Wu Yuanmai is a renowned Marxist literary and art theorist and an expert in Russian and Soviet literature in China. Throughout his 60-year academic career, he has persisted in the Chinese context, Chinese stance, and the practical needs of Chinese literary criticism. Guided by Marxism, he has conducted extensive and in-depth research on the relationship between literature and ideology, the evolution of Russian and Soviet literary theory, limitations of contemporary Western literary theory, Chinese and global consciousness in foreign literature research and other issues. His work promotes the Sinicization of Marxist literary theory and makes historic contributions to the construction of a unique Chinese literary discourse system.