Think tank/think tank mainly refers to a professional research institution with public policy as the research object, influencing government decision-making as the research goal, public interest as the research orientation and social responsibility as the research criterion.
China think tank is an important part of the country's "soft power" and "discourse power", which has a far-reaching impact on government decision-making, enterprise development, public opinion and public knowledge dissemination. From the organizational form and institutional attributes, think tanks can be public research institutions with government background or private research institutions without government background or quasi-government background; It can be a for-profit research institution or a non-profit institution.
China classification
The first category: Party, government and army think tanks.
Refers to the think tank institutions established through legislation or administrative organization regulations, which exist within the series of party, government and army and provide decision-making services for leaders at all levels. Most of them appear in decision-making advisory bodies directly under the party and government organs and the army. Its main job is to directly provide decision-making reference for leaders through internal channels and play the role of "internal brain" in the internal decision-making of the party and the government.
The second category: Academy of Social Sciences (referred to as Academy of Social Sciences).
This is the most distinctive think tank series in China. From the perspective of funding sources, the Academy of Social Sciences is a government advisory body that is fully funded or funded by the government and commissioned by the project to carry out relevant research. From the perspective of affiliation, although it is funded by the government, the Academy of Social Sciences is not directly affiliated with the government, and its service targets are not limited to government agencies. It can also meet the entrustment or consulting needs of enterprises, industry associations and society.
The third category: university think tanks.
That is, institutions affiliated to universities engaged in policy research and decision-making consultation. This kind of think tank is established by universities alone or with the assistance of other institutions and groups. Its funds mainly come from school grants and some foundations, corporate sponsorship or private donations. Most of the researchers are scholars from various disciplines in the school and researchers hired from other universities and research institutions, and their clients and research topics are quite extensive.
The fourth category: folk think tanks.
Folk think tanks are mainly public policy research institutions funded by the people and reflecting public voices or policy needs. Most of them are established by enterprises, private or non-governmental organizations, which are organizationally independent of any other institutions and raise funds by themselves. Most of the voices of folk think tanks focus on social fairness and justice, hoping that the government's institutional arrangements can be more inclined to the bottom members of society. From the source of funds, private think tanks can get relatively little government funding, or even no government financial support. Most of their funds come from large foundations or enterprises, but they can generally maintain close relations with government departments, and even many private think tanks provide services for government decision-making, so they can also have a certain impact on the policy formulation of specific departments.
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