculum development. Because the study involved a small sample and short instructional period, its findings should be read as context-bound and generative rather than generalizable. Nevertheless, the study offers a practical model for integrating non-Western instruments into university ensemble education through action research, cooperative learning, and culturally responsive teaching.