As a key channel and material carrier for the implementation, transformation, and dissemination of textbook achievements, educational publishing is deeply coupled with textbook construction. It is closely linked to national cultural sovereignty and ideological security, emobodying significant political attributes and strategic value. Therefore, educational publishing must firmly implement the principle of state authority. This paper provides an in-depth elaboration on the importance of upholding the state authority in educational publishing, analyzes the constraints involved, and identifies key strategies for overcoming challenges, aiming to construct a sustainable ecosystem for educational publishing.

The research is conducted in three main parts. First, it clarifies the value logic of educational publishing in fulfilling national responsibilities to better understand the principles and commitments that should guide the educational publishing sector in the context of building a strong education system in the new era. Second, it examines the factors hindering the implementation of state authority in educational publishing from both internal and external industry perspectives. Third, it explores multidimensional regulatory pathways for the high-quality development of educational publishing under the guidance of state authority, with a focus on the tensions and balances among several core relationships.

The paper argues that implementing state authority in educational publishing is of great significance for promoting high-quality development in the field, ensuring educational equity, safeguarding the national educational sovereignty, strengthening the mainstream ideological position, protecting national cultural security, consolidating the consciousness of the Chinese nation as a community, cultivating and promoting the socialist core values, and enhancing the national soft power. However, it currently faces multiple challenges, including the misalignment between market-driven profit motives and the public service nature of publishing, internal regulatory gaps, insufficient accumulation of talent, blind spots in the policy and regulatory framework, and governance difficulties in educational publishing triggered by technological revolutions.

From the perspective of state authority, the paper proposes a strategy of simultaneous reform and innovation to alleviate multiple challenges within and outside the industry to balance the diverse tensions involved. These include balancing the relationship between government leadership and market regulation, coordinating unified standards with diverse demands, reconciling local issues with international experiences, and harmonizing humanistic values with technological rationality. By adopting a systematic and holistic approach to oversee the overall development of educational publishing, and under the guidance of state authority for its high-quality growth, the sector can contribute to better support national education strategies.